Video pulsing issue

svenmarbles · Oct 18, 2020

Has anyone encountered this problem with the video pulsing like this?

I put it up, it started happening immediately and I landed, packed and came home.

I’ve since powered the drone back on and hovered indoors. Seems to not be doing it now (inside).. Raining outside now...

Anyone have this happen or know anything about it?

GadgetGuy · Oct 19, 2020

svenmarbles said:
Has anyone encountered this problem with the video pulsing like this?

I put it up, it started happening immediately and I landed, packed and came home.

I’ve since powered the drone back on and hovered indoors. Seems to not be doing it now (inside).. Raining outside now...

Anyone have this happen or know anything about it?

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Looks like a camera defect to me. Never seen that kind of behavior before on any DJI drone.

Peshoa · Oct 19, 2020

GadgetGuy said:
Looks like a camera defect to me. Never seen that kind of behavior before on any DJI drone.

Agree...

CareyL · Oct 19, 2020

svenmarbles said:
Has anyone encountered this problem with the video pulsing like this?

I put it up, it started happening immediately and I landed, packed and came home.

I’ve since powered the drone back on and hovered indoors. Seems to not be doing it now (inside).. Raining outside now...

Anyone have this happen or know anything about it?

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Some packing tape left on the back of the gimbal?

svenmarbles · Oct 19, 2020

CareyL said:
Some packing tape left on the back of the gimbal?

Actually, I think that small circular one is still there. Do you think this could have been causing it?

CareyL · Oct 19, 2020

svenmarbles said:
Actually, I think that small circular one is still there. Do you think this could have been causing it?

Exact same problem a few days ago. The other person had a new Pro2. Removed the tape and all was well.

svenmarbles · Oct 19, 2020

CareyL said:
Exact same problem a few days ago. The other person had a new Pro2. Removed the tape and all was well.

Alright well I just went for another flight, just a short one and the issue was not present this time. I took the little circular tape thing off of the back of the gimbal just for good measure.. I had been flying it with that since I got it and never experienced that issue before, and I am pretty much a launch day owner of the Air 2.

Either the tab was a factor or it was just some anomaly that was cured after just rebooting the drone..

esco · Oct 20, 2020

I had the same issue today ! I have yet to check my footage to see if it came out on the actual video. But it was definitely concerning ! Gonna check the videos in a few to see if it comes out. Hopefully its nothing serious ! First time I've had this happen to me and hopefully the last!

GadgetGuy · Oct 20, 2020

svenmarbles said:
Alright well I just went for another flight, just a short one and the issue was not present this time. I took the little circular tape thing off of the back of the gimbal just for good measure.. I had been flying it with that since I got it and never experienced that issue before, and I am pretty much a launch day owner of the Air 2.

Either the tab was a factor or it was just some anomaly that was cured after just rebooting the drone..

Most likely the tab, which was never intended to be left on. It will obstruct the free movement of the gimbal as it delaminates over time, if left on. Glad you got it sorted!

kidroc · Oct 20, 2020

svenmarbles said:
Has anyone encountered this problem with the video pulsing like this?

I put it up, it started happening immediately and I landed, packed and came home.

I’ve since powered the drone back on and hovered indoors. Seems to not be doing it now (inside).. Raining outside now...

Anyone have this happen or know anything about it?

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Yes I sure have after the last FW update if I use 4K HDR I get that same pulse it sucks hoping they fix it soon..

MA2 317 · Oct 20, 2020

svenmarbles said:
Either the tab was a factor or it was just some anomaly that was cured after just rebooting the drone..

Hopefully that did the trick.

I remember watching an unboxing video of the MA2 and the "hidden" stickers on the drone.

Although, if you're good at video editing, put an audio bass track on the clip where it pulses. ???

Craig Notts · Oct 20, 2020

I have had dozens of flights with absolutely no issue and taken many videos with my air 2. Untill last weekend the wobbly footage happened for part of one flight only. Seems fine since. If I am not the only one this has has happened to recently than it has nothing to do with any 'tape' on the gimbal it is just a glitch

fabriciosombrio · May 14, 2021

any fix?

vastagrobert · 2025-11-29T05:10:36-0500

I ended here looking for a solution for my osmo 360 pulsing issue, i come from a cinematic crew, and in my opinion this issue here can have nothing to do with any external stuff, or the tape. This is some glitch in the software-chip relation.
You can see clearly that it is jumping between two different modes. In my case, i have a constant pulsing anomaly, and i think it should have to be related with the automatic settings for ISO.
If removing the tape helped, it is more likely that for removing it you moved the gimbal a bit around, and that solved some minor contact issue. BTW im on a way to buy my first mavic 4e for building scanning. Good idea or?

Cheers