When shooting hyperlapse is there any way to stop video creation?

[Newport]

I prefer to edit my hyperlapses using the photos captured, and the minute or so the app spends creating a hyperlapse while the drone is in the air is a waste of battery. I'm wondering if there is a way to disable the auto-hyperlapse creation?

 

[Ronson]

Have you tried just interrupting it by moving the drone?

 

[Dale D]

I prefer to edit my hyperlapses using the photos captured, and the minute or so the app spends creating a hyperlapse while the drone is in the air is a waste of battery. I'm wondering if there is a way to disable the auto-hyperlapse creation?

I cannot answer that question , but the video creation, which I NEVER use only takes about 30 seconds. Like you, I prefer to save the DNG files and create the Timelapse or Hyperlapse from those.

 

[Cymru]

On my M2P simply moving the drone during "creating" stops it.
Might not be the same on all of them.

 

[Newport]

On my M2P simply moving the drone during "creating" stops it.
Might not be the same on all of them.

That would be nice. I'm on the Mavic 3 and unfortunately moving the drone does not stop the video creation.

 

[Newport]

I cannot answer that question , but the video creation, which I NEVER use only takes about 30 seconds. Like you, I prefer to save the DNG files and create the Timelapse or Hyperlapse from those.

Yes the video creation doesn't take that long, but I often finish the hyperlapse as the battery is winding down. Those few seconds would be enough to grab a few stills or short clips on the way home. Not a huge issue but it would be nice if there was an option to disable video creation all the same.

 

[Cymru]

What about moving the drone with 1 frame remaining of the hyperlapse to take? That should also abort the creation process.

 

[Robert Prior]

Not as far as I know, at least not on the Mini 3 (which uses DJI Fly). You can fly the drone but the camera remains fixed in whatever target you've chosen (assuming you are doing a circle, which is what I've done so far). This limits your maneuverability quite a bit!

I took a hyperlapse a couple of weeks ago and it was really annoying because the battery was nearly out and the drone was screaming that it needed to land — and yet it still wouldn't give me control of the camera while it was rendering the movie. I managed to land visually with 3% of the battery left just as the render finished and I got full control again.

I was saving DNG images to make the hyperlapse myself, so didn't actually want the movie file it took so long making.

 

[Dale D]

Yes the video creation doesn't take that long, but I often finish the hyperlapse as the battery is winding down. Those few seconds would be enough to grab a few stills or short clips on the way home. Not a huge issue but it would be nice if there was an option to disable video creation all the same.

I don't like to do that! I do all of my testing with the 1st battery, and any shots I need, and then bring the drone down and replace a fresh battery for the begging and to get the max out of the battery life and enough to return home safely.

 

[Newport]

Have you tried just interrupting it by moving the drone?

Yes I usually fly to another position close to home while the video is being created, or just cruise around and enjoy the view.

 

[Newport]

What about moving the drone with 1 frame remaining of the hyperlapse to take? That should also abort the creation process.

That is an interesting idea, I'll have to give it a try once the rain stops here. That's also got me thinking that perhaps initiating RTH might cancel video creation. Thanks!