Hello all!

So I found a nice big space just down the road and took my first flgiht today. I was amazed by how easy the P3A is to fly! I am a totoal novice and managed to get it doing some nice pans and orbits. Stayed in beginner mode and that really helped my confidence. I did have a question about video. I have found the 1080p plays back pretty choppy in both VLC and QUick time (I'm a Mac user) any ideas?

Cheers!

U record mov or mp4? Try changing it. And Yes I have it choppy on pc too, when I process and pull onto YouTube it's ok,mostly.

It'll be choppy because your Mac isn't up to playing it.  How old is the Mac?  Much RAM?  Full hard disc?

nigelw Posted at 2016-5-13 16:17
It'll be choppy because your Mac isn't up to playing it.  How old is the Mac?  Much RAM?  Full hard  ...

MBP 16 GBRAM and playing from SSD, granted its only a two core machine but it should be able to play 1080p no problem. I cut the video in FCPX and uploaded to Youtube and its fine now other than the fact Youtube seems to has effected the quality in areas. I'm about to post the link in the video section of the forum if you are interested

Jakk Posted at 2016-5-13 21:24
MBP 16 GBRAM and playing from SSD, granted its only a two core machine but it should be able to pl ...

Mine's a MBP (mid 2012), 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5, 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM, 512 GB SSD. Works fine with 1080P & only gets choppy with 4K using VLC or Quicktime.

Yours should work fine going by the specs.

Mines mid 2012 as well I think it might be the .MOV so going to try .MP4

Jakk Posted at 2016-5-13 22:10
Mines mid 2012 as well I think it might be the .MOV so going to try .MP4

Dunno, but I use .MOV as it's apparently better for editing.  I haven't tried .MP4

Could it be the OSX version?  Mine's El Capitan 10.11.4

Edit: Thinking about it, is you file straight from the P3?  Mine are exported to 1080p from 4K in Quicktime so it might be to do with compression.

was straight out of the P3 1080p 60f I have the same OSX version as you. Just tried 1080p 30f .MP4 so lets see how that turns out!

Jakk Posted at 2016-5-13 23:36
was straight out of the P3 1080p 60f I have the same OSX version as you. Just tried 1080p 30f .MP4 s ...

60 FPS might be the problem.  Twice as many frames = twice as much data.  Just output to 30 FPS.  Not sure if you can do it in Quicktime or iMovie.
Also, exporting to 1080p from Quicktime lowers the bitrate so will also help.

If you are looking for a good FREE converter, search for Handbrake. It is excellent. I shoot in 4K, but then convert to 1920x1080 for editing due to PC limitations. I have an i7 with 8GB RAM and 4K is jumpy when it plays, but HD plays nice. This way you have original files still in 4K that can be edited when the computers catch up to the video data speeds. Happy Flying!

Barney

Hello Jakk, if the video is still choppy, feel free to post a public dropbox link of the original video here. I'll try to play it in Windows.

DJI-Paladin Posted at 2016-5-14 04:25
Hello Jakk, what kind of sd card do you use? If the video is still choppy, feel free to post a publi ...

His problem is not connected to the Aircraft or SD card as the videos play ok on Youtube.

nigelw Posted at 2016-5-14 16:34
His problem is not connected to the Aircraft or SD card as the videos play ok on Youtube.

Thanks for your reminding.Maybe it is better to use another PC or Mac with higher performance.

glad to see he got his bird up an gin nen after his update problem, happy flying

Mac's like the MOV setting. What are you using to accomplish your playback? You may have an issue there in regard to memory and speed.

rodger Posted at 2016-5-14 12:16
Mac's like the MOV setting. What are you using to accomplish your playback? You may have an issue th ...

"MBP 16 GBRAM and playing from SSD"

So I recorded again in 1080p 30f .MP4 and the video is buttery smooth. So it was either the frame rate or the .MOV recording. I have plenty of RAM and an SSD but low cores and not the best graphics card so its probably something to do with that. I plan to upgrade to a 15inch in a few months any way so Im just glad its not something to do with the P3. Cheers guys!

Jakk Posted at 2016-5-14 14:50
So I recorded again in 1080p 30f .MP4 and the video is buttery smooth. So it was either the frame ra ...

It's not that much of a problem in my eyes.  It doesn't stop you editing the video, only playing it back.  Do you have a TV with a USB port?  If yes, you can load the file onto a memory stick & play it directly on the TV.  My Samsung TV does this, although it doesn't support the higher frame rates.

Jakk Posted at 2016-5-13 22:10
Mines mid 2012 as well I think it might be the .MOV so going to try .MP4

It won't be the fie codec. The vast majority of choppy playback complaints are to do with a mismatch between the frame rate you shoot at and the monitor's refresh rate. So you're best off shooting 30fps for a 60hz monitor - they're obviously multiples of each other