DJI Mini 4 Pro - How To Create a Waypoint Mission
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- Опубліковано 2 січ 2025
- In this video tutorial, I demonstrate how to create and execute a waypoint flight with the DJI Mini 4 Pro. There are two methods by which you can create a waypoint mission. One is to fly the drone to each waypoint and add the waypoint manually or use the built-in map to create the waypoint flight. Both methods are easy to use but are best suited for different scenarios. This is an easy step-by-step guide on how to create a waypoint mission on the DJI Mini 4 Pro.
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Thank you sir! Best presentation I have seen on the subject. So many others talk too fast, not loud enough, cannot understand half of what they say, have all kind of stupid junk pointing, playing and so forth. You speak clearly, good volume and are very understandable. Thank you again.
EXCELLENT presentation! No extra BS... just clear, concise, explanations that make mission planning understandable. If you're not already a Professional Educator (teacher, Professor, etc.), you should seriously consider it. Great job!
Wow, thank you very much. I appreciate that.
My pleasure! You earned it...
I've been using waypoints for some time on my Mavic 2. I pre-plan the flight whilst on wi-fi at home using Google Maps satellite view then can concentrate on tracking the drone visually on the day. I cannot fly as well as this automated mode and achieve some very smooth results especially when turning in an arc and around points of interest. It is good to do a recon of the area first for possible height obstacles particularly as these may not be apparent on a flat map on the screen and since I do not want to record the sky, I set my gimbal angle at about -15 degrees. With a touch sensitive screen it is easy to inadvertently add an unwanted waypoint way off somewhere and not notice this until the drone flies off looking for it so do a final check of your planned route before committing. Save the route file so that you can return to repeat the flight when lighting or time of day might be different.
Very cool. These drones are loaded with great technology.
Indeed
Thank you Shawn. Another calm cool and collected video that gets straight to the point. I just purchased this and it's my first time flying a drone. Been watching all your Mini 4 content. Keep'em coming and I'll keep watching.
Thanks again,
Scott
Thank you very much. I appreciate that.
The ability to save and repeat a way point mission is great. It means you could go and plan a mission by day and fly it by night.
or go back and shoot it every month for a year or something
@@technodrone313 Yea it's a fantastic idea. You could use it as a passing of time sequence in a movie. Loads of fun.
I use this for weekly construction updates and results are great.
I plan to do that . My eyesight is not so good at night and I fear losing sight of the drone
Nice video and clear explanations. I’ve been experimenting with it, and I found out if I want to abort the mission- for example this morning I ran into dense fog about halfway through- you just push return to home and it will stop the mission and come back.
Thank you for showing how the point of interest works with the waypoint. Everybody talks about the waypoint, but they never integrate points of interest in their instructions.
Thanks so much for your video. Your presentation was very smooth and easy-going and very clear to understand. I have a little more confidence in doing this since based on your video. I’m going out today and try it for the first time. Keep up the great work.
Really good information! Thank you
Something interesting (to me) that I discovered with the newer Waypoint functionality, when working with waypoint missions and repetitively launching into a pre-programmed waypoint mission, the drone does not have the opportunity to get an accurate fix on the homepoint. The drone just flies straight away to the first waypoint position. As a result the precision landing accuracy becomes less and less accurate with each waypoint mission that is flown consecutively in this manner. Just an item of interest...
Very interesting thanks for sharing your experience
hi Dave, Australia here. Thanks very much for the video. I am buying DJI mini 4 pro soon and this video helped me a lot. Thanks
Thanks very much Shawn. This video was immensely helpful. I'm headed outside to setup my first WAYPOINTS route. Keep up the SUPERB work!!
Great Video, learned a lot I didnt know about Waypoints.
Merci pour votre vidéo qui montre les deux possibilités ( carte ou se rendre sur place) pour remplir une mission par waypoints.
thanks man,
you learn how input manualwaypont just on map at the home, and designe a fly map befor going to location, its great.
Thank you for the tutorial. What I’m missing is seeing the actual end result which is pretty important in understanding you your choices with setting your waypoints.
Nice nice work. Great info made simple to understand.
It's nice to see Waypoints added to the Mini series for the first time. Great tutorial for getting started with waypoints, DJI makes it pretty easy for the user. Thanks for sharing, Shawn.
Great video, thanks a lot !!!!
Excellent tutorial at an easy pace. thank you
Very clear, thanks!
Very helpful!!! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent explanation as ever. You are blessed with where you have to fly to demo these things
Excellent tutorial Shawn! Very clearly explained 👍
Thank you very much
Great educationally video
Thank you 🤗
Many thanks Shawn.........answers all the questions I had.
Awesome I’m glad you enjoyed it
Very educational video. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
For me this is a much bigger reason to upgrade from the M3P than the OA 360. This opens up infinite possibilities
Indeed
Setting waypoints on a chart (map) which can be done beforehand 'anywhere in the world' as you said, will certainly require to be connected to the drone which is a little disadvantageous as the drone may heat up meanwhile. Being connected to the internet alone is just not enough. Wouldn't it be a lot more convenient having the opportunity setting the waypoint missions without having the drone switched on?
you can plan a waypoint flight without the drone connected. open camera view, click waypoint, change to map, hit +, then touch screen where you want your waypoint/waypoints. then enter actions for the waypoints. you can also add your POI the same way. I do it this way so nobody knows I am flying my drone, I just plan my mission and fly. The mini 4 is so quiet even I have a hard time finding it.
@@7777russ @ Thanks a lot for this hint. Now everything is clear. 💙
Next question: how do you go into camera view when the drone is not connected? I can only click on: album, skypixel, profile, connection guide,… No camera view. Or were you referring to “propellers not activated”?
Hah… sorry: I litterally found it 20 seconds after posting this. Camera view is under: connection guide > camera view.
Great Video sir, lots of Appreciation could you please reply whether Autonomous mission could be done through the Way points in Dji Mini 4 Pro, for Mapping and Survey.
Clear + Concise + No nonsense = BRAVO!
I noticed you can take photos at the different waypoints. Does it also allow for shooting a 5 bracket HDR (AEB) image sequence at a given waypoint?
Always love your videos, it’s why I upgraded from the M3P to M4P!
Glad you like them!
Super helpful video. Did not realize about adding a point of interest and linking with waypoints. Very cool!
Glad it was helpful!
@@AirPhotography I'm not able to zoom in enough to see the details.
Can waypoints be set to fly the mission forward(like normal) and then, in the settings, instruct it to fly the mission backwards? For instance, your mission is to fly through a forest. You set the waypoints and the mission works. You can now, reset the speed faster...creating drama. Now...using those same waypoints, reprogram them to allow the drone to fly it backwards. It's a more exciting video I think. Thanks again for this video...picking up my MINI 4 Pro today.
Very use full video. I have set up a Waypoint mission using the map remotely from the location. It seems to work however even though I selected manual tilt for a couple of the way points, the drone ignored the manual tilt instructions (using the tilt wheel on the left side of the RC Pro 2) as it flew the mission and continued to use the previous way points tilt settings. Is this a fault or am I doing doing things wrong? Does selecting manual mean some thing else?
Hi Shawn what an awesome feature can't wait to get my M4P and start using this feature. Thanks so much for the tutorial Cheers
Very welcome
How did you get so zoomed in? I cannot get in closer than a blob of points which is useless. Nice tutorial.
Question, can you download maps and manually set waypoints offline, or is internet connection still required during the flight?
🤥 Still no
Thank you for posting this!!! 👍👍👍 Weather permitting will be playing with it tomorrow!
Have fun!
Thanks for Sharing
My pleasure
Hi can you help with a question on my Mini 4 Pro Controller. During initial set up I select United Kingdom as my default country although when I get to the set up for time zone it reverts to Beijing as the default time zone and in the drop-down menu no facility to change it to UK European time.
Brillant, thank you !
Nice video, make a video showing how to use waypoints for hyperlapse. Nobody so far has made a good hyperlapse waypoint video. Can you plan the wpt flight and save the mission and then refine the mission like changing wpt location, altitude, etc.?
Thank you for a great demo.
It's great to have weypoints on the M4P. I've used weypoints with Litchi & dronelink with the Mavic Mini and now (beta) with the M3P. I wonder when the M5P comes along, it will enable weypoints to be defined by uploading the mission via some cloud based tool.
That would be great if indeed. Would also be nice in that aspect to be able to fly the same mission on multiple drones
Are waypoints avail in the Mini 3 Pro?
Great tutorial, Shawn - thank you. 👍
My pleasure!
Thank you! Much appreciated!
Great demonstration, however, I would have added how to edit the name of the mission in order to identify it easier later on, and how to recall and execute this particular mission in a day, a week, or a month....
You can use waypoint to record yourself in a way not possible with Active Track.
Indeed, that is very possible. if you know you’re gonna be biking say on a specific route, you could have the drone fly to different waypoint as you bike along or do something similar
Thank you for this tutorial. Waypoints is my next challenge (I think). I have a question regarding waypoints and if this is the best method for what I'm about to do. I want to document me falling a very large tree killed in a fire two years ago. I will have an insta360 on the ground and a go pro on my safety helmet. I would like my mini 4 pro to be about 50 feet in the air, but rather than be static (hovering in place), I'd like the drone to move slowly back and forth (fixed alt.) on a path of about 20 feet off to the side of the fall path of the tree. This would give me some panning shots to use in the editing process. Would setting way points be the best way to accomplish this?
great work, thanx!
Thank you
Nice way points
After you add the waypoint can you manually adjust flight speed while drone is in the air?
Or do you have to plan and set each waypoint and speed in the settings as you've shown?
Thank you for the video, very interesting. I would buy a mini 4 Pro so i would ask you which controller permits to use waypoints?
You have two choices for controller the RC 2 which has the built-in screen or the RCN2 which is the one you need to mount your own smart phone. Both are fully capable of waypoint so it’s all just personal preference on which controller he would prefer to use
Can I install other apps on RC 2 controller? I would like to use DJI GS on an Android phone
I will encounter many altitude changes between waypoints .... Or do I need to set a new waypoint at each altitude?
Hi mate, any chance you know how to edit a waypoint mission. I have a few long missions i want to add point between and edit some?
Any help would be appreciated
I have the same drone ....... how many way points can you set for one mission please?
can you create waypoint missions using the second way you describe in the video while the drone is not connected? Is it possible to create missions without wasting drone battery?
yes
Thank you for covering POI. Too many videos simply cover setting and flying waypoints. Ending with a video of the final flight (camera angles) would be nice.
Funny I just had a client who's an architect ask me how we can shoot time lapse photos of some of his houses being built. I think this video solves it?!
Most definitely. I do that with my Mavic Pro 2 and Air 3 all the time.
using coorinates can I go from my take off spot (point A )to another coorinates (Point B) have it land at point B and RTH Point A? If so How?
Can you take a photo whilst recording video or do you need to stop/start the video and take the photo separate?
Separately
I'm getting a mini 4 pro next week. I have a 100acres of land with roads. My intention is to have the aircraft follow/track me as I ride my RTV .... setting my waypoints as I travel the road....and create a mission That way. The road has many dips and hills .... and turns... My first thought is how will I keep the altitude correct? Assume I will understand once I have studied the waypoint concept more .... Am I going about this the right way? Thanks.
Hi : when you save the waypoints in to the file . Can I write a description like a heading of the waypoints I done ? I see when save you have a date and presum the time .. if you have many waypoints route on file . I like to know which one which as a description..
Names editable
Great tutorial! Do you know if obstacle avoidance works during waypoint mission and will it fly around the obstacle or just stop? Thanks
Obstacle avoidance does actually work with waypoint missions.
Indeed
@@AirPhotography Sort of. There is NO bypass, only break.
Awesome timing!! Just about to head out and try out my new drone. Will try this waypoint method!
Glad you mentioned about using your phone as a hot spot so you can get maps on the screen 😀👍
Love your videos!
Thank you very much. I appreciate that.
Do Waypoints missions work inside for a real estate video shooting?
Hey there my guy nice video as usual. Have you had any problems with screen record and transferring file to the sd card from it if so what did you do to correct the problem.
The only way I can get it to work properly is by plugging my RC directly into my iPad. It won’t come up under the Files app, but it allows you to import via the Photos app. I can transfer my screen recordings that method.
@@AirPhotography thanks
I hope DJI come up with an update for this issue but for now I will try your way.
Nice, thx👍
Thank you too!
I have been trying to use Waypoints on my Mini 4 Pro to film a project that we are currently working on as I want to create a time-lapsed video. After recording all the Waypoints, I landed the Drone and replaced the battery and then went to start my waypoint journey. The drone was started in a different home position and for some reason waypoint one was incorrect, are the waypoints in any way connected to the Home position as it seems to happen a couple of times with me.
My map will record the home point way off sometimes. That affects the Autonomous flight also.
It looks really easy! Dammit... I'm going to end up buying this, aren't I?
lol. Sometimes it is hard to resist when it comes to drones, even when we already have plenty.
I did 😅 got it two days ago.
If you choose to take a photo at a waypoint, does that stop the video recording & then re-start it once photo has been taken?
Good question I’ve never actually tested that so I don’t have an answer for you. Hopefully somebody else who has experience with that aspect can answer.
NO. You need to add another point to start video back up
@@oregon1232good to know thanks
Shawn I would like to know if you can use the FPV goggles with the new mini4 pro I have asked this Question on a few other sites and no one will answer me about this
I'm Guessing the answer is no. could you please help me out with this answer Thanks
They are not compatible as of yet. I reached out to my contact at DJI and they’ve said it’s possible but there’s no definite answer yet. I can only assume they will be with a firmware update sometime down the road. It took the air 3 seven weeks from release to get the compatibility update. So just sit tight. I’m sure it’s coming.
are these waypoints 100% accurate? I mean, does it follow exactly the same route with exactly the same gimbal tilt? on my mini 3 pro, while doing the hyperlapse waypoints, it does go slightly off the course of the set waypoints/tilt, so I am curious if this mini 4 pro does follow exactly the set route over and over...
Yes, indeed they are fairly accurate now it does use GPS which sometimes can be off by inches or feet but generally it does a really good job.
Consumer GPS can be off by several yards/meters. It's just Ball Park close at this level.
I'm a Dinosaur and remember the Loran system, could be off by half a mile.
Great video buddy. I definitely learnt a lot 😊. When I use the 4k 100fps setting does it automatically convert the footage to slow motion or do I just do that when editing ?. Hope that's not a silly question 😉
You do that when editing. Just make sure you’re exporting at 30 frames per second. And most editors will have an adjustment for the frame rate of the video clip.
Post-processing
I'm finding that when I set waypoint #1 to start recording, it does, but then if I have "Take Photo" on any other waypoint after that, it stops recording so all I'm getting is video from waypoint #1 to waypoint #2 let's say, and then photos only from that point on and no other video footage. What am I doing wrong? Do I have to tell it to start recording again after each time it takes a photo?
Have to create another waypoint, same location, and start record
WHY IS THE ACTIVE TRACK NOT APPEARING? WHAT SHOULD I DO
I want waypoints to be something I can put it on the map, set the altitude etc... and then let the drone fly while I am moving it around controlling the camera.
I love these mini 3 and 4 pros..but I think waypoints are pointless in my opinion...just fly and have fun
For this I still have a Bugs 3. Total joy.
I‘m still pissed that we don‘t have this feature on the Mini 3 Pro… we have waypoint hyperlapse so there is no reason to not implement it for normal videos. And when I complain at DJI I always get a standard response : we are sorry and give the feedback to our team 🙄
Indeed, I wonder what the reasoning is.
You need to buy m4p 🤪
@@miha-z yeah or the Mavics 🙄 so stupid even my old Parrot Anafi had this feature
@@AirPhotography Money, Money, Money probably