Didn't know about the power button to knock the screen off for a moment. I would never have thought of having an SD card in the controller slot just as a spare, great idea!! Cheers for another helpful video sir 😊👍
Thanks for enlightening us about the uses of an SD card in the RC. The feature I liked most was the bit about having a back up SD to use when the SD in your drone runs out of room in the field. However, only just put that to the test last night. I was doing a critical shoot in downtown Toronto when I got the dreaded "out of storage" warning on my screen. So, I brought down my Mavic 3 to swap out the SD with the one from my RC, and even fired a test photo on the ground to make sure the shutter would fire without any warnings or error messages. It fired, although I did not check to see if it recorded the image, and I assumed that all the photos and video I was capturing without any error messages from the air were being recorded. To my horror, though, when I got the card home to download my images, they weren't there! I explored every folder in the Android file system and could not find a single image or video with the current date. I can also assure you I had plenty of room on the card (5.5 GB used out of 128 GB). The ONLY thing I could think of as the possible problem was that the SD card was formatted for the RC and not the Mavic 3. But reviewing your video here again, it sounds like that shouldn't be the issue. Any ideas as to why it didn't record? Or if it did, where the files might be hiding?
Hi Dee. I have just checked this with my mini 3 pro using the card from the controller. I took 3 pics and it stored them in the DCIM folder. Not sure why yours didn’t record them? My only thought would be that because you ran out of storage it defaulted to the internal storage on the Mavic. Have you checked in there?
The tip to secure the screen "buttons" by pressing the power button sounds useful. As a beginner I would like to deactivate the C1 button. Pressing it by accident ruins the recording, gimbal diving to straight down.... One other Tuber, or maybe You, pointed out that the RC memory card could be considered as a spare wheel for the drone, in case the drone card gets full.
I had that same problem with the C1. One of the options when you get into where you can set it for a couple different things. One of those is turn on/off some of your lights. I just set both my C1 buttons to that as I don't care one way or the other if the lights are on or off. I don't remember how you access them, but it is really in one of the set up screens. If you can't find it, let me know. Good Luck
@@cjctucson7683 I found it! Power up the drone and the controller. Press the 3 dots up to the right. Select "control" and scroll down to "Button Customization". There it is! I selected "None" for the moment.
YES SR, thanks all my working on my RC, is becose Ifound you tutorial one day about the RC, for my mini 4 pro empty my internal storage wao from California hope you get good wether to fly.
It's such a shame that this SD card cannot be set to simultaneously record what the card in the drone is recording so that if you did have a crash / loss or card failure everything was on the controller SD card. In my handheld cameras I have the comfort of dual card slots just in case one card failed
@@nobby-green but it isnt a full second copy of photos and video Nobby. If the drone failed say over water and was lost, all photos and footage taken in hi-res and 4k are lost too. If the aircraft and controller recorded like this at the same time it would be superb - thanks for the reply
Useful and clear video. One question: if I format the RC card can I later use it straight into the drone if I’ve forgotten the drone card? Will the drone overwrite the RC data?
I just got my dji mini 3 and trying it in the wind to get some footage of the sunset, it blew away on me. I had it set on normal and when it didn't seem to have the power to return to home, I switched it to sport mode, I still struggled to get it back, I couldn't even see it over the farm field, I could see the irrigation pipes below and finally got it back in site and back to me. However, when I played back the footage, which I was hoping to see where it vanished too, it had cut out. I think it stopped recording when I switched it to sport mode. I wish I had an sd card in the controller, thanks for the explanation of why I should.
@@canadiansparky64 yes indeed. Having a screen recording can save your bacon when things go wrong. Another way is uploading your flight logs to AirData you can see information that could be relevant 👍
It happened to me twice. I am at a place where i want to fly my drone and as i turned it on it says no sd card. I was shocked but i remembered that i have an sd on my rc so i just inserted it on the drone and that was a big relief.
I may have been a DJI controller in a past life. I have that small memory you mentioned. That external mic option is pretty amazing man. It may be time for me to get serious lol
I’m having issues with dji air 3 RC shutting off once causing the drone to RTH, two other time I was able to get it back on so now I’m recording the screen, I see no reason to save then if the flight went ok or I need to view the area I’m flying over, l would think this would pull the battery down quite a bit??? I am just a recreational flyer at this time.
Hi Clive. I don’t own the new RC but from my experience it doesn’t take much of the battery to screen record. I do it virtually on every flight. I would delete them if you don’t need them 👍 hope this helps. Thanks 🙏
The 960px540p was new to me, thanks for another good tips video. Yes, I usually screen record for fun regardless of if I intend to use or need it for posting to anywhere, it's so simple to do. I have not tried this but if you are shooting in Vertical mode, then does the screen recording do that same format?
@@nobby-green If the Mini 3 Pro can now screen-record at 960px540p with the recent update then I wonder if signal strength/bandwidth must also have improved?
Thanks for this great video, Nobby! Can you please confirm if the RC (or RC2) uses the SD card to store offline maps or if they are all saved in the internal storage of the controller? Cheers!
Thanks for the great tips Nobby. I’ve got an RC on order so can’t test myself yet but I heard that the SD card could also be used to Cache the base mapping by scrolling around the zoomed in map before going in to any areas with limited internet connection. Sounds useful if true. Is this right?
Hi Steven it’s there so you can screen record. If not using the screen record function then you can keep a spare card in there in case your other one gets full. Hope this helps. Thanks 🙏
I can’t say for sure as when I used the Rode wireless go you had to have the right cable see the video here ~ ua-cam.com/video/2SVVvOUBOjM/v-deo.html Most usb mics are cheap though 👍
[6:00] _"When these first came out, it was 720P ..... it now shoots in 960 x 540. So, it's almost 1080p, but not quite."_ (??) *720p* = 1280 x *720. 1080p* = 1920 x *1080.*
@@nobby-green Yeah, I only use a 32 when I'm flying. I put the 128 in there to look at my photos and videos before and as I got more videos and photos it stopped reading it.
Hi Nobby. This may sound stupid but should I format the sd card that goes into the actual drone in the RC2 controller then put it in the drone, then format the sd card for the controller.
So I have a question. On my Dji mini 4 I put the sd card in my drone and it records but then when I put the sd card in the controller it’s not there. But when I put it back into my drone and view the album in my drone it shows the photos again. Also when I view it on the drone its in cache mode even though I turned it off and in order for me to get good quality pictures I have to download the footage on the sd card to my drone then to my controller and then I take out the sd card on the drone and put it to the controller the transfer data. It’s kinda a pain to do this and I don’t like how I need to have my drone on to view the footage that I recorded on there even though it’s in the sd card and shows no photos when I put it in my controller. Hope you can help
@@Top_G_20nine it doesn’t work that way. The high quality photos and videos are stored on the sd card in the drone. If you want to view them you need to put the card into a pc and download them. You should be able to view them on the controller but a low resolution version hence using the cache. You don’t need to put the card from the drone into the controller. Hope this helps 👍
"Do you really NEED an SD card?" No. You also don't really NEED a drone. But now that you've got it, in order to use all the features then the SD card is needed.
I inserted a new 256 GB card, I get the “ No SD card message”,;;when I scroll to the Camera spot it tells me NA/, how can I format the card if it’s not in recognized by the controller? THX.
@@wilsonevans6760 I’ve not come across that error before however, you could try formatting it in a pc with exfat. I do know there are a lot of fake cards on the market too. Maybe try another card? DJI only recommends a certain manufacturer for the 256g cards too. Hope that helps 👍
@@JesseTorres-lu5gj you don’t really need more than a 64g tbh. DJI have a list of sd card manufacturers that they recommend. I use Sandisk extreme in all my drones and controllers 👍
My screen recordings are being saved to internal storage instead of the SD card. I’ve scoured the menus and don’t see a way to force it to the SD. The card is formatted and the controller is the RC (i.e., not RC Pro). Am I missing a step?
@@moonlightingvideos996the only reason it would default to the internal memory is if you didnt have a card installed or it wasnt formatted? theres no setting on the RC to change them, and on the RC 2 its default for the internal memory and you cant change that either. but you can move the files to an DS card.
You mention that there are 5 reasons to use an SD card but you only mention screen recording (and possibly microphone recording). What are the other reasons?
@@Jimmycricket- it’s personal preference on the controllers but I would recommend the DJI RC. No need to connect the phone every time. Screen recording is saved to the sd card and you would transfer by removing the card. The screen recordings are not 4k however. Hope this helps
@@Jimmycricket- so long as you record on the drone yes. You have the option to select the record resolution in the app from 1080p to 4k. Those will be stored on the drone sd card so long as you have the card selected and not internal storage 👍
@@Jimmycricket- yes it’s a lot better than the 2 but if you can afford it I’d highly recommend the mini 4 pro. There are a lot more features on that one 👍
I can't put an SD card in my RC2 controller, it does not hold inside and it's written sd card unavailable. Maybe the sd card is not the good one (scan disk 128 GB) If someone can help me.
@@hectoremilio1 yes this is because it thinks it’s a drive. I think this message was generic what the controller was first launched. Nothing to worry about as the mic works perfectly 👍
hi there i have flown fixed wing for years then hubsan drones given up on them jumped ship and now have a dji mini 3 combo just fitted a 256gig card to my tranny happy flying by the way ytube has started using a old acc name im bu tt on moon all one word like the kids program lol happy flying
Didn't know about the power button to knock the screen off for a moment. I would never have thought of having an SD card in the controller slot just as a spare, great idea!!
Cheers for another helpful video sir 😊👍
Glad you found it helpful 👍
Another content provider suggested using the bottom edge of the gimbal cover to install / remove the SD card. Genius.
@@bobmetzger51 yes a good tip 👍
Thanks for enlightening us about the uses of an SD card in the RC. The feature I liked most was the bit about having a back up SD to use when the SD in your drone runs out of room in the field. However, only just put that to the test last night. I was doing a critical shoot in downtown Toronto when I got the dreaded "out of storage" warning on my screen. So, I brought down my Mavic 3 to swap out the SD with the one from my RC, and even fired a test photo on the ground to make sure the shutter would fire without any warnings or error messages. It fired, although I did not check to see if it recorded the image, and I assumed that all the photos and video I was capturing without any error messages from the air were being recorded. To my horror, though, when I got the card home to download my images, they weren't there! I explored every folder in the Android file system and could not find a single image or video with the current date. I can also assure you I had plenty of room on the card (5.5 GB used out of 128 GB). The ONLY thing I could think of as the possible problem was that the SD card was formatted for the RC and not the Mavic 3. But reviewing your video here again, it sounds like that shouldn't be the issue. Any ideas as to why it didn't record? Or if it did, where the files might be hiding?
Hi Dee. I have just checked this with my mini 3 pro using the card from the controller. I took 3 pics and it stored them in the DCIM folder. Not sure why yours didn’t record them? My only thought would be that because you ran out of storage it defaulted to the internal storage on the Mavic. Have you checked in there?
Thank you so much! I was having a hard time figuring out how to format it after I inserted the SD card.
You’re welcome ☺️ glad you found it useful 👍
The tip to secure the screen "buttons" by pressing the power button sounds useful.
As a beginner I would like to deactivate the C1 button. Pressing it by accident ruins the recording, gimbal diving to straight down....
One other Tuber, or maybe You, pointed out that the RC memory card could be considered as a spare wheel for the drone, in case the drone card gets full.
Yes I mentioned storing the card in the RC in the video. 😁
I had that same problem with the C1. One of the options when you get into where you can set it for a couple different things. One of those is turn on/off some of your lights. I just set both my C1 buttons to that as I don't care one way or the other if the lights are on or off. I don't remember how you access them, but it is really in one of the set up screens. If you can't find it, let me know. Good Luck
@@cjctucson7683 it’s an option I suppose 👍
@@cjctucson7683 I found it!
Power up the drone and the controller. Press the 3 dots up to the right. Select "control" and scroll down to "Button Customization". There it is! I selected "None" for the moment.
Great tips … again. Thank you ( from Quebec, Canada )
Thank you 🙏 and you’re welcome ☺️
YES SR, thanks all my working on my RC, is becose Ifound you tutorial one day about the RC, for my mini 4 pro empty my internal storage wao from California hope you get good wether to fly.
Let’s hope so too ☺️ thanks 🙏
It's such a shame that this SD card cannot be set to simultaneously record what the card in the drone is recording so that if you did have a crash / loss or card failure everything was on the controller SD card. In my handheld cameras I have the comfort of dual card slots just in case one card failed
If you screen record you will have a copy of the flight. Also the flight logs are stored. 👍
@@nobby-green but it isnt a full second copy of photos and video Nobby. If the drone failed say over water and was lost, all photos and footage taken in hi-res and 4k are lost too. If the aircraft and controller recorded like this at the same time it would be superb - thanks for the reply
@@FootprintPhoto this is true, but always nice to have a back up in case anything went wrong. Thanks 🙏
@@nobby-greenYes, maybe useful as a ‘black box recorder’ so you can get some idea of what was going when a drone has a disaster.
Useful and clear video. One question: if I format the RC card can I later use it straight into the drone if I’ve forgotten the drone card? Will the drone overwrite the RC data?
Hobby, thanks for the tips. The one on “stand-by” was a new one for me 👍
Regards from Miami, Florida 🇺🇸
Lou
Hi Lou thanks 🙏 you’re welcome ☺️
I just got my dji mini 3 and trying it in the wind to get some footage of the sunset, it blew away on me. I had it set on normal and when it didn't seem to have the power to return to home, I switched it to sport mode, I still struggled to get it back, I couldn't even see it over the farm field, I could see the irrigation pipes below and finally got it back in site and back to me. However, when I played back the footage, which I was hoping to see where it vanished too, it had cut out. I think it stopped recording when I switched it to sport mode. I wish I had an sd card in the controller, thanks for the explanation of why I should.
@@canadiansparky64 yes indeed. Having a screen recording can save your bacon when things go wrong. Another way is uploading your flight logs to AirData you can see information that could be relevant 👍
It happened to me twice. I am at a place where i want to fly my drone and as i turned it on it says no sd card. I was shocked but i remembered that i have an sd on my rc so i just inserted it on the drone and that was a big relief.
Great stuff. It’s a handy place to store a spare 👍
Very informative, thank you 🙏🏼.
You’re welcome ☺️ thanks 🙏
Fantastic tips. Just gets better. Thanks.
Thanks and you're Welcome 🙏
Great tips and clear instruction. Thank you! Definitely going to be recording all my flights as a backup and insurance policy!
@@tonyfphotography glad you found it useful thanks 🙏
Great pointers as always. 👍🏼
Thank you 🙏
I may have been a DJI controller in a past life. I have that small memory you mentioned. That external mic option is pretty amazing man. It may be time for me to get serious lol
You have been missing out for too long brother 😁
@@nobby-green waaaaay too long???
@@WeretheRoberts 😁🙈🤷♂️
Top tips Nobby. Top man.
Thanks 🙏
Good information
@@markatheist thank you 🙏
Great job as usual Mr. Nobbygreen!
Thank you ! 🙏
Very informative. Thanks
Thanks You're welcome🙏
Thanks. I keep needing these reminding s. Cheer!
You’re welcome ☺️ we all need reminders from time to time 👍
Great - two ways for me to record the drone crashing 🤣 Cheers Nobby.
Haha Al, you are suppose to avoid crashing but i get your point lol! 👍Thanks🙏
I’m having issues with dji air 3 RC shutting off once causing the drone to RTH, two other time I was able to get it back on so now I’m recording the screen, I see no reason to save then if the flight went ok or I need to view the area I’m flying over, l would think this would pull the battery down quite a bit??? I am just a recreational flyer at this time.
Hi Clive. I don’t own the new RC but from my experience it doesn’t take much of the battery to screen record. I do it virtually on every flight. I would delete them if you don’t need them 👍 hope this helps. Thanks 🙏
Great information. Thanks for sharing. Subscribed.
Thank you and welcome to the channel 👍🙏
The 960px540p was new to me, thanks for another good tips video. Yes, I usually screen record for fun regardless of if I intend to use or need it for posting to anywhere, it's so simple to do. I have not tried this but if you are shooting in Vertical mode, then does the screen recording do that same format?
If you shoot in vertical mode the screen will orient the same way for vertical 👍
@@nobby-green If the Mini 3 Pro can now screen-record at 960px540p with the recent update then I wonder if signal strength/bandwidth must also have improved?
@@dogzillamonster funny you mention that 😁 I have noticed a slight improvement but it all depends on conditions and where you are flying. 👍
gonna admit i never screen record my videos are bad enough lol but store a spare card? that's ace mate top tip
There not that bad mate im sure. Glad you found it useful 👍
Thanks for this great video, Nobby! Can you please confirm if the RC (or RC2) uses the SD card to store offline maps or if they are all saved in the internal storage of the controller? Cheers!
@@John_McFadden yes they do 👍
Yes I did thank for sharing
No worries thanks 🙏
Thanks for the great tips Nobby. I’ve got an RC on order so can’t test myself yet but I heard that the SD card could also be used to Cache the base mapping by scrolling around the zoomed in map before going in to any areas with limited internet connection. Sounds useful if true. Is this right?
Hi Lee. Yes indeed you can then recall them once you get to location. Thanks and glad you found it helpful 👍🙏
I'm getting the mini pro 3 next week if post delivers OK.
Forgive the question but the sd card is in the drone s why is there one in the remote.
Hi Steven it’s there so you can screen record. If not using the screen record function then you can keep a spare card in there in case your other one gets full. Hope this helps. Thanks 🙏
@@nobby-green I would imagine the screen quality m ay be less as it it is being transmitted.
I don't know, itsan uneducated guess.
@@Steven_Rowe it’s nothing like what you get from the drone. But it’s good enough for telemetry as we use them for videos for educational purposes 👍
@@nobby-green I guess all will become clearer when I get the drone
@@Steven_Rowe It Will and you will love it
Great video!! Already subscribed....thks
Thanks Glenn 🙏👍
Can the external mic be ANY mic with a USB-C port?
I can’t say for sure as when I used the Rode wireless go you had to have the right cable see the video here ~ ua-cam.com/video/2SVVvOUBOjM/v-deo.html Most usb mics are cheap though 👍
[6:00] _"When these first came out, it was 720P ..... it now shoots in 960 x 540. So, it's almost 1080p, but not quite."_ (??)
*720p* = 1280 x *720. 1080p* = 1920 x *1080.*
Indeed, its a little better but still not great. Thanks
@@nobby-green how is 960x540 better than 1280x720?
👍🏽 Great info. I noticed a 128gb disk doesn’t read in the controller to play back videos and photos. 32 or 64 has no issues.
You don’t need one that big in the controller. File sizes are small 👍 thanks 🙏
@@nobby-green Yeah, I only use a 32 when I'm flying. I put the 128 in there to look at my photos and videos before and as I got more videos and photos it stopped reading it.
@@alonzoakbar6760 you should view them directly from the SD card with a pc or Mac 👍
@@nobby-green I just purchased a sd reader for iPad.
Hi Nobby. This may sound stupid but should I format the sd card that goes into the actual drone in the RC2 controller then put it in the drone, then format the sd card for the controller.
They both use the same format and it will ask you to format if required 👍
Great video and info. I am subscribed to your channel now.
Thanks Ray and welcome to the channel 🙏
Good information!😃👏🐾🐈⬛👍🍻
Thanks 🙏 glad you found it useful 👍
great tips thanks Nobby
You’re welcome thanks 🙏
So I have a question. On my Dji mini 4 I put the sd card in my drone and it records but then when I put the sd card in the controller it’s not there. But when I put it back into my drone and view the album in my drone it shows the photos again. Also when I view it on the drone its in cache mode even though I turned it off and in order for me to get good quality pictures I have to download the footage on the sd card to my drone then to my controller and then I take out the sd card on the drone and put it to the controller the transfer data. It’s kinda a pain to do this and I don’t like how I need to have my drone on to view the footage that I recorded on there even though it’s in the sd card and shows no photos when I put it in my controller. Hope you can help
@@Top_G_20nine it doesn’t work that way. The high quality photos and videos are stored on the sd card in the drone. If you want to view them you need to put the card into a pc and download them. You should be able to view them on the controller but a low resolution version hence using the cache. You don’t need to put the card from the drone into the controller. Hope this helps 👍
Useful thank you 🙏
Thanks 🙏 glad you found it helpful 👍
thanks, great info mate
Thank you 🙏
Dont get the 5 reasons according to SD? ”Just” screen recorfing, but what other 4 reasons for using SD? Im i a bit slow?
It’s all in the video ☺️ not necessarily to actually write to it 👍
Thank You 😉
You’re welcome ☺️ 🙏
"Do you really NEED an SD card?"
No. You also don't really NEED a drone. But now that you've got it, in order to use all the features then the SD card is needed.
Genius 👍
I inserted a new 256 GB card, I get the “ No SD card message”,;;when I scroll to the Camera spot it tells me NA/, how can I format the card if it’s not in recognized by the controller? THX.
@@wilsonevans6760 I’ve not come across that error before however, you could try formatting it in a pc with exfat. I do know there are a lot of fake cards on the market too. Maybe try another card? DJI only recommends a certain manufacturer for the 256g cards too. Hope that helps 👍
@nobby-green I bought it from Amazon, same brand as your Scandisc. Yes, good plan. I will test the card on another device.. Thanks!
@@wilsonevans6760 test another card in the controller too 👍
What is the max sd card size for Remote?
@@JesseTorres-lu5gj you don’t really need more than a 64g tbh. DJI have a list of sd card manufacturers that they recommend. I use Sandisk extreme in all my drones and controllers 👍
Can I use a Sandisk Extreme Non-pro version??
You can indeed. Just make sure it’s an A2 U3 rated card. And it has V30 stamped on it. The write speed is important 👍
@@nobby-green thanks! It’s Extreme U3 A2 170read/90write
@@notor1ousgamingph385 spot on 👍
thx
@@GoodMemoriesToRemeber you’re welcome ☺️ 👍
Hello my dji controller doesnt read my memory card..what should i do to read the memory card?
You may have a faulty card? You could try to format the card again to see if it works. 👍
My screen recordings are being saved to internal storage instead of the SD card. I’ve scoured the menus and don’t see a way to force it to the SD. The card is formatted and the controller is the RC (i.e., not RC Pro). Am I missing a step?
Depends on which drone you are using?
@@nobby-green I have the Mini 3 Pro.
@@moonlightingvideos996the only reason it would default to the internal memory is if you didnt have a card installed or it wasnt formatted? theres no setting on the RC to change them, and on the RC 2 its default for the internal memory and you cant change that either. but you can move the files to an DS card.
Thanks very much, sir.
You mention that there are 5 reasons to use an SD card but you only mention screen recording (and possibly microphone recording). What are the other reasons?
Expanding the memory, storing an sd card in the slot as a spare. the other tips were formatting, and disabling the screen.
@@Jimmycricket- it’s personal preference on the controllers but I would recommend the DJI RC. No need to connect the phone every time. Screen recording is saved to the sd card and you would transfer by removing the card. The screen recordings are not 4k however. Hope this helps
@@Jimmycricket- so long as you record on the drone yes. You have the option to select the record resolution in the app from 1080p to 4k. Those will be stored on the drone sd card so long as you have the card selected and not internal storage 👍
@@Jimmycricket- yes it’s a lot better than the 2 but if you can afford it I’d highly recommend the mini 4 pro. There are a lot more features on that one 👍
Thank you
You’re welcome ☺️
I can't put an SD card in my RC2 controller, it does not hold inside and it's written sd card unavailable. Maybe the sd card is not the good one (scan disk 128 GB) If someone can help me.
You have to press it in with a small tool until you hear a click. It should then stay in 👍
😄it works 😄 thank you very much for your responsivness and all the tips you teach us. 🙏@@nobby-green
"Unsupported DJI USB drive"? 🤔
@@hectoremilio1 in what way?
@@nobby-green thats the message I read on your control when you plugged the receiver
@@hectoremilio1 yes this is because it thinks it’s a drive. I think this message was generic what the controller was first launched. Nothing to worry about as the mic works perfectly 👍
hi there i have flown fixed wing for years then hubsan drones given up on them jumped ship and now have a dji mini 3 combo just fitted a 256gig card to my tranny happy flying by the way ytube has started using a old acc name im bu tt on moon all one word like the kids program lol happy flying
Yeah they have started to use what they call handles. I’m sure you will be happy with the mini 3 👍