DJI Smart Controller File Transfer Tutorial. DJI Mavic Drones

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[FinnerDinner]

Short and sweet. Just what we needed. Thanks!

[IdahoQuadcopter]

Great tutorial Stephen! I save my screen recordings to the SD card on my SC, and then simply copy them to my PC from there. Thank you for this.

[dougkoontz]

I was hoping your video might address this issue I have with a smart controller Is there any way to synchronize the SD card storage on the Mavic 2 Pro with the SD card storage on in the smart controller? I download photos, mainly stills, from the drone card, then format the card in the drone, but the photos still show on the SD card in the smart controller. I would like to find a way for the smart controller to update and remove the now copied images. Is the only way to manage this is to format both SD cards each time I download? I find I format one but forget to do the controller until I am already into a shoot the next time I fly. Any thoughts?

[Geeksvana]

Excellent tutorial, thanks Stephen. The SC is next on my list of acquisitions. Just wondering if they might update it to a SC2 soon...

[willyfer]

good video! how can I enable photo gallery for my dji smart controller with dji air 2s? they only record videos on the drone card. thanks!

[autofloweraz]

I have a pixel Google phone and when I use the Bluetooth share option it does the same as yours except you have to accept it on the actual phone to start the file transfer. At least that's how it works for me. Video, thank you for the information.

[letsrugem]

have you try copy/transfer waypoint from SC to another devices for example to iphone or android?

[MelanieAndTheBaredogs]

Same with me… Bluetooth does not work between smart controller and iPhone.

[rockewoelk]

Thanks for your help. Mac Eco system here to, and like you, no love with a bluetooth transfer, but I can't seem to find anyone discussing how to transfer the video clips that the DJI Smart Controller will render from their series of included pallets creating the different styles of clips from one's video with their Sounds and or Music already encoded depending upon which style you choose. The MPG4 transfer beautifully over to my Mac desktop with NO sound that the Controller created. Can this be done?

[Ifyoudonttakeitucantfakeit]

I just got a smart controller and getting any files from my air2s has been a nightmare. I’m trying to send via usb to my MacBook Final Cut library but it’s just so ridiculously convoluted I’m thinking of sending the whole lot back. It may be an Apple issue as it’s prone to doing things backwards but so are DJI and the 2 combined is making me age rapidly.

[NeilBranson]

Bit confused. Is it better to put card in drone or the rc controller. Anyone help ?

[Northern_Rockhopper]

Can you take photos with the drone and save them onto the controller?
My drone crashed with the SD card inside it and I lost all my images that I had taken on that flight.

[Erstus]

Bluetooth worked for me fine. First, I paired my controller with my nokia, then marked the file, pressed share and selected my nokia from the popup.

[dhansel]

Would it work by sending the files to a thumb drive plugged into the smart controller's USB port?

[johnramares]

Flyby Guys,
The Bluetooth works fine with a Galaxy android phone. However you must tap "accept" for the transfer to begin. With Bluetooth the copy will have a bit of distortion mostly with parallel lines. These pesky lines are more noticeable if you enlarge the image. I am trying to find a cable transfer method to improve photo quality.
Any suggestions?
Thank you,
"The flying Eye"
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[kevron]

@2:01 you need to turn on bluetooth. Pull down from top the interface which allows u to toggle wifi / bluetooth / linking etc .press and hold the bluetooth icon. find your iphone under availible devices to the bottom (it will only show here if you have ur iphone "bluetooth discoverable". then connect.

[Watcher]

Cant seem to get bluthooth to work on Iphone but i can use it on my Android phone

[dhansel]

I received a brand new replacement DJI Mavic 2 Zoom when my old Mavic 2 Zoom hit a wire while flying.
This was in the beginning of summer 2023. It was so hot during this time I did not fly for about 6
months.
I recently started flying again. In the meantime I purchased a DJI Mavic 2 smart controller.
I know when you take pictures or video you will get a copy in the controller along with a copy in the drone’s SD card (provided you have selected the SD card in the drone for video capture).

After a flight I will plug my drone into my computer (Windows 10 Pro) and get an error message that the SD card needs to be formatted. Previously before flying I went into the DJI go fly app and formatted the SD card in the drone.

I even purchased a new 128gig SanDisk Extreme micro SD card, formatted it and flew around the back yard. When I plugged my drone into my computer I still get the error message “The SD card needs to be formatted”.

Did I get a faulty replacement drone from DJI repair shop. The did not fix my broken one but they sent me a brand new one when my original one crashed.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks….

[magnusnordstrom]

How do i utilize the sd card in the smartcontroller, i can find photos from the drone but no videofiles?

[sussamgt]

Do u know If it's possíble tô save directly on SD cadê?