Drone camera start & stops in between components, possible to film the entire time?

Edited April 04, 2023 05:05
9 comments

I have a mission with 2 components:

Between components (and even between waypoints) the camera stops and restarts again. I would like to have the camera recording a video the entire time, how can I make sure there is no breaks in the video in between components?

(note the camera captures row above)

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9 comments

Martin Reading Dronelink Expert
- April 04, 2023 06:37
yep this is easy to do:
1. Turn off auto capture in all the components
2. Add this list to your project (move it to the top by clicking on the up arrow in its settings panel)
3. Add a Stop capture command to the end of the project
This will then make your project look like this

Project list

Preview
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Jim McAndrew Dronelink Staff
- April 04, 2023 12:14
If your plan does not include commands, then you will need to use list + automatic capture as described here:

https://support.dronelink.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/1500000154102-Continuous-Video-Capture-Through-Multiple-Components

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Zaki Aziz
- April 06, 2023 01:35
Martin Reading Thank you for the response. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to work. I have simplified my missing a bit and this is what it looks like now:

The list has 3 camera commands:

But when I hit preview this is what it shows:

seems like the video capture ends prematurely, any idea whats going on?

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Zaki Aziz
- April 06, 2023 01:37
Jim McAndrew thank you for the response. I'm on the elite plan so I believe I have access to commands. There's a lot going on in that thread, specifically what should I be paying attention to?

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Martin Reading Dronelink Expert
- April 06, 2023 09:50
Hi Zaki Aziz, could you possibly share the plan, that way it makes it a lot easier to see what's going on, instruction on sharing plans can be found here https://support.dronelink.com/hc/en-us/articles/7912083943059-Sharing-Mission-Plans

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Mike (Arizona Wyldwest) Dronelink Expert
- Edited April 06, 2023 20:47
As Martin indicated sharing your plan will help greatly. Somewhere in the plan there must be stop captures at some point according to the mission preview. Otherwise it would start video and run through the entire mission. I run a lot of video from start of mission till the end without any Issues. I believe your using auto capture on the Orbit which stops video then starts capture on the orbit and then once orbit is completed it will stop automatically. If that is being used you will need to remove the auto capture on the Orbit. The Orbit component automatically adds a auto video capture when added to the plan.

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Martin Reading Dronelink Expert
- April 06, 2023 21:41
I believe your using auto capture on the Orbit which stops video then starts capture on the orbit and then once orbit is completed it will stop automatically. If that is being used you will need to remove the auto capture on the Orbit. The Orbit component automatically adds a auto video capture when added to the plan.

That's exactly what I was wondering as well Mike

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Zaki Aziz
- Edited April 07, 2023 04:32
Actually guys I think I figured it out. I deleted the old orbit component and created a new one from scratch. I think the old components had a camera stop capture component somewhere in there.

Thank you for all the help!

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Martin Reading Dronelink Expert
- April 07, 2023 06:49
Good to see you got it sorted, I'd suggest you set the final altitude to about 275 feet, that way you'll the whole of the Angel in at the end

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