did a deliberate long flight to send a video to a friend that hasent been here for a long time.. my question is.. it chopped the video down into 3 files.... is there a setting to record the whole 15 min flight.
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ryantrax
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No DJI segments them to 4GB max file sizes. You have to merge them in post.
My Litchi flights are 9:21. At the end of that file another is started and it too will max out at 9:21 and if needed start another. These are recorded at 4K and I read somewhere that is the largest file it can write. I have several flights that are in two and sometimes three files.
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Jim
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Jim
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That's all part of the operating system. It does max out on file size. DJI had nothing to do with it.
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Shoot in 1080p rather than 4k and you'll get 15 mins in a single file.
ryantrax
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Yes it is a DJI thing when you format as exFAT you can have file sizes larger than 4gb, DJI just hasn't changed it, hopefully soon they will fix it with a firmware update, I'm not holding my breath.
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File allocation tables (FAT, EXFAT, NTFS and many many more) are owned by Microsoft and I think it's the royalty fees for the better tables that DJI does not want to pay. FAT32 (4Gb max file size) is probable one of the cheapest. It would be nice if they would buffer the missing frames and start the next file with them.
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Maybe this sounds picky, but exFat (extended FAT) was created by Microsoft, not DJI. But I understand your point. Most of the modern digital cameras use exFAT.
From what I see on the P4 specs, the camera does support exFAT.
ryantrax
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Correct, the camera does support exFat but even when formated in exFat the files are still broken down to 4GB files. Not a huge deal for me since I do post work on most of my videos.
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