Litchi vs DJI Go App

Suhail78 · Sep 2, 2016

Dirty Bird said:
"Harbor Shot," as with my other city flights, began as much simpler missions before evolving into their current form. Early flights flew with the camera straight ahead & sometimes straight down to verify clearances. The missions have been executed over 100 times & have proven reliable. The map data used in creating the missions has been very accurate, with building spirals & transits plotted directly from the maps. Litchi inspires confidence as it faithfully executes the flight plan. No doubt my missions push the envelope but they certainly make for more interesting footage than flying over trees.

Dirty Bird....you are my idol! Haha, what you do is beyond amazing, i look forward to seeing what you have in store next!

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Ronny · Sep 2, 2016

Dirty Bird you are the man. It worked everything is working. I sure could use some pointers on video from you.
I just shot a 4k video and it looks like crap from my phantom 4. I have a youtube site
If you have time to look at one perhaps you can steer me in the right direction.
Ronny allred thats the you tube name.

Sky Pirate · Sep 3, 2016

As a newcomer to this kind of flying I have to say what a wonderful 'show piece' of a video. As someone who lives in a very rural area (no big cities anywhere close) and no large harbour area either I found it very entertaining (and enlightening). Thank you, a great effort!

Ronny · Sep 3, 2016

Sky Pirate said:
As a newcomer to this kind of flying I have to say what a wonderful 'show piece' of a video. As someone who lives in a very rural area (no big cities anywhere close) and no large harbour area either I found it very entertaining (and enlightening). Thank you, a great effort!

Thank you very much. However i was not happy with the way it turned out. It looked grainy or saturated really bad. It was shot in 4k and i need someone to teach me what i am doing wrong.
Ron

Sky Pirate · Sep 3, 2016

Well what a bit of a mix up there, I really meant the vid by 'Dirty Bird'. I had not watched yours Ronny by then (but I have now), but the same goes for that too. It's an education looking at peoples work who have vastly more experience than one's self. This is one of the things that makes the 'proper' use of such forums such a good thing.

Ronny · Sep 3, 2016

I could

Sky Pirate said:
Well what a bit of a mix up there, I really meant the vid by 'Dirty Bird'. I had not watched yours Ronny by then (but I have now), but the same goes for that too. It's an education looking at peoples work who have vastly more experience than one's self. This is one of the things that makes the 'proper' use of such forums such a good thing.

I totally agree sky. I watched dirty birds flight, it was very nice. But i need to learn camera settings for different types a day. I though i could shoot 4k on a sunny morning and it needed lots of work.
So from that point i was hoping you camera guys could give me pointers.

Dirty Bird · Sep 3, 2016

I'm by far no expert on composition. For ship shots I think it's a bit of planning or luck involved catching the ship with the proper lighting. I like flying around the ships for scale & effect. I no longer shoot in 4K. I just shoot 1080 since that is what YouTube downgrades to when publishing. Here is a little compilation video of some ship shots:

Ronny said:
Dirty Bird you are the man. It worked everything is working. I sure could use some pointers on video from you.
I just shot a 4k video and it looks like crap from my phantom 4. I have a youtube site
If you have time to look at one perhaps you can steer me in the right direction.
Ronny allred thats the you tube name.

Ronny · Sep 3, 2016

Dirty Bird said:
I'm by far no expert on composition. For ship shots I think it's a bit of planning or luck involved catching the ship with the proper lighting. I like flying around the ships for scale & effect. I no longer shoot in 4K. I just shoot 1080 since that is what YouTube downgrades to when publishing. Here is a little compilation video of some ship shots:

Dirty bird that was a great clip. What was your camera setting on ? Do you remember?
Ron

Dirty Bird · Sep 3, 2016

I always have my camera on Auto.

Ronny said:
Dirty bird that was a great clip. What was your camera setting on ? Do you remember?
Ron

Ronny · Sep 3, 2016

Dirty Bird said:
I always have my camera on Auto.

Ok 1080p auto. I love your work my friend your camera shots are great.

Dirty Bird · Sep 3, 2016

Thanks!

Ronny said:
Ok 1080p auto. I love your work my friend your camera shots are great.

ussvertigo · Sep 3, 2016

Tenly said:
I can say with almost absolute certainty that if you think that Litchi's best feature is the auto camera start - you are seriously underutilizing the tool....!!!

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Well if you forget to start recording, the rest of the tools aren't gonna help much, I just made a 1 1/2 hour trip to have motorcycle tires I bought on line to mount on my wheels, got there and realized I forgot the new tires. So for folks like me with ADD, it is valuable, but true it has much more to offer.

Ronny · Sep 3, 2016

Ussvert

ussvertigo said:
Well if you forget to start recording, the rest of the tools aren't gonna help much, I just made a 1 1/2 hour trip to have motorcycle tires I bought on line to mount on my wheels, got there and realized I forgot the new tires. So for folks like me with ADD, it is valuable, but true it has much more to offer.

Uss vertigo
All i was asking dirty bird was what were his camera settings? His video clips are really really good. I just want to learn moore and his video well they speak for him. He is good at what he shoots.
Ron

LV632553 · Sep 3, 2016

Dirty Bird said:
I only use Litchi for autonomous waypoint missions but, in over 200 complex, long-distance missions it has never failed.

Wow that's a long flight...!!!

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Ronny · Sep 3, 2016

LV632553 said:
Wow that's a long flight...!!!

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So dirty bird the shots of the ships, that was DJI Go?

ussvertigo · Sep 3, 2016

Ron, I was responding to a different post, but like you I heavily rely on info from those who provide valuable experience. Litchi using the wp function takes a lot of the flying load off the operator, so camera settings are a great interest to me also.
One comment on "Auto", I use manual because during filming in auto, I have had scenes turn out useable because the camera was changing settings at the worst time (usually occurs during change of scene brightness). I often set on auto to see what it selects and then go back to manual. Good luck.

Ronny · Sep 3, 2016

ussvertigo said:
Ron, I was responding to a different post, but like you I heavily rely on info from those who provide valuable experience. Litchi using the wp function takes a lot of the flying load off the operator, so camera settings are a great interest to me also.
One comment on "Auto", I use manual because during filming in auto, I have had scenes turn out useable because the camera was changing settings at the worst time (usually occurs during change of scene brightness). I often set on auto to see what it selects and then go back to manual. Good luck.

My apology please lol. I am eager to learn my friend. Thank you for the tips Dirty Bird
I will try them for sure.
Ron

Dirty Bird · Sep 3, 2016

"Harbor Shot" is ~38,600'.

LV632553 said:
Wow that's a long flight...!!!

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David Cooke · Sep 3, 2016

Hi large are your 15 or 25min file in 1080p uploads . . mine seem be huge like 1-2 gigabytes of more just for 10-12min. Is that your normal?

Dirty Bird · Sep 3, 2016

Yes that is normal for my P3 Standards. More if you do 1080X60 fps. For some reason when I record 1080x30 fps on my P3 Pro/Advanced or P4 a 16 minute video still splits & exceeds 4 GB. Not sure why that is?

David Cooke said:
Hi large are your 15 or 25min file in 1080p uploads . . mine seem be huge like 1-2 gigabytes of more just for 10-12min. Is that your normal?