Set camera mode to MEDIA_DOWNLOAD disables live video feed

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  • DJI Developer Support
    The image downloading feature is using the airlink which will block the live video stream. So The live video feed will be blocked while downloading images.
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  • DroneControl

    Hello!

    Yes, just noticed this document yesterday where it says:

    During media download, the live video feed is paused so all wireless bandwidth can be dedicated to transferring files.

    Is there any other way available to download the image from the drone without interrupting the live video stream? I guess not due to limited bandwidth availability of wireless bandwidth, right?

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  • DJI Developer Support
    There is no other way avoiding this. it is due to the limited bandwidth because the downloading original photos will occupy full bandwidth. How about you try download preview or thumnail.
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  • DroneControl

    Understand, makes sense regarding full bandwidth requirements. What is the preview quality of the photos? I've seen thumbnail, and that is definitely not good enough quality wise. But does the transfer of preview or thumbnail also block live video transmission?

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  • DJI Developer Support
    I don't know the quality of preview. If you are using P4R, you can set camera.setHighQualityPreviewEnabled. Other model does not support this function. You can download a preview and see the quality of it and see if you can accept it or not. I have heard that the thumbnail and preview downlaoding only occupying parts of the bandwidth.
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  • DroneControl

    Thank you for suggestion, will try with preview otherwise will need to live with temporary feed pause while downloading from the drone.

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