As the market leader in easy-to-fly drones and aerial photography systems, DJI quadcopters like the Phantom are the standard in consumer drone technology. DJI company has many drone product and each model is hot. Many people like to use DJI Phantom quadcopters to recording their video diary or remember their wedding time while some video studio would like to DJI Inspire model to shoot some professional footages. These recordings are often uploaded into YouTube and other video sharing sites for sharing while someone will import their creation to iMovie, FCP, Windows Movie Maker, Sony Vegas, etc to edit and re-production.
Each NLE software, video sharing site and video player has video codec, format and resolution limit. So when you want to play, edit and share DJI drone shootings, you should know what format and codec video you recorded with DJI product.
DJI Products Export Video Footages' Format, Codec, Resolution
DJI Products | Image Size | Video Recording Modes | Max Video Bitrate | Supported File Systems | Format |
Phantom 4 Pro | 3:2 Aspect Ratio: 5472 × 3648 4:3 Aspect Ratio: 4864 × 3648 16:9 Aspect Ratio: 5472 × 3078 |
H.265 C4K:4096×2160 24/25/30p @100Mbps 4K:3840×2160 24/25/30p @100Mbps 2.7K:2720×1530 24/25/30p @65Mbps 2.7K:2720×1530 48/50/60p @80Mbps FHD:1920×1080 24/25/30p @50Mbps FHD:1920×1080 48/50/60p @65Mbps FHD:1920×1080 120p @100Mbps HD:1280×720 24/25/30p @25Mbps HD:1280×720 48/50/60p @35Mbps HD:1280×720 120p @60Mbps H.264 C4K:4096×2160 24/25/30/48/50/60p @100Mbps 4K:3840×2160 24/25/30/48/50/60p @100Mbps 2.7K:2720×1530 24/25/30p @80Mbps 2.7K:2720×1530 48/50/60p @100Mbps FHD:1920×1080 24/25/30p @60Mbps FHD:1920×1080 48/50/60 @80Mbps FHD:1920×1080 120p @100Mbps HD:1280×720 24/25/30p @30Mbps HD:1280×720 48/50/60p @45Mbps HD:1280×720 120p @80Mbps |
100 Mbps | FAT32 (≤32 GB); exFAT (>32 GB) | MP4/MOV (AVC/H.264; HEVC/H.265) |
Mavic | 4000×3000 | C4K: 4096×2160 24p 4K: 3840×2160 24/25/30p 2.7K: 2720x1530 24/25/30p FHD: 1920×1080 24/25/30/48/50/60/96p HD: 1280×720 24/25/30/48/50/60/120p |
60 Mbps | FAT32 ( ≤ 32 GB ); exFAT ( > 32 GB ) | MP4, MOV (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264) |
Phantom 4 | 4000×3000 | UHD: 4096×2160 (4K) 24 / 25p 3840×2160 (4K) 24 / 25 / 30p 2704×1520 (2.7K) 24 / 25 / 30p FHD: 1920×1080 24 / 25 / 30 / 48 / 50 / 60 / 120p HD: 1280×720 24 / 25 / 30 / 48 / 50 / 60p |
60 Mbps | FAT32 (≤32 GB); exFAT (>32 GB) | MP4, MOV (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264) |
Phantom 3 Professional | 4000×3000 |
UHD: 4096x2160p 24/25, 3840x2160p 24/25/30 FHD: 1920x1080p 24/25/30/48/50/60 HD: 1280x720p 24/25/30/48/50/60 |
60 Mbps | FAT32 (≤32 GB); exFAT (>32 GB) | MP4, MOV (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264) |
Phantom 3 Advanced | 4000×3000 |
2.7K: 2704 x1520p 24/25/30 (29.97) FHD: 1920x1080p 24/25/30/48/50/60 HD: 1280x720p 24/25/30/48/50/60 |
40 Mbps | FAT32 (≤32 GB); exFAT (>32 GB) | MP4, MOV (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264) |
Phantom 3 Standard | 4000×3000 |
2.7K: 2704 x1520p 24/25/30 (29.97) FHD: 1920x1080p 24/25/30 HD: 1280x720p 24/25/30/48/50/60 |
40 Mbps | FAT32 (≤32 GB); exFAT (>32 GB) | MP4, MOV (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264) |
Phantom 3 4K | 4000×3000 |
UHD: 4096x2160p 24/25, 3840x2160p 24/25/30 FHD: 1920x1080p 24/25/30/48/50/60 HD: 1280x720p 24/25/30/48/50/60 |
60 Mbps | FAT32 (≤32 GB); exFAT (>32 GB) | MP4, MOV (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264) |
Phantom 2 Vision+ | - | 4384×3288 | - | - | - |
Phantom 2 Vision | - | 1080/p30 or 1080/60i | - | - | - |
Inspire 2 | - | H.264 C4K:4096×2160 23.976/24/25/29.97/47.95/50/59.94p @100Mbps 4K:3840×2160 23.976/24/25/29.97p @100Mbps 2.7K:2720×1530 23.976/24/25/29.97p @80Mbps FHD:1920×1080 23.976/24/25/29.97p @60Mbps H.265 C4K:4096×2160 23.976/24/25/29.97p @100Mbps 4K:3840×2160 3840×1572 23.976/24/25/29.97p @100Mbps 2.7K:2720×1530 23.976/24/25/29.97p @65Mbps FHD:1920×1080 23.976/24/25/29.97p @50Mbps |
- | - | MOV, MP4 |
Inspire 1 Pro/Raw | - | UHD: 4K (4096×2160) 24/25p 4K (3840×2160.) 24/25/30p 2.7K:2720×1530 24/25/30p FHD:1920×1080 24/25/30/48/50/60p |
60 Mbps | FAT32 (≤32 GB); exFAT (>32 GB) | MP4, MOV (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264) |
Inspire 1 | 4000x3000 | UHD (4K): 4096x2160p24/25, 3840x2160p24/25/30 FHD: 1920x1080p24/25/30/48/50/60 HD: 1280x720p24/25/30/48/50/60 |
60 Mbps | FAT32/exFAT | MP4/MOV (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264) |
Zenmuse X3 | - | 4096x2160(25/24P), 3840x2160(30/25P), 1920x1080(60/50/48/30/25/24P) 1280x720(60/50/48/30/25/24P) |
60Mbps@4096x2160(25/24P), 60Mbps@3840x2160(30/25P), 45Mbps@1920x1080(60/50/48/30/25/24P) 15Mbps@1280x720(60/50/48/30/25/24P |
- | MP4/MOV (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264) |
Zenmuse X5 | - | 4096x2160(23.98p), 3840x2160(29.97/23.98p), 2704x1520(30/25P), 1920x1080(59.94/29.97p) |
60Mbps@4096x2160(23.98p), 60Mbps@3840x2160(29.97/23.98p), 45Mbps@2704x1520(30/25P), 40Mbps@1920x1080(59.94), 25Mbps@1920x1080(29.97p) |
- | MP4/MOV (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264) |
Zenmuse X5R | - | 4096x2160(23.98p), 3840x2160(29.97/23.98p), 2704x1520(30/25P), 1920x1080(59.94/29.97p) |
Average: 1.6Gbps@4096x2160(23.98p), 1.9Gbps@3840x2160(29.97/23.98p), 1Gbps@2704x1520(30/25P), 500Mbps@1920x1080(29.97p) |
- | MP4/MOV/Cinema DNG (MPEG4/AVC/H.264/JPEG-Lossless(RAW) |
Convert DJI Drone Video Format/Codec and Adjust Resolution/Bitrate
When you can't play, edit and share DJI footages due to wrong video codec, format and bitrate, you can use Pavtube Video Converter to re-encode DJI Phantom, Mavic, Inpire and Zenmuse videos.This video converter can convert H.265/HEVC, H.264/AVC, MPEG 4, DivX, XviD video to another different video codec. It also can convert video format from MKV, MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV to another. You can adjust video resolution, bitrate, frame rate, codec and audio channel, codec, bitrate, sample rate.
Before you finish the video conversion, you can trim, crop, merge, split, add subtitle to video and mute audio, replace audio, fade audio. But it can't edit video by frame. If you want to edit video by frame before convert them, you can use Pavtube Media Magician.
For Mac users, Pavtube Video Conveter for Mac can run on macOS Sierra system without any problem.
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