DJI Mini 4 pro Split Screen in DR18.6.6

Hi everyone,
One of my cameras is the DJI Mini 4 Pro. I use the H.625 Codec (MPEG-H Par2/HEVC H.265 hvc1). These video files at frame rate 29.97fps play correctly in players such as VLC Media Player and Leawo Blu-Ray Player.

However, when I import them into DR18.6.6, I occasionally get a split screen with different colours on each side.
VLC Player @ 0:35

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Leawo Player @ 0:35

Leawo Blu-Ray Player @ 0:35

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DR @0:35

DR 18.6.6 @ 0:35

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More detail on DR

DR 18.6.6 screen

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Note that this keeps flashing, so half the screen will be normal, then it will flash yellowish, then the other side will also change and this keeps happening through parts of the video. Also note that it is not the entire video! It startes in this one at around 0:30!

Any ideas on how to fix this?

Thank you

If you disable proxies, it remains the same? Sometimes proxies cause issues like yours.

If you shoot in 10 bit and you're using Windows, you need DR Studio to edit 10 bit

If you disable proxies, it remains the same? Sometimes proxies cause issues like yours.

I turned proxy off and it still happens. The interesting thing is that it only happens to certain clips and at certain times like this one, it only starts at 0:30. The rest is fine. But from then onwards, it goes haywire.

If you shoot in 10 bit and you're using Windows, you need DR Studio to edit 10 bit

Do you know how I change the bitrate in an existing timeline? I checked and yes, it is 10-bit for those videos from the drone.

Thanks

You don't change the timeline, you change the settings on the drone.

You can't change the current clips, you can only change future clips.

You can purchase a license for Studio to handle the current media. (I recommend this approach.)

You might also be able to convert the media to something the Free version can handle. That will introduce an unnecessary generational loss, but you can minimize that if you know what you're doing.

I would also like to offer some advice, something I follow myself so I don't get caught out. ALWAYS test out new equipment/settings before you shoot the real thing.

You don't change the timeline, you change the settings on the drone.

You can't change the current clips, you can only change future clips.

You can purchase a license for Studio to handle the current media. (I recommend this approach.)

You might also be able to convert the media to something the Free version can handle. That will introduce an unnecessary generational loss, but you can minimize that if you know what you're doing.

I would also like to offer some advice, something I follow myself so I don't get caught out. ALWAYS test out new equipment/settings before you shoot the real thing.

Thank you for the advice. Yes, I agree, I will start testing things before going out and doing. I had not thought this would be a problem, but great advice to follow. Don't assume, test.

I really want the DR Studio version, so if that one deals well with 10-bit colour videos, I might as well bite the bullet and purchase a license.

I saw on a thread in Reddit that the person used Handbreak to convert the clips down to 8-bit but as you said, that adds complication to the process and a loss of some quality.

I edited out the parts that DR Free does not handle and I will see if I can buy a license next week.

Do you know how I change the bitrate in an existing timeline? I checked and yes, it is 10-bit for those videos from the drone.

To add to Jim's good advice, just for clarification: this is not the bitrate, but the bit depth.

And then, not all information at reddit is useful. You don't need to convert to 8 bit, which is really a quality loss. Just convert with a tool like ffmpeg or, less intimidating to some, Shutter Encoder. To fully preserve the visual quality, you'd use a codec like CineForm, DNxHR or ProRes in a .mov wrapper. All of these are read by the free version and you keep 10 bit. What you need instead of buying Studio is time and space then.

Do you know how I change the bitrate in an existing timeline? I checked and yes, it is 10-bit for those videos from the drone.

To add to Jim's good advice, just for clarification: this is not the bitrate, but the bit depth.

And then, not all information at reddit is useful. You don't need to convert to 8 bit, which is really a quality loss. Just convert with a tool like ffmpeg or, less intimidating to some, Shutter Encoder. To fully preserve the visual quality, you'd use a codec like CineForm, DNxHR or ProRes in a .mov wrapper. All of these are read by the free version and you keep 10 bit. What you need instead of buying Studio is time and space then.

Hi Uli, thank you for your reply. Yes, bit depth, colour depth, not bitrate. My mistake. Thank you for your advice. So, if I understand you correctly, the issue is the codec and not the colour depth. DR Free does not understand the H.265 used by the drone, so if I need to convert it. I just downloaded Shutter Encoder (although I do have ffmpeg installed for another software to use, but I am not "fluent" in it). I'll give it a try today.

What puzzles me is that DR doesn't do this on the whole video. I would think it would either do it or not, but it only does that to certain parts of the video, so I guess if the colour information gets complex, it does it?

No idea about that, but others have experienced the same with drone footage.

No idea about that, but others have experienced the same with drone footage.

I will give it a try. I guess it is part of the game with the new Mini 4 Pro and Air 3.

Does DR Studio support the H.265 10-bit colour dept out of the box? That is, would I still need to convert videos made with the drone to edit in DR Studio?

Does DR Studio support the H.265 10-bit colour dept out of the box? That is, would I still need to convert videos made with the drone to edit in DR Studio?

Yes it does. Even the free version does on Mac, just with Windows it doesnt work.

Correct.

the issue is the codec and not the colour depth.

It's actually the combination of the two.

10 bit ProRes works fine in the Free version.
8 bit H.264 works fine in the Free version.

10 bit H.264...not so much.

the issue is the codec and not the colour depth.

It's actually the combination of the two.

10 bit ProRes works fine in the Free version.
8 bit H.264 works fine in the Free version.

10 bit H.264...not so much.

That makes sense. I will try to convert using Uli's tip and try to purchase a studio version in the near future. I have been meaning to get one for some of the advanced features.

Thanks for the help!

Correct.

Perfect, thanks for all the help.

I have the same issue in Dji Air3 and thought it is the ND filter - thanks guys! you saved my day

I have the same issue in Dji Air3 and thought it is the ND filter - thanks guys! you saved my day

I thought the same and even shot some of the videos again without ND filters and with different filters to rule that out. The proof was in that it would play normally in my apps (VLC, Blu-Ray Player, phone, RC2) but in DR it would glitch.

I will certainly buy the studio version when I can afford it, for I use DR so much and some of the features in DR Studio are awesome, but for now, I followed the advice to convert them and it worked.