Sorry for the length of this. I have just added a note here that I have sent to Skydio's support team. I was wondering if anyone on this forum had any comments or suggestions or could HELP. I have seen this problem before or have not seen a proper resolution. I cannot believe that it is still a major issue two years after I saw complaints about it. BTW For my latest test I was using a Samsung Note 9 and the controller with wifi turned off on my phone until after landing when I turned it on and attached to Skydio's network. Audio recording was turned on.
email to Skydio support:
I am really concerned. I am new to Skydio 2 and I am having major problems finding the M4A files with any regularity. It appears that this was a known problem two years ago, but I have to believe that it has been solved since then. Creating clips and transferring them via wifi to my phone when it is time to switch batteries is not an option with the size of video files. I don't really care if you sync the audio and video or just provide me with both files. I have been mainly testing the beacon following me on my bike. I have ended up with M4A files on the Skydio SD card about 50% of the time. I don't know that I do anything different from one ride to the next. Today, I used up all three batteries working with the controller. My audio notes were important to me. Each time, after landing, I pressed the media button, kept the controller open and the Skydio still powered up. I found out that I needed to start wifi on my phone and attach it to the Skydio's wifi (this is the same technique that seems to work when using the beacon). The app then told me that the Skydio was syncing and it eventually showed me a screen with an icon for each video. Sometimes I had to wait a moment for the circles to stop turning on a video, presumably indicating that it was finished with its processing. Audio recording is turned on and has worked the last couple of times using the beacon. This time I recieved NO audio on any of my videos that I made today. I spent a few hours with the drone and used all three batteries and not one video had any audio and I couldn't find the M4A files anywhere. Hours later, after I found out that the M4A files were missing from the SD card, I tried starting the Skydio in my house, attaching the phone to the Skydio's wifi and then I pressed media as suggested in a forum. After pressing media, the app said it was syncing and showed me the media screen. I tried making a clip out of a 20 second video that I had (I know that you say this doesn't work if done after shutdown), I got a clip but there was no audio attached to it. When I play it, all I hear is silence. No M4A files recorded earlier in the day, got "synced"over to the SD card.
Is there no way that Skydio can store the M4A files that it collects on the phone in a directory that I can access. According to an internet forum, I could access these files if I rooted my phone which isn't going to happen. I understand that IOS users can access their audio files. I have an hour's worth of audio recorded somewhere on my phone that I don't appear to have access to and that I really want. Is there anything that I can do now? Is there anything that Skydio can do quickly to change the directory the recording is stored in? I have read the manuals, watched the flight school and additional videos and read the forums. As far as I can tell, I am doing everything right.
email to Skydio support:
I am really concerned. I am new to Skydio 2 and I am having major problems finding the M4A files with any regularity. It appears that this was a known problem two years ago, but I have to believe that it has been solved since then. Creating clips and transferring them via wifi to my phone when it is time to switch batteries is not an option with the size of video files. I don't really care if you sync the audio and video or just provide me with both files. I have been mainly testing the beacon following me on my bike. I have ended up with M4A files on the Skydio SD card about 50% of the time. I don't know that I do anything different from one ride to the next. Today, I used up all three batteries working with the controller. My audio notes were important to me. Each time, after landing, I pressed the media button, kept the controller open and the Skydio still powered up. I found out that I needed to start wifi on my phone and attach it to the Skydio's wifi (this is the same technique that seems to work when using the beacon). The app then told me that the Skydio was syncing and it eventually showed me a screen with an icon for each video. Sometimes I had to wait a moment for the circles to stop turning on a video, presumably indicating that it was finished with its processing. Audio recording is turned on and has worked the last couple of times using the beacon. This time I recieved NO audio on any of my videos that I made today. I spent a few hours with the drone and used all three batteries and not one video had any audio and I couldn't find the M4A files anywhere. Hours later, after I found out that the M4A files were missing from the SD card, I tried starting the Skydio in my house, attaching the phone to the Skydio's wifi and then I pressed media as suggested in a forum. After pressing media, the app said it was syncing and showed me the media screen. I tried making a clip out of a 20 second video that I had (I know that you say this doesn't work if done after shutdown), I got a clip but there was no audio attached to it. When I play it, all I hear is silence. No M4A files recorded earlier in the day, got "synced"over to the SD card.
Is there no way that Skydio can store the M4A files that it collects on the phone in a directory that I can access. According to an internet forum, I could access these files if I rooted my phone which isn't going to happen. I understand that IOS users can access their audio files. I have an hour's worth of audio recorded somewhere on my phone that I don't appear to have access to and that I really want. Is there anything that I can do now? Is there anything that Skydio can do quickly to change the directory the recording is stored in? I have read the manuals, watched the flight school and additional videos and read the forums. As far as I can tell, I am doing everything right.
