iPad Pro Won’t Play Mavic Pro 4K Video
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For DJI Mavic Pro users who have just recorded some 4K footage and you may wish to transfer and play the drone footage on your high resolution Retina display screen iPad Pro during the flight. However, a lot of users from DJI or Phantom forums complain that the iPad Pro won’t play the DJI Mavic Pro 4K footage just as the conditions mentioned below:
“I have the Apple iPad Pro that I use as the display while flying the Mavic Pro.
Today I put the SD card from the Mavic Pro into the Apple SD card reader for my iPad iPad Pro. The iPad Photos app recognized the 4K video as content that it could import, and it did the import when I selected the 4K video. The iPad Photos app would not play the 4K video, saying it did not recognize the video format. I downloaded the DG Player from the iPad App Store and it played the 4K video perfectly for me on my iPad Pro.”
Why iPad Pro not play DJI Mavic Pro 4K video?
Before answering this question, let’s first be clear of the specific recording format of DJI Mavic Pro 4K and iPad Pro supported file format specification.
DJI Mavic Pro 4K specification
DCI 4K (4096 x 2160): 24p
UHD 4K (3840 x 2160): 24/25/30p
File container formats: MOV wrapper
File compression codec: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
iPad Pro supported file format specification
iPad Pro can play video and audio file that meet the following standards:
– H.264 video up to 4K, 30 frames per second, High Profile level 4.2 with AAC LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio or Dolby Audio up to 1008 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo or multichannel audio, in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
– MPEG 4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio or Dolby Audio up to 1008 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo or multichannel audio, in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
From above lists, we can see that although the recording container file format, compression codec and file resolution of DJI Mavic Pro all perfectly match with iPad Pro’s strict playback requirements. However, since iPad Pro only play 4K video with the frame rate of 30fps, while some of the DCI 4K or UHD 4K video shoot by DJI Mavic Pro are 24p or 25p, therefore, to get a successful playback experience, it would be much ideal for you to change the frame rate of DJI Mavic Pro to let it fit with iPad Pro.
Convert DJI Mavic Pro 4K for iPad Pro playback
To get the job easily completed, here, we highly recommend Pavtube Video Converter for Mac (review) to you. This remarkable Mac 4K Video Converter has full support for the 4K video recorded with DJI Mavic Pro, you can directly output DJI Mavic Pro 4K H.264 to iPad Pro playable 4K H.264 with MOV, MP4 or M4V container file format. And then tweak the output frame rates as 30fps in the program’s “Profile Settings” window to make it adapt with iPad Pro. Besides that, you can also do other profile parameters adjustment such as video resolution, bit rate, audio bit rate, sample rate and channels, etc to get better output video and audio quality for iPad Pro.
Adjust output video aspect ratio
The 4K video recorded by DJI Mavic Pro uses an aspect ratio of 16:9 (UHD 4K) or 256:135 (DCI 4K) which doesn’t match with the iPad Pro which uses an aspect ratio of 4:3. Then, when you try to display the original Mavic Pro 4K on iPad Pro, there will be black bars around the video frame. Fortunately, you can easily fix this issue by changing output video aspect ratio with the program’s “Crop” function in the video editor window.
For Windows users, you can switch to download Pavtube Video Converter to convert DJI Mavic Pro to iPad Pro best playback settings on Windows 10/8.1/8/7.
How to Convert DJI Mavic Pro 4K for iPad Pro Playback?
Step 1: Load DJI Mavic Pro 4K video.
Start the program on your computer, on the main interface, click “File” > “Add Video/Audio” or “Add from Folder” to load Mavic Pro 4K video into the program. You can also directly drag the files to the program’s main panel.
Step 2: Define output 4K file format.
Clicking the Format bar, from its drop-down list, output iPad Pro supported 4K file formats by following “H.264 High Profile Video” under “Common Video” main category.
Tips: Click “Settings” on the main interface to open “Profile Settings” window, here, you can flexibly choose or specify exactly the profile parameters including video codec, resolution, bit rate, frame rate as 30fps, audio codec, bit rate, sample rate, channels, etc as you like to get better output video and audio quality for iPad Pro.
Step 3: Adjust output video aspect ratio.
Go the “Crop” tab in the “Video Editor” Window, switch to the “Advanced Mode”. To change output video aspect ratio, there are several aspect ratios for you to choose from, including 16:10, 16:9, 5:4, 4:3, 3:2, and 2:1, you can choose iPad accepted aspect ratio 4:3. Once you select a “Display aspect ratio”, the “green crop frame” will keep this ratio to crop video and you are able to preview the final effect in real time. If you want to keep the same aspect ratio in your final output files, do remember to set the Video “Size (pix)” in “Settings” section as the same ratio as display aspect ratio.
Step 4: Begin the conversion process.
After all setting is completed, hit right-bottom “Convert” button to begin the conversion from Mavic Pro 4K video to iPad Pro supported file formats and settings conversion process.
When the conversion is completed, feel free to sync files from iTunes to iPad in all models for conveniently
