Hi,

Make sure USB recording is set in the Freeflight app and that your USB stick has sufficient space (greater than 100MB). The USB also needs to be formatted to FAT 32 and we recommend a USB key with a metal shroud.

Hi,

Thanks for the update, this is most strange as all USB sticks I have personally tested that comply to the above have all worked. I have observed problems with sticks that don't have a metal shroud and the team are investigating this.

I know the team are also testing many sticks at present following reports. If people can list USB sticks they are having problems with we can purchase the same devices and test them to investigate peoples observations.

Thanks in advance.

Thanks, I will pass this information to the developers so the stick can be ordered and tested.

Same problem. Used an empty 8gb Sandisk (with no metal) casing. The video recorded to the stick but when I plugged it into my Macbook Pro to watch using Quicktime player it said it could not play the MP4 file. I noticed the MP4 file ended .mp4.infovid. I deleted the last bit to leave just .mp4 and still it didn't work.

I will try format drive but not hopeful. Will post again next try.

I had the same issue. If you change the temp tmpvide file extension to .mp4 it might play. Also I noticed that even though I had USB drive in and software was set to record to USB it still recorded to iPad . Found them in iPad photos. Also the issue is intermittent sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't.

I tried renaming the .tmpvid to .mp4 and it didn't work. I really wish I had this video, too, because the drone fell from 60 ft for no apparent reason. I'd like to see if there were any clues on the video.

Hi,

for information about USB recording, check this other post I just answered to:
http://forum.parrot.com/ardrone/en/view … 253#p15253

Something strange, i recorded fine on my USB stick yesterday,then  i bought a much smaller and lighter USB stick today but the drone will not record on it and still sends the video to my ipad. I put back the old USB stick and i now refuses to recognize even the same one that worked yesterday
Usb that worked yesterday but not today is a 2gb Philips FM02FD05B/00
The one it wont recognize at all is a Lacie Moskeyto 4gb

Thank you that has solved the problem, both USB sticks mentioned above are now working fine. :-) You guys are the best.

Hi, I tried with Kingston 8 Gb, 16 Gb and SanDisk Data Traveler 4 Gb. None worked.  Just appears 2 or 3 Files XXXX.mp4.temp wich can't be played, even if renamed.

My experience is that the Lexar Echo stick (stub, actually) is the most practical. It is tiny and fast and works just fine with the drone. It is so small that it can get lost in the webbing so that you have to hunt for it.

But I found that unless you plan to use the Echo software that comes on the stick for backup purposes, you should probably re-format it on the computer before using it.