In-Flight & Video Features

In-Flight Features

Go to Location

After taking off, you can specify that you want to fly to a particular location. To do this, click the desired location on the map to open a popup menu. Select "Go to location", and confirm by dragging the slider that appears at the top of the screen.

ROI at Location

The camera can be pointed and locked onto a specific location if desired using a region of interest (ROI). To do this, click the desired location on the map to open a popup menu. Select "ROI at location", and confirm by dragging the slider that appears at the top of the screen.

Set Home Here

The home point of the vehicle can be adjusted if desired. To do this, click the desired location on the map to open a popup menu. Select "Set home here", and confirm by dragging the slider that appears at the top of the screen.

Video Features

If supported by the camera and vehicle, HA Ground Control can start and stop video recording on the camera itself and can also record the video stream and save it locally.

Video stored on the camera may be of much higher quality, but it is likely that your ground station will have a much larger recording capacity.

Record Video Stream

Video stream recording is controlled on the video stream instrument page. Press the red circle to start recording a new video (a new video file is created each time the circle is pressed); the circle will change into a red square while recording is in progress. This can all be configured in the Application Settings > General tab.

• Video Recording – specifies the recording file format and storage limits.

Important: Videos are saved in Matroska format (.mkv) by default. This format is relatively robust against corruption in case of errors.

• Miscellaneous – streamed video is saved under the Application Load/Save Path.

Important: The stored video includes just the video stream itself. To record video with HA Ground Control application elements displayed, you should use separate screen recording software.

Record Video on Camera

Start/stop video recording on the camera itself using the camera instrument page. First toggle to video mode, then select the red button to start recording.