I have an odd situation. When sitting on the ground I get a playable video file (MP-4) but when airborne I get a corrupted file. Any ideas?
Video file corrupted
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Are you making sure to stop recording before powering off? This scenario will result in a corrupted file, but it can many times be recovered by putting the sd card back in the camera and cycling the H power on and off.
That worked! Thank you. Apparently I did not turn off the camera before I landed
Good to hear... lots have done it once... then you remember... at least until you do it again. 
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That should work. Wish I’d known that when I started. Some of my best work got lost to file management errors. We could have a class on labeling and data storage as I’ve got terabytes of footage and naming to find later is tricky. Plus making back ups of your work as I’ve had drives go and loose stuff also.
Just so there isn’t any confusion... no need to stop recording before landing. Just remember to stop recording before powering down the H.
One technique I employ so I don’t forget, is to take a still after stopping video recording. Don’t need to switch the camera mode; just stop video the press the single photo button.
Jeff
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Understand how that works. I’ve resorted to date of flight, subject name, and flight sequence added if more than one was done for the subject.
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