DJI GPS Metadata

Write GPS location metadata to video files from a DJI drone in a way that Apple's Photos.app knows how to parse.

The GPS location is extracted from the original MP4 files using exiftool and the MP4 files are converted to QuickTime videos (.mov) without re-encoding them. Subtitles are preserved, if present.

Note: this has only been tested using recordings from a DJI Mini 2 as that's the only drone I have access to

Dependencies

• bash
• exiftool (brew install exiftool)
• ffmpeg (brew install ffmpeg)
• avmetareadwrite (from xcode-select --install or from Xcode)

Development dependencies

• Docker
  • argbash
  • shfmt
  • shellcheck

Run ./scripts/check-and-format before committing changes.

Usage

» ./dji-gps-metadata.sh  -h
DJI GPS Metadata for Photos.app
Usage: ./dji-gps-metadata.sh [-m|--make <arg>] [-d|--model <arg>] [-r|--(no-)remove-original] [-h|--help] <filename-1> [<filename-2>] ... [<filename-n>] ...
	<filename>: source MP4 file
	-m, --make: Device make (default: 'DJI')
	-d, --model: Device model (default: 'Mini 2')
	-r, --remove-original, --no-remove-original: Remove original MP4s after processing (off by default)
	-h, --help: Prints help

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2022 Matias Korhonen. See LICENSE for details.