Local Media Management

Within DroneSense Remote, the Remote Operator flying in the Remote Operational Control (ROC) Site will be able to capture and view media from operational flights via the Local Media Manager.  

As stated in the DroneSense Remote Settings article, the Remote Operator can set the system to automatically record video to the local computer used to pilot the aircraft during flight, or trigger the recording manually. 

Recording Video using the record button will now save the video to both the Media Manager and Drone Storage.

This is set in the DroneSense Remote Settings.

• If Record Entire Flight to Media Manager is enabled, that will be the only video saved to the Media Manager.
• If Record Entire Flight to Media Manager is disabled, multiple recordings during a single CFS will be spliced together and uploaded to the Media Manager. 

This will, when enabled, record video attached for that Call For Service (CFS), recording from take off until the end of the call for service, by either returning to home or selecting Goto New CFS. At that time, it will start a new video recording for the latest Call For Service. 

Additionally, the Remote Operator can set the Media to download to the Downloads folder of the local machine automatically.

This setting is also found in the DroneSense Remote Settings.   

The Remote Operator can also capture imagery that will be stored via the Local Media Manager. 

While flying in DroneSense Remote, the Remote Operator can press the Image Capture Button with the mouse above the beacon button on the right side of the screen.  Once pressed, it will drop a marker on the map indicating where the image was captured, and provide an indicator that there is media in the Local Media Manager.

To Access the Local Media Manager, the Remote Operator would click on the Local Media Manager Icon in the upper right corner of the screen.  

From there, the Media Manager Menu will appear. 

Here, all media related to the Calls For Service will be sorted by CFS.  The Remote Operator can choose to download the individual items on each call for service by clicking the download icon associated with each image/video, or can select to download all media for that CFS. 

NOTE: It is HIGHLY recommended that the Remote Operator immediately preserve any data/imagery/videos that would be of potentially evidentiary value as soon as possible.  

These files are maintained in the temporary cache files of the computer, and may be limited based on several factors, including Information Technology Settings and Computer System Memory capabilities.  

Several agencies' IT sections will have the Cache files automatically deleted, and this would delete these imagery/video files from the cache.  

Additionally, your computer system's storage capability may be limited, as these files are being stored in the Random Access Memory (RAM).   A computer with 4 GB of RAM would have the potential for 4 GB of stored data, and so on.  

DroneSense will now send a New warning when browser storage exceeds 10GB and 50GB 

It is recommended that the ROC Site Computer have at least 8 GB of RAM to facilitate the Local Media Manager.  

Determining Storage Capability 

To check how much storage your computer has available via Google Chrome, follow these steps. 

In Google Chrome, click on the three dots in the upper-right-hand corner, scroll down to More Tools, and then open Developer Tools.  

From there, if the Section Application is not already visible, click the double arrows and select Application. Once this is open, choose Storage. 

This will allow the Remote Operator to see how much storage has been utilized, how much is available, and enable the Operator Remote to Clear Site Data.  Caution: When clearing site data, this will delete local media from the Local Media Manager.