All of the model and controller details below are per DJI's app documentation.
On these drones the stream leaves from the remote, and the remote sets two things: whether you can stream at all, and the resolution you get.
| Controller | Live stream |
|---|---|
| RC-N3, RC-N2 or RC-N1 (uses your phone) | 1080p |
| RC 2 (built-in screen) | 720p |
| RC Pro 2 | 720p |
| RC Pro | 720p, with a microphone plugged in |
| DJI RC | No live streaming in DJI Fly |
DJI attributes the 720p cap on the RC 2 and RC Pro 2 to the controller hardware, so no drone setting changes it.
Air 3. Ships with the RC 2, the RC-N2 or the RC-N1, and streams with any of them.
Air 3S. Ships with the RC 2 or the RC-N3, and streams with either.
On both, a phone remote gives you 1080p and the RC 2 gives you 720p.
The Air 2S streams only with the RC-N1. Some kits come with the DJI RC, which has no live streaming option in DJI Fly at all. If yours has the DJI RC, there is no setting to switch on; streaming needs the RC-N1.
Ships with the RC 2 or the RC Pro 2, and streams with either, at 720p. Both of its remotes carry the hardware cap, so 720p is the stream resolution on this drone whichever kit you bought.
These ship with a choice of three remotes, and the stream depends on which one you have:
The microphone requirement catches people out: without one, the stream does not start.
The platforms built into DJI Fly put your flight on a public social channel. That is the right place for an audience. It is the wrong place when the people watching are a client, a site manager or a team who need a private view.
For that, DJI Fly's live streaming settings take a custom RTMP address. Point it at a relay and the relay turns the stream into a web page that opens in a browser, with nothing to install on either end. The stream carries video only. Nebli is one such relay; how streaming a DJI drone to a website works explains the whole path, and the DJI Fly live streaming guide shows the exact screens.
The remote has no streaming option. That is the DJI RC, on an Air 2S, Mavic 3 Pro or Mavic 3 Classic. Use a remote from the table above that streams.
No microphone on an RC Pro. Plug one in before you start.
The remote has no internet. On an RC-N remote that means the phone's mobile data or Wi-Fi; on a screen remote it means the connection on the remote itself.
The address and key share one field. DJI Fly has two fields, an address and a key, and joins them with nothing in between. Paste each value into its own field; putting both in one field makes the stream fail without a clear error.
Yes, from DJI Fly, with the RC 2, the RC-N2 or the RC-N1.
1080p with the RC-N2 or RC-N1, and 720p with the RC 2, per DJI's app documentation.
Yes with the RC-N1, and with the RC Pro once a microphone is plugged in. Not with the DJI RC.
Both remotes it ships with, the RC 2 and the RC Pro 2, stream at 720p. DJI attributes this to the controller hardware.
