Media storage policy#

Camera2 offers to possibility to configure where media files should be stored:

  • internal: store media files in internal drone storage.

  • removable: store media files in removable storage.

  • automatic: let the drone choose where media files are stored.

Camera 1#

This feature is not available on Camera1.

Camera 2#

Media storage policy is configured with parameter Camera.Config.STORAGE_POLICY.

Sample code to monitor media storage policy:

/** Reference on MainCamera peripheral. */
private var cameraRef: Ref<MainCamera>? = null

/** Monitors and prints media storage policy. */
fun monitorMediaStoragePolicy(drone: Drone) {
    cameraRef = drone.getPeripheral(MainCamera::class.java) { camera ->
        // called on main thread when the camera peripheral changes
        camera?.run {
            // get configuration parameter
            config[Camera.Config.STORAGE_POLICY].run {
                if (supportedValues(onlyCurrent = true).isEmpty()) {
                    // parameter value is not relevant
                    // if there is not supported values in current configuration
                    println("No supported value in current configuration")
                } else {
                    println("Current value: $value")
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Example of output:

Current value is: AUTOMATIC

Sample code to modify media storage policy:

/** Sets media storage policy. */
fun setMediaStoragePolicy(drone: Drone, policy: Camera.StoragePolicy) {
    drone.getPeripheral(MainCamera::class.java)?.run {
        // create configuration editor, starting from current configuration
        val editor = config.edit(fromScratch = false)
        // get configuration parameter
        editor[Camera.Config.STORAGE_POLICY].let { configParam ->
            // change parameter value,
            // and unset other parameters conflicting with this new value
            configParam.value = policy
            // complete configuration, by setting missing parameters values
            editor.autoComplete()
            // send new configuration to drone
            editor.commit()
        }
    }
}

Trying to change the parameter value to an unsupported value has no effect. Values supported by the camera are retrieved by calling configParam.supportedValues(onlyCurrent = false).