what's up guys i'm ben from authentech, and this is the DJI Osmo action and
today we're gonna be testing a few different mic adapter options to see if
we can get to work now companies like DJI and gopro they often want you to buy
their first party audio adapter from USBC to three and a half mic input but
today i'm hoping that one of these third-party options from amazon might
work out and it'll be a lot cheaper there's a lot of mystery surrounding
this little audio adapter and a lot of questions floating out on the internet
for example lots of funny and interesting comments over on Kai's video
at about nine and a half minutes into the video he's dangling this audio
adapter looking cable and then he switches over to the rode videomicro
that we have here and the audio magically sounds so much better the
funny thing is we can clearly see he's wearing a lav on his shirt and a ton of
people are asking over and over in the comments to see what adapter he's using
there's no links in the description either and some people are even saying
he just sort of cheated the video and he was using the mic on his shirt and that
third-party adapter that he was using since the first party one from DJI isn't
out yet I have no idea what the truth is but today hopefully we'll find out a
solution as always all links will be down below and make sure you're
following me on instagram for all my behind the scenes shots check out my
other eyes mo action videos in case you missed it and let's jump right in so
these are the parts and pieces let's unbox and start test and see if any of
these work first up is this rode videomicro it's popular and it's a
compact directional mic I bought it for about 58 bucks on Amazon Prime it's
super popular tiny and portable plus there's no battery required it's powered
by the camera plug now again I'm not sure if the Osmo action is actually
going to output that minimum 3 volts power required by this rode mic there's
two of the USBC adapters that I got this one's the USB C 2 a low adapter mic and
headphone jack from cable creation bought all these with my own money on
Amazon let's get into video this is the onboard microphone of the DJI Osmo
action how does the audio sound again there's no three-and-a-half mic input on
these action cameras unfortunately so you have to use a USBC adapter and plug
that in there you go plug in it into the mic jack and how
does the audio sound it's a little exciting cuz I haven't tested this and
I'll have to copy it over to see if there's an audio difference this is
recording with the table creation audio adapter unplug it and how does the audio
sound now all right now without checking the results as a little fun surprise
let's try the second one and hopefully fingers crossed one of
these will work again this one is simple it's from cable matters the specs are
listed here it's USB 3.1 type C it's a trrs and switch this mic jack over into
here so that's just TRS plug that in alright this is take to the cable
creations this is audio on the Osmo action on boards Mike it's plug in USB C
I don't see anything pop up on the screen but we're still recording this is
audio on the rode videomic grow any audio difference we'll see I'm not
hopeful think I saw that the DJI Osmo pocket you need their first party
adapter only that one work no third-party adapters work so I'm not
super hopeful but if something like this could work that'd be amazing alright
let's jump on the computer and see if we get any audio difference
like grow any audio difference no difference bummer
well sad news doesn't seem like either of those adaptors work now this
obviously isn't a comprehensive list there's some Tiaras to trrs patch cables
there's a ton of other third-party adapters that might work however I have
any claim that DJ I will lock us down to just their adapter to only work just
like GoPro did and that's for a Kai's video well I'm not sure what adapter
he's using or what's actually going on let me know your guys's thoughts down in
the comments quick audio test to show that the road at video microphone is
working just fine when connecting to a regular camera one two three well there
you go guys kind of a bummer but it doesn't seem like any of these worked
now interesting enough if we search on Kai's video there's a ton of people
asking about the road adapter mic how's that working is it legitimate on his
Twitter he posted the exact adapter that he used and what do you know I just went
ahead purchased it it comes in a couple days and be sure to know that I will be
testing it I have a feeling or an inkling that it's not actually gonna
work but stay tuned because if it does I'll for sure upload a video on it so a
quick recap bummer that these adapters the generic cheapos on Amazon do not
seem to work on the Osmo action it makes sense that they went with the
proprietary adapter only theirs will work it's gonna cost a lot more I'm sure
of it it's still not out yet so I'm not sure when it's being released now of
course I'm gonna keep testing different adapters as they come in and if anything
works I'll be sure to update you guys and let you know with a fresh vid if you
guys know any more adapters or ideas for an external mic setup for the DJI Osmo
action let me know down in the comments thanks guys for watching and I'll see
you next time