Raw decode on DJI drone DNG files broken by macOS Ventura 13.3

> The issue is now fixed!

...but on the other hand, in Ventura 13.4, Sony XAVC-S (H264) 10-bit 4:2:2 material at 100 fps or 120 fps now shows black video and no audio...

Sony 100 fps and 120 fps XAVC-S 10-bit 4:… - Apple Community

I’m glad I found this specific thread. I have an air 2S and usually just pull the photos from my SD card directly but noticed all my raw photos have that nasty scan line business all go a sudden. They view fine everywhere but on my phone. I’m glad it’s not my drone.

DJI is not responsible. How is DJI responsible? Before the update 13.3.1 we didn't have this issue. Once we updated to 13.3.1 the images are no longer supported. So basically the latest macOS Ventura 13.3 has broken support for RAW images on a apple Mac

I have the same problem with the banding. Most of the images are from my Mavic 3 Enterprise. I even went back on one of my drives and older images are getting the banding and two of my hard drives can't even be read. I also have macOs 13.3.1 on my MacBook Pro. If I bring the images into Lightroom and work on them, the banding goes away. This is very annoying.

Since this issues doesn't seem to have been resolved til now, here's something y'all can do in the meantime if your application relies on the macOS's broken handling of this type of RAW files.

You can use the Adobe Digital Native Converter to convert your .dng files to an older format that doesn't seem to cause these issues. Just open the folder your .dng-Files are situated in and click on "Change Preferences".

The issue doesn't seem to happen if you select any compatibility option >= Camera RAW 4.6. Everything above will cause you issues. After that just convert the images and you'll be able to use it.

It comes at the caveat of a significantly increased file size - but that's all we have til Apple fixes this. I take this over not being able to handle RAW files in Pixelmator or any other apps that use Apple's RAW engine.

Just to let you know, I have this same issue with DJI Air 2S. Which I only recently acquired. I have some slightly less banding in old Mini 2 DNG files. Am pleased to report that Adobe LRC shows them OK.

I thought, at first, it was a DJI problem with my refurbished (from DJI) Air 2S.

P.S. Nikon RAW are still OK.

It was reported on Mavicpilots.com that it only happens when shooting RAW+JPG and if you just shoot RAW it's not a problem. I don't know if that is the case. Can anyone confirm or deny that comment? Once again glad I waited before updating....so appreciate all of you early updaters.

Hey people, there is an update, but unfortunately my dng files, shoot with the DJI MVP2, stationed on my external hard drives still are corrupted with the horizontal purple/green bars . Do you have the same issues, respond to my post, so Apple can fix this problem immediately...

What I have found, for what it's worth, is if you import the drone's DNG into LRC (in my case) and then immediately just export as original, it cleans up just fine. If there is any silver lining, it's I usually do run my photos thru LRC first. And right now I am doing raw+jpeg in my drone. So I have one to share and see how well it was taken.

But because there might be a work around, for some of us, doesn't mean Apple should not fix something that is obviously broken.

Definitive a bug in MAC OS VENTURA. The files are NOT defect!

Affinity Photo has no problems importing the DNG files out of the Mini 3 Pro into the RAW-converter -and converts them properly into JPGs.

The same thing just started happening to me! (Mavic 3 Pro) Use the drone for work and its totally F'd Me up. The Jpeg's are luckily fine but for more intentional jobs I need that Raw back. This better be patched soon!

Hi,

I've downloaded a .DNG file on internet here : https://www.dpreview.com/sample-galleries/2271796398/dji-mini-3-pro-sample-gallery/6272481826 and I face your issue on 13.3.1(a).

macos 13.4 beta 4 has just been published, if someone can test with this beta version if the issue still occurs ?

I'm so glad I came across this. I thought my Mavic 2 Pro's camera was broken. I'm running Ventura 13.3.1 on a Mac Studio. I have to be able to edit raw photos with Final Cut Pro. I'm thinking the best option right now is to roll back the OS. Any thoughts??

OK. Here's the deal.

I imported a DJI DNG file into Adobe Lightroom Classic. Then immediately exported it as a DNG file. Preview shows it just fine now. BUT FCPX is still trashed on the newly saved file. DNGs, if you didn't save a JPG with your DNGs, can still be converted to a usable (possibly) format, but this really is a PIT(A)pple product.