# Osmotic: a Mac client for DJI Osmo camera protocols

> Osmotic implements a macOS client for DJI Osmo cameras using their BLE pairing, DUML-over-UDP control and file-list protocol. It downloads media over the camera's Wi-Fi, provides recording and live-view controls, and includes Swift protocol code and documentation derived in part from earlier Osmo projects.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/smithplus/Osmotic>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/smithplus/Osmotic/blob/e5c1498eb8986f4d8c0f38c3bda3c8583e90eb16/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/osmotic-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/osmotic-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/osmotic-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** macOS 15 or later on Apple silicon or Intel, with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.
- **Testing evidence:** The author reports hardware testing of Files and Live with an Osmo Pocket 3; Webcam and several other listed cameras have not been hardware-tested.
- **License:** MIT License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/smithplus/Osmotic/blob/e5c1498eb8986f4d8c0f38c3bda3c8583e90eb16/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/smithplus/Osmotic/blob/e5c1498eb8986f4d8c0f38c3bda3c8583e90eb16/docs/PROTOCOL.md>
3. <https://github.com/smithplus/Osmotic/blob/e5c1498eb8986f4d8c0f38c3bda3c8583e90eb16/LICENSE>

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