FootageGuard verifies every file when you offload your SD card, so a silent copy error doesn't turn into a missing clip three months from now. Windows-first, built for drone workflows, no $169 DIT suite required.
One-time purchase when it ships. No subscription. Early signups get a launch discount.
They tell you bytes moved. They don't tell you whether the bytes that arrived are the bytes you shot.
Windows Explorer copies bytes and assumes it worked. Large 4K and RAW files crossing filesystems can silently drop data. The file looks fine. It isn't.
OffShoot, ShotPut Pro, and Silverstack are built for film sets: cascade transfers, timecode, codec breakdowns, $169-$880 a year. You just want your flight footage safe.
Most verified-copy tools assume you're editing on a Mac. Most drone pilots aren't - and their offload software has never heard of a DCIM folder.
Four steps, running quietly between "card in" and "card safe to wipe."
Every file is hashed before and after the transfer. If it doesn't match, you find out before you reformat the card.
Video, photos, and RAW land in their own folders, organized per flight, without manual dragging.
Crash, low battery, unplugged cable mid-transfer - it picks up exactly where it stopped, nothing double-copied.
The card is only marked safe to reformat after every file has been copied and verified.
Same guarantee the film industry pays hundreds a year for, sized for a drone kit bag.
| OffShoot | ShotPut Pro | Silverstack | FootageGuard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Checksum verification | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows support | No | Yes | Yes | Windows-first |
| Built for drone DCIM workflows | No | No | No | Yes |
| Price | $169 | $169 + $59/yr | €399-880/yr | ~$29-39, one-time |
Most of the time it works fine. The failure mode is silent - the file size matches, Explorer reports success, and the corruption only shows up when you open the clip in post. Verification catches that before you erase the only copy.
No - it works with any SD card, but the folder structure and defaults are built around how drone footage is actually organized: by flight, by video, photo, and RAW, not generic camera-card conventions.
Early stage - the core copy and verify engine already exists and works. Signing up tells me it's worth finishing the app around it, and gets you first access plus a launch discount.
Leave your email and I'll let you know the moment FootageGuard is ready to install.
One-time purchase when it ships. No subscription.