GoPro Video Camera

[Jim Almquist]

Got my Hero2 yesterday so I have been playing with it a bit. First thing that came up was my old P-4 processor was not going to cut it. Voice and video are not in sync. Played it in my laptop with a quad core and 8GB of ram and no problems. Now to get it out on the lake and see how it works.

[LMITOUT]

FYI- In BB's ad for next week which starts tomorrow, they have a 16GB Class 6 SD card on sale for $25. $15 off.

[Cyberfish]

Shot this with the Hero960 and eyeofmine housing mounted on the bottom of my vexilar fishscout

[LMITOUT]

Houston, we have a problem.

Not a cheap solution, but there is a product called the Eye-Fi which is a SD card that has wi-fi capabilities. They have an app for Android phones/tablets that would allow you to send the contents of the Eye-Fi card (while inserted into the GoPro) right to your tablet wirelessly.

They aren't cheap and I only see 8GB cards available from them.

I haven't messed with the SD card reader for the Galaxy Tab but that might be a better solution and much more affordable.

[LMITOUT]

Shot this with the Hero960 and eyeofmine housing mounted on the bottom of my vexilar fishscout

How deep did you have the camera? That's pretty good PQ.

[Jim Almquist]

How deep did you have the camera? That's pretty good PQ.

That's was exactly what I was thinking!!

Very Cool footage!!

[Cyberfish]

How deep did you have the camera? That's pretty good PQ.

7ft

[MuleShack]

I just grabbed a Sandisk 32gig card from Newegg for $35...no tax or shipping.

it is a class 4 but says it has 15mbps read and write.

Got the card on Saturday and turns out its a Class 6 card rated at 20 Mbps read and write.

Bonus...

[MuleShack]

Cool video btw.

[speedbump]

I recently purchased a GoPro and was wondering what programs/software is being used to edit the videos. Any input would be helpful.

[MuleShack]

The free one is Windows Live Movie Maker which is a free download from Microsoft.

It has the basic tools to get the job done to cut and insert text etc. It does take quite a while to buffer the video at first, but you can upload to facebook and you tube from the program also.

I have Avid (Pinnacle) studio which is a more advanced program that uses layers and sound tracks etc that cost between $70 and $150 depending on what you get.

I'm sure there are others out there, but my BIL turned me on to this program and i'm still getting to know it, but it does a lot more than the free one.

[speedbump]

Thanks Muleshack...is Avid a good program for a novice?? I don't want anything too complicated, just want to edit fishing clips together.

[MuleShack]

If you are just going to edit out the unwanted parts of a fishing video and insert some pictures into your video,then Windows live will be the best for you.

The Avid studio is easy to use, and has some of the same stuff that low budget holly wood movie makers can use to produce nice stuff. What I like about it, is it only renders the part of the video that you are working with, not the entire clip. SO in a way it is easy to work with for basic editing. The more detailed and fun stuff takes a while to learn but they supply a training video and have training stuff on their HSOforum also. I am teaching a friend to use the program as well and she picked up the basic editing pretty quick.

They do have a 30 day free trial of avid so you can test drive it to see if it fits your style and you can purchase after if you like it.

[LMITOUT]

Just uploaded a video from hunting last fall. Not pleased with the quality after saving/uploading the project to a wmv file and then to YouTube. I used Windows Live Movie Maker and then saved as a .wmv for "computer viewing" before uploading to YouTube. Should I save for a "high definition display"? The video size is crazy big then.

Anyway, this is my first attempt at this so it is a no frills video and if anybody is thinking of getting a GoPro the video quality below does not reflect the actual performance of a GoPro camera, but more so my lack of experience in editing video.

(No audio)

[MuleShack]

I have been saving in mp4 format to computer before uploading and they are decent quality .

Were you using the 60 fps option when shooting?

[LMITOUT]

I believe it is 60fps.

I'm trying again but this time I used the save option of "high definition display". Uploading......

Just to clarify, the downloaded video files from the GoPro are great, it was after editing and saving with WMM when the quality was lost. When I say "uploading" I'm referring to the process of sending to YouTube.

[LMITOUT]

I just noticed in WMM that you can make custom settings for saving movies. Going to try changing to 60FPS.

[LMITOUT]

[rundrave]

looks good thanks for sharing

love that white tip on the tail, both my GSP's look similar

[Jim Almquist]

Very Cool!!!

Love watching when your dog starts getting birdy!!

Good shot by the way!

Were you using the headband for the camera ?

[LMITOUT]

Thanks. Yes, I was using the headmount.

Do you think I'm going to show the birds I missed?? ha!! There were plenty this fall for some reason...

[DTro]

Also, don't forget the resolution pull down on the viewing pane. It almost always defaults to 360 or 480p. Just mouse over it and pull it down to the highest resolution available (in this case 1080p).

HD video takes a lot of PC power. I've moved on from WMM and have been using Cyberlink Pro Director. I've been really happy with it.

It sure takes quite a bit if time to render and upload in HD format though. I usually stick to 720p to save some time. For example a 5 min vid I produced last night took about 2 hours to render and 20 min to upload.

[Jim Almquist]

On GoPros HSOforum under support you can download their software and it will update the firmware on the camera as well. I have to take some shots and see how it works when I get time. Really need to get back to my homework

[LMITOUT]

You want a miss? Here ya go! uffda...

It might be hard to see but the bird did drop and we recovered it.

[mamohr686]

Great video. I bet your kicking yourself even more for missing a perfect chance at a double over a nice point on camera.