I've used time lapse but only using video. At the end of this video I did it for the sunset
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XLZOXw9Cd4
Pretty sure it was filmed in 720p at 120fps. Uploaded it to iMovie and sped it up to make the time lapse
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I've used time lapse but only using video. At the end of this video I did it for the sunset
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XLZOXw9Cd4
Pretty sure it was filmed in 720p at 120fps. Uploaded it to iMovie and sped it up to make the time lapse
I have been a long time supporter of Contour action cams, and was running a contour GPS. I finally got sick of its unreliability and am returning it to REI and I got a gopro 3+ black edition. My contour would periodically save corrupt files, and would also have times where it wouldn't start of stop a recording leading to not getting anything captured. An unreliable cam is almost worthless in my book.
The 3+ Black edition comes with the waterproof wifi remote control. I have to say that the remote is completely awesome. It's super easy to mount the gopro at the rear corner of the boat and control it from the drivers seat. You get an LCD display that shows you everything you'd see on the LCD of the camera. and you can change any of the settings on the cam with the remote. The remote runs $60 if bought seperately. And there's a $100 premium between the silver and the black.
That said, the black also has the ability to do higher framerates as well as the new "superview".
So, the sensor on the gopro will capture video in a 4:3 aspect ratio. When you're filming in 16:9 widescreen, the camera is literally chopping off the top and bottom of the picture to make the widescreen recording. you can also record in 4:3 and fully utilize the sensor, but then you get vertical bars when you watch it on a widescreen TV or monitor (like we pretty much all have these days). So what gopro did is offered up a "superview" on the 3+ black. it gives you the full height of the image and it leaves the center of the image in tact, but takes the left and right edges and stretches them to turn the 4:3 into a 16:9. basically the parts of the image that are on the outside aren't all that important and you're already used to having a little bit of a fisheye effect from a gopro anyway.
The advantage of superview is when you are shooting somewhat close to the subject (like camera mounted on a board, or maybe even filming wakesurfing) where it would chop off the head or feet if captured in widescreen. with superview, you get that full height of your recording but it makes it so you still fill the 16:9 frame. Obviously, this is something you can do with video editing, but gopro gave it to us as a setting we can choose.
I'll admit that I'm super lazy and just puke my vids up onto youtube without editing, so I like this feature.
As far as the remote, some might say that you can just use the app. The app is awesome for giving a video preview of what you'll be seeing. I started yesterday with the remote for the first few sets. Then I actually connected the app and realized that I had my cam tilted to far to the side and my videos were shot at about 15 to 20 degrees off a level horizon. Oops. But the app does seem to suck more battery and tends to lose wifi connection more often. Also, it requires you to be pressing all the stuff on the phone. I know my phone goes into sleep mode and I don't want to be swiping to unlock it to start/stop videos. I do have a car dock that I use in my boat, but I still find the simplicity of the remote best.
I was also super stoked to see that the gopro has LED's on the front and back to let you know if it's recording. As a rider, I could tell and sitting in the back of the boat I could tell.
I use a cheap ebay mount that clamps onto my rear railing. It seems to work fine.
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTAwMFgxMD...TBvDf/$_57.JPG
Mine is on the mail truck now to be delivered today. Christmas in July!
Here's an example of a video shot with 720p Superview at 100 FPS. The camera should have been a little bit more upright. I thought that I'd be listing more, but I wasn't. obviously, the horizon is crooked. I was running with the remote control only and hadn't checked the image preview in the gopro App. I did that later before my 2nd set.
It was ROUGH as hell out on the water, but I hadn't had my boat out in over 3 weeks!
http://youtu.be/bdwmgOzGHmI
I find the remote/app kills the battery, even with the bacpack extender.....
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/gopro-lc...&skuId=2800489
Usually the remote is dead after a few hours, lately I've just been using the button on the camera instead. One less thing to worry about..
It looks like the LCD bacpac is just a display/control and it doesn't increase battery life. (I'm sure it sucks it even more). I have seen that they make an extended battery bacpac, which would obviously increase battery life.Quote:
Originally Posted by parrothd
Yeah, since the remote and the app use wifi, they will certainly come at the expense of battery life. But I sure dig the convenience.
huh? The bacpack is an extended battery, add about 1.5 hours...Quote:
Originally Posted by trayson
Whoops...Wrong bacpack...
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/gopro-ba...cpac&cp=1&lp=1
Now you see why I was confused. I bought a 2nd battery. I think I'll do pretty good with that. I also have portable charging bricks that I can leverage.Quote:
Originally Posted by parrothd
I think that the LCD backpack is pretty much useless except MAYBE for scuba diving. Maybe.
I like my new toy.
Ok GoPro "pros", I'm pretty sure my wife is getting me a GoPro for my bday next mouth. The question is which one do I want? All the spec stuff on them is over my head. Is the saying "bigger is better" ture with the GoPros, meaning get the HERO+ Black Edition and don't look back? Or would I be just as happy with one of the cheaper ones? I just plan on pictures and videos while out on the boat for now. Of course with that said I'm sure I will do more with it once I start playing with it. I have skimmed through the post but not read everyone of them, so I apologize if this has already been discussed. Thanks of your advice and help in advance.
I think that my post from today addresses some of your questions. See below.Quote:
Originally Posted by FFEMTP933
The price difference between the 3+ silver and 3+ black is $100.Quote:
Originally Posted by trayson
The cost of the wifi remote is $60 if you buy that seperately. The 3+ black has a couple different shooting modes that I'm a fan of since I like shooting boardsports where how much image you can get vertically might be important.
So I went with the 3+ black. I figure they are gonna keep getting better and I might as well get the best so tech won't leave it in the dust quite as quick.
I really like the remote control for reasons outlined above. I think it's worth it in a boating environment so you can mount the gopro and still operate it remotely.
Basically if the extra $60 to $100 is a big deal, then you could get by with the 3+ silver and use the gopro App and only be missing the superview recording mode.
I'm happy with my 3+ black.
Do the new 3+ remotes work underwater? Maybe a dumb question. I recently discovered my Gen1 and remote wifi connection doesn't seem to like being submerged...
The remotes are waterproof, but correct, wifi just ain't happening underwater. There's only so much they could do on that!Quote:
Originally Posted by bergermaister
The 3+ wifi is supposedly greatly improved though, but underwater you're looking at using the buttons on the cam.
We just got back from our Annual Gulf Shores Trip with my college boys from back home. We are sometimes a little much to handle considering we're usually rolling at least 15 deep...
For best quality, click the gear icon at the bottom right and select 1080p HD!
GoPro The Gulf - Beachin'
http://youtu.be/3kL5qfwVe1A
Very nice -- how long does it take to edit something like that?
Honestly, a couple days of about 5 hours each day for this video. I had 4 days worth of footage tho. I'm a bit of a perfectionists tho, so i play with the colors, slow-mo, timings with music, etc. until it flows nicely... The hardest, longest, most tedious part is going through hours and hours of footage just to pick out pieces to edit for the video!
On the other hand, I've thrown a video together as quick as 2 hours if there wasn't much footage to go thru and the scenery was always the same (no need for color correcting)
I'm addicted tho and really enjoy making these videos, especially for my friends to see! Then their feedback makes me want to make the next one even better.
I have some more GoPro Videos on my YouTube page if you get bored...
I have about 8 videos that I've edited and am trying to play on my PS3, but I'm getting an error "unsupported file"
I've done some reading and looking around and the PS3 is supposed to play the GoPro studio exports in H.264, but it doesn't...
I've tried downloading a couple converters with default PS3 export settings and they worked but I'm losing some quality when doing this, which makes it not worth the effort to watch on my 1080p HD TV.
Are there some settings I can change on the PS3 to allow the GoPro Exports to play without converting them to a different type of file?
What converters are you guys using?
Thanks in Advance
Upload them to youtube then play then on the PlayStation..
I do that for the videos I have uploaded, but I also have videos I don't want on the World Wide Web 😳Quote:
Originally Posted by parrothd
Like family videos, weddings, etc that I just want to have on the PS3 for playing in the living room as opposed to 10 people piling in my office to watch on a 18" computer screen.
The converter I'm currently using takes my 1.25 GB .mp4 file and turns it into a 80MB .m2ts file. Just wished the ps3 could play the original 1.25 GB so it wouldn't loose any quality 😡
chromecast?
Ditto, Chromecast!
Tgoody- great vid! I haven't done any with a bunch of edits in a long time but can feel your pain. Have spent hours, even days messing with post production before. You sit down, get hooked, look up and it's 2am - ah crap!
Never even heard of that! Seems like quite the device! You guys have them, good quality on the TV?Quote:
Originally Posted by KG's Supra24
Thanks! And yea I get in the zone sometimes and completely lose track of time. It's great tho, best purchase I've made in years!Quote:
Originally Posted by bergermaister
Chromecast is awesome, 1080p and most andriod apps support it, Netflix, HBO, plex, youtube, even chrome browser on your computer.
Can even mirror your android phone to the TV with a simple click. I believe apple apps, at least the bigger ones support it as well..
I did pickup a roku streaming stick for my brother, same price, he's got an iPhone (small screen so its harder to use). It comes with a remote which is nicer for older folks.. :)
+1 for chromecast!! I use it from my iPhone and stream it from the computer. I have 2 of them in the house.
So this will work from my desktop computer in another room to play on my HD tv in the living room just by plugging it in my HDMI slot!?
Computer, or phone, tablets..
That it does!! Chromecast app on phones/tablets and a extension on your desktop chrome browser. We use it for YouTube, Hulu+, Netflix, and different websites on the computer. It all works off of wifi. There is a tab/button on the different apps so you can "cast" it to the tv, and if you cast from your phone/tablet you can still use your phone/tablet. We cut our $100+\mo cable bill a couple months ago and it's worked awesome!
In case you guys like deals and don't mind the 2week wait on shipping from Hong Kong... The sponsor posted this on goprofanatics so I thought I'd share here... I just put in a order so I'll let ya know!
http://www.dx.com/s/gopro
So what video mode are you guys using?
I've been using 720p superview at 100 Frames per second. I have a 3+ black edition obviously.
Am I just wasting bandwidth and file size doing the 100 FPS if I'm just uploading to youtube most the time?
I like the idea of the superview because I'm using all of the vertical part of the image sensor (instead of cropping when recording in widescreen). And I prefer the stretch of the outside edges over having vertical bars. So I don't see a huge reason to change from the superview...
Here's my post from awhile back...Quote:
Originally Posted by tgoody14
Also, as far as YouTube goes... I filmed that GoPro The Gulf in 1440/30W with the Hero3, 4k for the time lapse shots, 1080/60M and 720/120N (feeding frenzy) with my Hero3+. I used GoPro studio and exported it in 1080/60fps/50bitrate and YouTube took it and you can watch it in 1080 on YT. I run everything I do in those settings.
Here's a chart y'all should save to your phone:
http://m.imgur.com/a/CjmC5
I can't remember if I posted this or not but Abe from GoPro posts TONS of helpful info if you ever need reading material...
http://abekislevitz.com/understanding-your-new-gopro/
Interesting. I've also found that I can't play my raw videos on either my laptop or my media PC without the video being jerky and the pic freezing up. I've tried playing directly off the gopro hooked up to USB and I've tried playing off the HD of my media PC as well. Both are jumpy and pretty much unwatchable using VLC media player.
Thoughts on this?
Scanned it. Looks interesting. Too bad it's not updated for the handful of changes that came with the 3+ black. It'd be nice to a comprehensive article like that that includes the latest upgrades too...Quote:
Originally Posted by tgoody14
My laptop can't handle the playback of the GoPro footage mainly due to the lack of processor. You really need AT LEAST 3ghrtz processor. GoPro recommends a minimum of 3.2-3.5 and better...Quote:
Originally Posted by trayson
I bought a brand new high speed desktop specifically for photography/videos/GoPro stuff and it's super fast (3.5ghrtz) with tons of hard drive but I'm already noticing it slowing down from using up almost 300gb of hard drive space.
Also, I did see that even when my computer was brand new, VLC played my videos without any skips/chops, but Windows Media Player and QuickTime both still had a hard time sometimes.
My desktop still can't handle 4k photos in a time lapse without lowering the quality of the previews in GP Studio... The files are just too big too go in sequence really fast...
All in all... GoPro footage is extremely large in a sense of taking up space on your computer. Might be helpful to buy an external Hard drive from Walmart. This would help in freeing up space on your computer to make it run faster/better..
http://mobile.walmart.com/ip/Toshiba...Drive/17654758
Good use of the helmet with a curved surface mount. It stood up to the jumping.
http://youtu.be/VCgCbiNnli4
I have a pretty good surf setup with the GoPro.. if stick the suction cup mount just to the side of the storage locker near the back...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6qFrtwXHQk
i recommend attaching a string or some backup method to the gopro mount in case the suction was to fail... as it will not float.
anyone have any advice on mounting to a board without destroying the board removing the adhesive from a mount?
Testing out my ghetto homemade GoPro pole.. made to float in the event of a drop...
ballast was weak so surfing kinda of sucks.. but cool to see some neat angles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRtk0G6BDZc
A little GoPro Labor Day Wknd fun! Lake time (surf and body board), Training session with the dogs, and Golf! Good times!
Click the gear box in bottom right corner to watch in 1080p HD
http://youtu.be/owJEx6rsDyc
Loved the dog mount! Mine would probably be on the bottom of the lake if I tried that... (camera, well maybe the dog too)
Thanks, I actually just used my chest mount. I didn't think it would work near as well as it turned out! Shady is getting older and I basically just use her to help train the younger ones. She's very laid back and it didn't bother her a bit. I strapped it down pretty snug too!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by bergermaister