Topic: Go Pro Camera - Be a HERO

[Bonafide]

Not sure where to put this on the forum ....

Got a Go Pro HD 1080p camera for xmas and tried it out yesterday for the first time. This thing is AWESOME! Very easy to use. Has all kinds of mounting configs + I got an extra hodgepodge bag of mounts. The issue I have is the camera records in MP4 format which is not compatible with Windows Movie Maker - I know - go get myself another editor program and rock on. I found one that was free to download online, but it's not as user friendly as WMM.

Here's a quick video. I'm on my Bonneville instead of a CB. It was 40 deg and my Bonnie is wired for my heated gear. The camera is mounted on the tank with a huge suction cup. The rear facing view, it was mounted with a handle bar mount to the passenger peg.

Here's the entire unedited video of just the forward facing camera.

[Alan F.]

Thanks a ton, great videos there.  A few more might even help us all get through the winter.
-A

[Bonafide]

Thanks a ton, great videos there.  A few more might even help us all get through the winter.
-A

Oh, it stays nice enough here in the South to ride all year long so there will be more videos being made for sure. I cant wait to get the camera mounted on one of the CBs while ripping through The Loop - Hwy 129 (Blood Mtn), Hwy 180 (Wolf Pen Gap rd), and Hwy 60 (North of Suches) in N GA.

[Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er]

Nice camera. Does anyone else find themselves leaning into and out of the curves while sitting in their chair?

[Steve F]

Very cool!  I like the second vid a little better, especially the start out and going through the gears and all.  Love it (miss it) it's 23 deg. F here and a foot of snow on the ground    I really, REALLY hate winter!
Is it just me (or my computer), but has anyone else noticed the first vid taking a 1/4 second pause for every three seconds of play?  Doesn't seem to want to smooth out and play right. 
Steve F

[Alan F.]

Likely your computer Steve, let it play through on it's own while you do something else, then play it again.  I've built a fairly stout computer here and it needs to pause play while loading the first time around too.
-Alan

[Bonafide]

Is it just me (or my computer), but has anyone else noticed the first vid taking a 1/4 second pause for every three seconds of play?  Doesn't seem to want to smooth out and play right.  
Steve F

It's not your computer Steve. The second video is an edited/raw mp4. The first video, I edited two videos down into one and the 'hiccup' developed after it converted from a mp4 to an AVI. I've been looking for another mp4 editor now.

[CaféElite]

I might have to watch this daily since there is currently about a foot of snow outside my window.

Actually can I get a sunrise and a sunset version as well?

[78 k550]

Nice quality.

Paul

[Bonafide]

Had another go at it. Tried using a different editor (Sony Vegas) and all I did was annoy myself for being dumber than a 5th grader. Went back to the AVS4You editor and it still has the 'hiccups' once converted to an AVI file.

[MötleyRöx]

AVI causes nothing but problems... more so in viewer compatibility issues.
Use MPEG2, that should solve a lot of your editing/rendering problems.

I've got Adobe Premier.  Man what a difficult user interface!
Also have Roxio Media Creator 10.  It's ok but no stabilization software... btw, there's a free add on to Premier for stabilization.
Lastly, I have Power Director 5.  Its an older version but great stabilization software and awesome interface.  For a budget program this is the one I would recommend.  It does have a few glitches but I've read its gotten better with new releases and I also know how to work around them after 3 or 4 years of screaming at the computer when it was really me not understanding the program as best I could.

I can offer more suggestions or comments, just ask.   

[Steve F]

Man I like it!  Still has the hic-ups, but not as noticeable.  I wish I had some of my own videos to watch so that I can tolerate the winter better.
Steve F

[Ecosse]

Does anyone else find themselves leaning into and out of the curves while sitting in their chair?

yup.  

nicely done videos... and congrats on the way cool gift, you rat.