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SoonerNation

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I just got a GoPro from my wife as an early Fathers Day gift. What is the best resolution for use while riding. I tried 1080-30 wide today and the picture kept skipping. Not good at all.

I also bought the wifi bacpac with it and this is a must if you use one of these. It comes with a remote so you can access all menus and start video or take photos using it. I attached it to my triple clamp using the wrist strap that came with it and I could easily and safely turn it on, off, start video, etc... Nice add for 99 bucks. I'm really looking forward to when they come out with the app for video viewing on your smartphone using this add on.
 
Only couple of things I can think of re the skipping is:
Make sure you're recording in the right mode for playback (NTSC your side of the pond)
Also make sure you memory card can handle high speed data. => Class 6 or something. 1080 is a LOT of data per second so maybe the card isn't up to it.

Check NTSC, then start small and work up, see where your problem kicks in.
 
Thanks Rhino.

Could be the card. It's a class 10 but it says 20MB/s on it. Is that read or transfer speed? Or are they the same? I see one card online that says 35MB/s. I guess I'll have to try some different things with it.
 
I have a class 10 card Transcend 32GB that I run at 1080 - 30 settings without any skipping issues that I can see. Are you converting the video at all?
Chris
 
How are people mounting them to the bike? With the sucker or stickys? Didn't realise the WiFi remote was out yet!?
 
I figured it out. It's my computer. I hooked up the GoPro to my work computer and it worked just fine with zero skipping. My machine is seven years old and it apparently does not like the file sizes, etc. I was looking for an excuse to buy a new one anyway.
 
mat1529 said:
How are people mounting them to the bike? With the sucker or stickys? Didn't realise the WiFi remote was out yet!?
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I did the suction cup on the side on a few vids but there is quit a bit of vibration. I could not find a flat enough spot for the suction cup on the tank and I wasnt going to stick one of the adhesive mounts on it.

Changed to this set-up today. I used the adhesive but I put a zip tie on there for safety purposes. It's very stable in this position.

Gopro1.jpg


Camera and bacpac remote:

Gopro2.jpg


View from the GoPro:

Picfromgopro.jpg
 
That positioning is really good.
Get the whole dash and a full view.

On my (848) track fairing, I've got a sticky mount:
- at the bottom of the screen at the front, for an unobstructed front view
- at the top of the screen on the inside, for dash/front or reverse for rider
- on the tail front/reverse

Street fairing:
- at the top of the tinted screen on the inside, for dash/front or reverse for rider
- on the tail front/reverse

3 GoPro cams, 1 HD, 2 SD.
Covers everything at the track but tend to just use the HD most times :)

I've got the BacPac LCD screen which is pretty awesome.
Helps make sure it's pointing in the right direction and to review your footage.

I've also got a QStars GPS laptimer and dashware software to overlay GPS data onto my GoPro footage. Works really well! Would be good if we can use the DDA+ data with Dashware as well.
2011-12-03 Champions Ride Days, Barbagallo Raceway - Session 2 - YouTube
(I'm pretty .... btw. Front end feels like poo :( Good times around this short track are 62-63.)

Not sure where everything is going to go on the 99 yet.
 
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Nice vid Rhino. I like that overlay with the GPS and other info. I will be interesting so see what the DDA+ offers.
 
I used the sticky mount and placed at the leading edge of the tank. View is good, stays out of my line of sight to the dash.

Chris
 
It's not perfect (accel and brake for example use data from the accelerometer, not TPS so it's only a guide), but the speed, position on track, time etc is all on the money.

If it could help me ride quicker it would be ace! :)

Might have to give the control a look.

Otherwise, I have my GoPro set to 'AutoON'. So as soon as I turn it on, it's recording in video mode. The benefit of the remote though, seems to be that at a glance, you can tell if it is on or not. Can't do that otherwise (my LCD is set to auto off after 30 sec to save battery).
 
Awesome, many thanks and great pics, I'm sure good old ram mount would do something that could attach the gopro to that point in the centre of the handle bars?
 
Does the GoPro have a external mic in to put an external mic near exhaust behind fairing to skip wind noise?
 
With the fully enclosed cover, you don't get much wind noise at all. Barely any.

You can get a 'skeleton' cover which provides access to the ports, and I'm pretty sure there's a MIC in. But TBH, you'd be mad to. It'll pick it up anyway and a mic that close to the exhaust will be way too loud.
 
Interesting.

My understanding from GoPro was that 60FPS does nothing until you slow the footage down in post production. The additional frames provide smoother slow motion.

Otherwise it plays back at normal speed and doesn't have any other benefit.
 
Rhino said:
With the fully enclosed cover, you don't get much wind noise at all. Barely any.

You can get a 'skeleton' cover which provides access to the ports, and I'm pretty sure there's a MIC in. But TBH, you'd be mad to. It'll pick it up anyway and a mic that close to the exhaust will be way too loud.
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I have both the solid back cover and the skeleton cover. The instructions say to use the skeleton cover when traveling over 100mph. I didn't listen to this the first time out and there was some resonation to the sound on play back. With the skeleton cover, the sound was no louder and there was zero resonation.
 
I like the fact of a mic behind the fairing to have the best sound without wind. Way too loud doesn't exist. Lol.
 
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