Thread: GoPro in car project for Motul HondaCup

Ive just bought one, pity im on the wrong side of the world to utilise it in my/other racers cars!

You using the HD version Richard?

I am glad you bought this up. Gecko and myself are gopro enthusiasts when it comes to what they can do and what they can't. This is right up my alley and if you want any advice then fire away.

Firstly the wide angle hero's are shite. HD motorsport kit + roll cage mounts are the way to go.

Also, multi-camera in one car is more entertaining too. I have 2 and will mount them in the same place but one forward, one backward. Then editing them afterward. You can mount extra cameras externally to get fancier shots and have the viewer feel included in the action rather than being a spectator.

2c.

I can get a camera from a friend but need to get a mount. What are the best ones to use? where do you buy em from?

http://www.visionup.co.nz/home.php nz dealers for go pro

mount depends on where you want to mount it

Ok.

Various ways to do it. You got a GoPro? Roll cage mounts for the inside. Or the suction cup mounts for glass, not perpex/lexan, or body panels. Curved 3m mounts for helmet.

Where to buy? GoPro Official Store: Wearable Digital Cameras for Sports

If you want it now, then visionup. Otherwise, the States. Cheaper by far.

Originally Posted by Brent

Ive just bought one, pity im on the wrong side of the world to utilise it in my/other racers cars!

Thats ok, you can send it back. I dont mind .

Ok guys it looks like i need some help to get some footage up on you tube from my newly installed gopro HD. I have just edited and saved the vid on VLC. (media player would only play it in a jerky pic).

When trying to upload it to youtube it takes 10 mins to load 3% and then gives up. It is 1.08gb. Any ideas? or could my putt putt vodafone broadband be the prob

Cheers

to big for youtube maybe?

try making it smaller and using vimeo

Originally Posted by Horny_Devil

to big for youtube maybe?

try making it smaller and using vimeo

Vimeo not allowing new sign ups and youtube says 2gb max

You should be saving it as an AVI. What did you use to edit it with?

I used VLC media player as recommended by gopro site. Hit the record button when you want to start and stop recording and it autosaves, no options as far as i can see

Really? Have only seen them mention Final Cut. Not sure what the deal is.

Originally Posted by Gudgen

I am glad you bought this up. Gecko and myself are gopro enthusiasts when it comes to what they can do and what they can't. This is right up my alley and if you want any advice then fire away.

Firstly the wide angle hero's are shite. HD motorsport kit + roll cage mounts are the way to go.

Also, multi-camera in one car is more entertaining too. I have 2 and will mount them in the same place but one forward, one backward. Then editing them afterward. You can mount extra cameras externally to get fancier shots and have the viewer feel included in the action rather than being a spectator.

2c.

What's the best software to use with these? - haven't heard many positive comments about the software that comes with these units.

Initially I was using iMovie and then moved on to Adobe Premiere Pro but unless you are shooting, sequencing and compiling a million things then those 2 programs are an overkill, and expensive.

Have heard that Quicktime Pro can cut and edit. Have yet to have a go. But will do and let you know.

I've just got Cyberlink Power Director which is supposed to be pretty good.

Haven't got any decent videos on my Go Pro yet though so haven't really tested the software.

Premiere Pro is decent for something not too badly priced and off the shelf.

Final cut pro or even Avid are the way to go if you're dead serious but lets be honest. For this sort of thing its all simply over kill. You basically just want to chop and move things which nearly any old program will do so just choose something with a nice easy to follow system .

I'm happy to help anyone with this sort of thing where possible. Have done a good 4 years working on some smaller projects and a couple of TVNZ6 and some current affairs shows etc.

I look forward to seeing the coverage.

You must be confusing Premiere Pro with Premiere Elements. Because Premiere Pro CS4 or CS5 are not cheap. If in and out points are all your after then Paddy sounds like he has a winner.

Look up the price of Avid and Final cut pro for a full commercial setup and you'll see that Premiere Pro is cheap.

Adobe deal cheap prices through uni's which is good. I've got it on my home computer because it was extremely good value.

Thats nethier here nor there though. Plenty of free editors that will do the job.

I have 4 GoPro's here. Am keen to rent them out or whatever if you are interested in getting more spread of the field or want to multi camera certain cars.

Man I need to sort out a camera mount, I have a stick on mount in car at the moment, Might just bolt that to the dash for first event.