Go Pro Questions

[Mr fish]

hello one and all
A couple of questions regarding hero 3 (which I have) I recorded my first footage yesterday and replaying it's jerky, I read I little bit and used the gopro editing thingy to convert it and it's still jerky ... I was using 1080@60fps will it make a huge difference to run 720@60fps

Question 2

How do you attach a mic and keep it waterproof (England) without Bluetooth ?

Thanks

 

[dandoolittle]

Loads and loads of guides about using a mic with the waterproof case. You'll have to drill a hole, make it water tight as you can.

What spec is your PC? Jumpy play back tends to be a slow machine rather than the GoPro, unless you're using a crap SD card?

 

[IndyJoAnna]

yea you have to be using a class 4 SD card or better otherwise you'll have the problems you are currently having

 

[Mr fish]

Thanks for the response

What's a class 4 ....I'm using a 32 gb micro sd and my computer is a Mac 3.2 ghz Intel

Don't know if any of this helps

 

[SwissMotard]

Class 4 is the speed rating of the SD card (Can write up to 4Mb per second).

 

[Lurch]

It is recommended to use Class 10 or UHS1 if the camera supports it to record HD video. Think my cards will write at 10 or 20 mbps

 

[Mr fish]

Thanks again for the replies

How do I tell if the sd card is appropriate ?...it was supplied when I got the go pro 2 years ago

 

[Lurch]

On the card will be a number in a circle, thats the class.

 

[T'Biker]

On the card will be a number in a circle, thats the class.

Looks like this:

 

[Marbro_za]

As said before, Make sure its a class 10. Dont mess with anything lower...

Its a once off purchase.
Also, what are you using to view the videos? I find Windows media player is shit. Use vlc or gom , Hell anything else.

 

[Mr fish]

Cheers guys

Just had a look it is a class 4 sd card

I'm viewing it using the gopro studio ...it's ok on quarter resolution but that kind of defeats the object of HD ...will 960@100fps be better or 960@48fps

 

[Lurch]

48 will be fine, 25-30 is a standard resolution, anything above is smoother. If you record at above 60 you'll chew card space up, and YT cant display better than 60fps at the moment

 

[Marbro_za]

will 960@100fps be better or 960@48fps

100???
Didnt know they went that high
i only have 30 or 60fps

 

[Lurch]

It's high speed PAL, equivalent of 240fps for NTSC

 

[Mr fish]

Well 100fps was worse so I'm going 960@48fps

I will get a class 10 as this may be the real issue cheers for the advice

 

[chix]

Stay away from the SanDisk cards. I had a 32 and a 64 and the both cut frames on my HD3. Both cards eventually totally stopped working. The Samsung class 10 cards have been good so far, I would recommend them.

http://petapixel.com/2013/02/28/gopro-hero3-frying-pricey-64gb-microsd-cards-some-users-report/

 

[SwissMotard]

Both brands work well for me, are you sure you didn't get a counterfeit card?

 

[Mr fish]

I've also heard sandisk cards are the most faked card ..thanks for the advice will check out the Samsung ones ....in the mean time after converting its seems 960@48fps seem to hold up ok on my card .....just have to learn how to edit ....I thought I would be Steven Spielberg in a week , I'm not even the tea boy lol

 

[SwissMotard]

You're probably better off sticking to standard resolutions like 1080p30 or 720p60 if either of those work for you.

 

[Mr fish]

I will try the 1080@30 today on the way to work later