Moto Vlogging, why do you do it?

[Theodor]

With your trip vlogs, if you record it all, you must have hundreds of Gb to sift through...

If 360 camera is involved, the hundreds of GB applies per day. I took 4 TB drive to my last trip, to store my footage, and it was enough, because I was somewhat conservative with what I recorded.

 

[lonerockz]

Dude, I feel your pain! I used to record my entire ride, from driveway to destination. It was so painful - it would take me anywhere from 20 minutes to 3 or 4 hours just to cull the footage down to what I thought I would use.

Now, I use GoPro's The Remote to start/stop recording, and while it takes a bit longer to sync [especially if there's no slow ride or stop in the footage], it's much faster to edit a video together. You can also leave yourself notes while you record, things like, "Put this in at the beginning" or "About to start talking, cut before this" - and when you are playing through the footage, you'll have those references to help you edit.

It took me a good 200-300 videos before I got the muscle memory for editing down and the recording style to where it plays nicely with my editing style. Now, the videos are much faster to edit and take up less space on my hard drives.

Also, I don't cheerlead anyone, so any praise I give is earned. Just ask my kids

-John

I have a GoPro remote. I should use it as the Max buttons are a PITA with gloves. But sometimes it doesn't want to find both cameras. But I'll experiment more!

That is a good tip for talking to remind yourself what the shot is about. I'll have to remember that.

My biggest issue with all the footage is that I'm trying to work fast, so I'm sure I could find better clips than the ones I've chosen. So if I took a little more time, it might make for a better video. But probably only by a small margin. Practice, practice, practice!

 

[lonerockz]

If 360 camera is involved, the hundreds of GB applies per day. I took 4 TB drive to my last trip, to store my footage, and it was enough, because I was somewhat conservative with what I recorded.

Man, ain't that the truth! My 3-day trip is 640GB of footage. But that is before re-coding the video for editing. Once I recode the 360 footage, that alone is 2.4TB!!

I'm a little worried about my trip this summer. For <Reasons>, it will be in 2 legs. The first one is 17 days, and the second is 25 days. I do not plan on visiting as many sites, but they don't result in that much video. I need to be judicious when on the bike. 100GB a day is probably doable; 200 GB is excessive. That would be 8TB for the trip! It's a good thing much of it is GoPro footage, I can back it up on their cloud with my membership.

 

[MotoWolfUK]

Man, ain't that the truth! My 3-day trip is 640GB of footage. But that is before re-coding the video for editing. Once I recode the 360 footage, that alone is 2.4TB!!

I'm a little worried about my trip this summer. For <Reasons>, it will be in 2 legs. The first one is 17 days, and the second is 25 days. I do not plan on visiting as many sites, but they don't result in that much video. I need to be judicious when on the bike. 100GB a day is probably doable; 200 GB is excessive. That would be 8TB for the trip! It's a good thing much of it is GoPro footage, I can back it up on their cloud with my membership.

Woah that’s an absolutely crazy amount of storage and footage

 

[Theodor]

Backing that up to cloud takes some serious connection speed though.
Good luck, I hope it will work out!

 

[Drakhen99]

I have a GoPro remote. I should use it as the Max buttons are a PITA with gloves. But sometimes it doesn't want to find both cameras. But I'll experiment more!

That is a good tip for talking to remind yourself what the shot is about. I'll have to remember that.

My biggest issue with all the footage is that I'm trying to work fast, so I'm sure I could find better clips than the ones I've chosen. So if I took a little more time, it might make for a better video. But probably only by a small margin. Practice, practice, practice!

I think you'll learn as you go, what will make a good shot and what won't. At first you're just COVERED in footage and you get analysis paralysis when deciding on this clip versus that clip to put in the video...

After a while, you're riding along like "hey, that'll be cool" and you end up with lots of little clips that just slot in next to each other and make a good travel montage. Then, you record what you want near or at your destination, and splicing it together into a video goes a lot quicker and easier.

At least, that's been MY experience. Your mileage may vary.

But definitely figure out what's up with your Remote. Mine almost always finds the cameras around it. I like to power on the cameras first, then the remote, and that way it's sure to find them... except that one time the remote forgot ALL its settings. LOL. [I quickly re-paired the cameras with the remote on the side of the road and kept on going]

-John

 

[TallADVer]

I'll add another perspective to my previous answer, because the first one wasn't quite long-winded enough. And because I need to get my post count up in order to share my "hi guys" ride video

Kidding aside, I just posted this on a mental-health related reddit chat, and it made me think about motovlogging, and my youtube efforts in general:

... I'm finding that sharing those hobbies with larger communities, either through YouTube, forums, or right here, can really expand my enjoyment of them. If nothing else, they give an outlet to my habit of discussing my interests with myself, by having there be a potential audience for what I have to say. Even if that audience isn't necessarily there right away

When I'm trying to understand a complex subject, I have a tendency to talk through it as if I were teaching someone else. That may be in my head, or, if I'm alone (like when driving), it may be something I do out loud, as I feel like the verbalization process actually helps to "cement" my understanding better than just thinking things through. I remember one time my mother-in-law must have caught me doing that when I was sitting in front of my computer, probably while I was in the middle of some schoolwork. In a panic, she ran to my wife and explained that she had caught me talking to myself -- she was convinced her daughter had married a madman. To her credit, my wife laughed it off, but then again, she's also one to talk to herself (maybe her mom had a point?)

Anyway, fast forward several years, and I've realized that I actually enjoy this kind of one-sided dialogue (I guess it's a monologue, but that word just makes me think of Jay Leno or something). And I also enjoy breaking down complex subjects into more bite-sized pieces so that other people can understand them. Which is why I now spend some of my hobby time making YouTube videos about subjects that I find interesting enough to learn.

And besides, if I'm going to be talking to myself anyway, why not record it? Who knows, I might even say something worth hearing every once in a while

 

[tomstc]

I originally started my channel as just a little hobby, I was mainly filming my RC stuff.
Then one day I thought I would give the vlogging a go and it kind of took off.
The RC stuff is now on a seperate channel and the pressure is removed, now its just bikes.
I want to try and intergrate more into it just working out how

 

[MotoWolfUK]

I originally started my channel as just a little hobby, I was mainly filming my RC stuff.
Then one day I thought I would give the vlogging a go and it kind of took off.
The RC stuff is now on a seperate channel and the pressure is removed, now its just bikes.
I want to try and intergrate more into it just working out how

The how - as in creatively/ideas or editing etc?