I finally started messing around with the camera I was gifted over a year ago. I still have to figure out how to take continuous footage. Right now it just does 15 minutes and starts another file. So it shoots 3 videos by the time I get to work. I thought I would share the first one and let you see the rough dirt road I have mentioned in the past.
Which model of GoPro do you have? For "looping" mode, I think you can set how long it should film before starting over. Otherwise, just turn it on video mode at low resolution, and press record before you start, then stop recording when you get there.
You'll have to keep an eye on how much memory and battery that uses as well.
I have the first edition gopro and that is how they are set to be. As far as I have read. There is no way to set them to run longer. I really want to get the newest one but the bike keeps my pockets empty here lately.
I wouldn't have this one had my father not got frustrated with it. He bought it for a dash cam but had a hard time with editing and settings. He bought another brand that is more easy for him to manipulate and just gave this to me.
Well the dirt road is only 1 mile of my 30 miles I travel to work, but I do believe it puts more wear on the bike then the paved road. I had to go away from hard bags just because I kept braking mount bolts. I have also been through 4 sets of fork seals in 3 years.
I don't have a GoPro but my Garmin is the same but longer cut off points. It stops and restarts around 24 minutes when in 1080 but 27.11 in 720. I called about it and that is how they are made. I thought it was just Garmin but I guess it's more. When mine cuts off and restarts when you go to edit it with the supplied software the second one comes up exactly where the 1st left off. When I use it for my preaching videos if they are short enough I can bump them together and it doesn't even miss a word even if it was split. I usually just leave them at 27.11 seems the videos get more views that way. So if GoPro has simular software you should be able to do the same. Plus I don't think youtube likes longer videos so they may do it for that so you don't have to edit if you don't want. Youtubes rules were 15 minutes until you post a certain number of videos then they let them go longer. I think I only had maybe videos and never got notice it wouldn't be posted because of length.
Just a thought that may be why because most people use these type of cameras to post to youtube
I started looking around for the reason and I read on GoPro's site that they call it chaptering. They do this just in case something happens while filming you will only lose a chapter instead of the whole recording. And yes the supplied software will splice them seamlessly.
I can only get my GoPro to record for about a minute. Most of the time the videos don't even work. I think it's a problem with the card. Just haven't really had time to mess with it. Here is me taking a ride with my oldest son. Well, a minute of it anyway.
I can only get my GoPro to record for about a minute. Most of the time the videos don't even work. I think it's a problem with the card. Just haven't really had time to mess with it. Here is me taking a ride with my oldest son. Well, a minute of it anyway.
Why not use a video joiner. I use "Boilsoft Video Joiner" but there's plenty of software out there (free and paid versions) to join videos.
Just insert all the videos you want joined and press join and in a matter of minutes they are joined into one video...
The original intent was to have video evidence when and if someone splattered me on the road. It's just more effort then I seem to want to put into it. The video of my ride to and from work back in December is the only time I have actually used it.