Pashnit Ride Video with new GoPro Hero Camera

[pashnit]

Enjoy


Jazzed about this camera system. Have fiddled with ride video for several years now. I just got this new GoPro Hero video camera to work with. Will post up some pics on setting up and ideas on gettting 'the shot'. I also own a two other bullet cam style DVR systems for the bike, but this is a new approach with no wires, ruggedized and very small.

The video is 170 degree wide angle so new perspective than the ole bullet cams we've been using. Shoots 5 mp photos, and one feature I haven't tried yet is it'll shoot a photo every 10 seconds. The bike in the vid is a BMW K1200R, same bike as the K1200S which was BMW's answer to the Hayabusa- though not nearly the grunt horsepower of the busa. The bike has proved to be a good camera platform as it has a lot mounting points for the flexible arm I put the camera on.

New Buy Now page for the camera system is here.

[beegirl4444]

That was simply awesome thanks so much. One day I hope to do that.

[JusPlaynBob]

That WAS awesome!

One little wheelie woulda been nice.

[Tufbusa]

How does it come out in dvd form on your big screen tv?

[ChattanoogaBusa]

Great video! That looks like a neat little camera. Maybe one of these days...

[PADEROLIS]

It says the video is no longer available... Ya big tease!!

[pashnit]

Originally Posted by PADEROLIS

It says the video is no longer available... Ya big tease!!

Hmm, maybe youtube does a limit on how many views per day?

I can see it now, works just fine.

[dadofthree]

Great video and ride. Thanks

[Greenbean]

man that was amazing... Wow is all I can say..

I want to tape my rides and edit also, just to have great music in the background as well, good choice...

[Wallie]

Great video thx

[BlueHaya]

now no loger available......

[Scar]

Originally Posted by PADEROLIS

It says the video is no longer available... Ya big tease!!

If you try to launch the video and get that message, simply hit the HQ button at the bottom (right) on the screen. The video will load and play.



Nice work, Tim! Like your choice of music, too!

[mike1180]

Very Nice!
Thanks!

[beegirl4444]

Ok where is it? I wanna go there.

[BA BUSA]

Nice camera Tim

[pashnit]

Originally Posted by BlueHaya

now no loger available......

Just in case you can't view that vid above, I uploaded the raw file you can download. It's 70M but if you have broadband, that's easy. Didn't pay much attention to file size since YouTube automatically compresses the file.

http://www.pashnittours.com/video/go...roHeroRide.wmv - 70M



Btw, these are screenshots from the vid, the gopro also has a photo-every-10-seconds feature, which I haven't even tried yet. Looking forward to fiddling with that too.

[PADEROLIS]

Originally Posted by Scar

If you try to launch the video and get that message, simply hit the HQ button at the bottom (right) on the screen. The video will load and play.



Nice work, Tim! Like your choice of music, too!

Never knew this, thanks for the info! Now I have to wait until I get home because I can't view youtube video on work computers!! I love my GoPro, but my videos are no where near as entertaining as some of the awesome ones I've seen here!!

[PADEROLIS]

Originally Posted by pashnit

Just in case you can't view that vid above, I uploaded the raw file you can download. It's 70M but if you have broadband, that's easy. Didn't pay much attention to file size since YouTube automatically compresses the file.

http://www.pashnittours.com/video/go...roHeroRide.wmv - 70M

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Btw, these are screenshots from the vid, the gopro also has a photo-every-10-seconds feature, which I haven't even tried yet. Looking forward to fiddling with that too.

WOW! THAT WAS AWESOME!!! Thanks for the link, that music just flowed with every aspect of the video, it really makes me want to get some buddies and go catch some ride memories!

[Micfitz]

What edit software are you guys using? Video Camera looks like everything I need!!

[pashnit]

Originally Posted by Micfitz

What edit software are you guys using? Video Camera looks like everything I need!!

Fitz, I don't know much about editing video, I've done basic stuff before (import & add caption and beginning and end). This one was a bit more investment of time for me to get a good promo vid for the new GoPro Hero that's been added to the lineup in the PashnitMoto.com store.

I just went to Office Depot and bought whatever they had on the shelf. So best one they had for $100 was Sony Vegas Movie Studio 9 - Platinum Edition. My advice is don't get the cheapy one (another was $50) as you lose handy features that make your life easier.

Sony Creative Software - Vegas Movie Studio 9 Platinum Edition - Introduction

You get a familiar Windows based screen like this. The learning curve for me was about 1-2 hours, not bad really to figure out how the program works. You import the raw video from the GoPro which is an .avi file, drop it into video tracks.

The 5 track layers here are how the vid gets created. There's one for music, the actual raw video, the text overlays and so on. Those curved lines are the transitions, where the video fades from one clip to the next. See the X on the middle right - that's the cool transition where the two clips overlay. The synchronizing the music highs and lows to the action of the vid is easy- you can slide the music track back and forth and the Vegas program shows you the highs-and-lows of the sound. Match them up to the action, and you get a great seamless feel.

The white track in the middle is the sound of the motor, which varied from place to place based on where the GoPro Hero was mounted. In the end that worked out great to my surprise as the motor sound fades and rises throughout the video. Overall for a $100, great outcome.