gopro upload

[barossi73]

trying to upload to utube a couple gopro files.is it normal for 15min of hq file upload to be estimated to take 5-6hrs on a satellite conn.?or do I need to beat some sense into the computer?obviously its going to vary a lot,but what would be a typical upload for others?

 

[VxZeroKnots]

Sounds about right, what is your max connection speed? Video files take a lot of time to move around.

 

[JP4]

5-6 hours to upload 15 minutes of video is better than what I get. My upload speed is around 2.25 mbps, 15 minutes of HD vid can take close to 12 hours to upload.

I think in Canada we have some of the slowest upload speeds in the developed world. Not surprising given that our telecommunications industry is an uncompetitive government sanctioned oligopoly comprised of 3 dominant companies.

 

[208samm]

15 mi n of HQ video from a GoPro can be quite a large file, and upload speeds are generally much slower than download speeds. I doubt there is anything wrong with your computer or internet connection.


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[barossi73]

ok thanks.looks like the estimate was optimistic anyhow,7hrs so far,and est 4 to go,so worse than I thought,but pretty normal it would seem.computer gets a reprieve this time!

 

[bowhunter007]

Unless I plan on a big screen demo, I film in standard resolution. For YouTube, that's plenty...upload speeds are much faster.

 

[barossi73]

thanks for the advice.i filmed in hq caus I hate it when I watch other clips and cant make out the trail surface,but will certainly knock the res back a notch or two nxt time

 

[208samm]

I would film in high res for your viewing pleasure, and either just upload over night, or use some software (GoPro has software available for free) that will reduce the resolution AFTER you film. Though, i would prefer you upload the HD video. Watching helmet cam videos in SD is a bummer, cause you just can't make out the detail to really understand the ride.

 

[barossi73]

I would film in high res for your viewing pleasure, and either just upload over night, or use some software (GoPro has software available for free) that will reduce the resolution AFTER you film. Though, i would prefer you upload the HD video. Watching helmet cam videos in SD is a bummer, cause you just can't make out the detail to really understand the ride.

I agree,which is why I filmed in hq.however my wife disagrees as I just burned our 8g monthly cap in 1 day!oops....

 

[208samm]

Oh I hate data caps. Before I moved I had data caps, and it was miserable.


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[liv2day]

Not that it makes a huge difference, but are you filming in 1080p or 720p; I know the newer GPs offer 1440 too

Even if you upload in HD, Youtube re-compresses the video, so you're not going to get true HD when viewing. I haven't looked into how it works, but I think the "big players" get preferred streaming (like Red Bull) - their content always looks better than your average uploader.

Rather than upload the raw file, I always bring mine into Premier for a bit of slicing, then export to a compressed format. Youtube will compress it again (which is irritating), but it removes the file size issue as my upload speed sucks - rather than trying to get 1Gb or more transferred, my 6-7 min files are in the 300-400Mb range - much more manageable.

 

[Rod Overstreet]

trying to upload to utube a couple gopro files.is it normal for 15min of hq file upload to be estimated to take 5-6hrs on a satellite conn.?or do I need to beat some sense into the computer?obviously its going to vary a lot,but what would be a typical upload for others?

Takes my well over 6 hours to load a 1 hour video from Movie maker, then onto You Tube. I'm on a 6.0 speed (the fastest available) thru my ISP.

 

[barossi73]

thanks for the advice.got some good feedback on my clips so it was worth the time and effort,although wife and kids are not too impressed that the whole months data is gone already!payback I reckon as its usually the other way around!

 

[liamthom]

I have not uploaded a video youtube in a long time, so i do not know if it give you the speed it is going at, if it is should be measured mbps.
That number should* be what you pay for

(but in in the US internet was reclasifide to a utility like water and electricity so they cannot limit you. However i don't know when that is enforced and comcast is suing the ffc over it.)

Anyways what you pay for is probably easy to find on your provides website and/or in your contract and to find if you are getting what you pay for you can go to speedtest.net

PING (aka latency measured in MS) does not mater really it is the time it take to send data from point A to B, unless you game and (maybe?) Snipe bids it should not effect you. Download speed is measured in Mbps and does not matter for the upload. Upload speed is the thing that matters again measured in Mbps and is the important thing.

Note though Mbps is megaBITS per second while the file is measured in BYTES with a preefix. It take me at ~12Mbps ~20minutes to download a 1 gigabyte file. So if the gopro vid is 1 gig and your upload speed is ~4mbps (i think that is US average) it should take an hour.

I hope i helped,
Liam

*don't fear if it is not I do know YT has been having problems... Internally

 

[Rob_NZ]

As previously mentioned, youtube will compress your clip, and if its helmet cam style footage on a dirtbike, you will notice the quality has dropped from your original footage.

I suggest you do your local editing and export a high quality final video.
Save that file for local viewing in the future.

Next use handbrake (free download) to re-process the file to a more compressed (and much smaller) version. Try various compression amounts on a 5 minute segment until you find a balance between the quality and size you can live with.
I used mp4, H.264, 5000kbps avg bitrate, H.264 Profile High, with a weak denoise filter for 720p video.

You can optionally use handbrake to downsize the resolution as part of the compression - for instance 1080p to 720p.

Save a custom preset with your settings for future use.

Then take the test 5 min segment (after handbrake compression) upload it to youtube and watch it yourself to check the quality is still ok.

You may find you can reduce the filesize to 20% of the original.