I got a GoPro, Now what?

[rgranger]

Glenn, you are my brother from another mother! I used to build everything from scratch, and there always seemed to be something that got missed in the compatibility matrix, that I would wind up fighting and making several trips back and forth to get fixed. I already have an IT job for a minimum of 9 hours a day, I got to where I didn't want to mess with them at home. The last two Dells were built about as well as I could, cost not much more, and came with a parts warranty and was pretty well tested with most software, one of the few smart things that I have done!!! Other than marrying my wife

 

[Binni]

+1 on the mac, I've been using one for quite some time now with a gopro and it doesn't give me any troubles, iMovie is user friendly and quite intuitive, uploading isn't so bad if the movie is exported in a reasonable size for ex. 640p
witch works fine for youtube etc.

 

[GMP]

Right now, as I type this, I'm importing a 22 year old analog 8mm video thats being played back and digitized by a 13 year old Sony Digital 8 camcorder, with data being streamed through the firewire port. The Macbook knows what this is and controls it flawlessly. Everything else still flies, unbelievable. I should have got one sooner.

As far as upload speed, thats dependent more on connection bandwidth than anything else.

 

[roughside]

Aside from computer issues....
Editing is a painfully slow process

Typically we'll have about 20hrs of footage from any given event.
It all starts with paring down the crap to get good usable "clips" which usually takes about 15 hours.

Then one day we get together and spend another 8 or 10 hours fitting it all together.

Followed by another day of rendering and making sure the music still "fits".

In the end you've got 6 or 8 minutes of finished video.

Oh ya I forgot to mention the unknown hours searching for the right music

 

[GMP]

After shooting over 10 gig worth of video yesterday, I realize I still have the annoying rattle noise in the audio. The mount is good and tight, so it must be the visor itself flexing and contacting the helmet, transfering the noise through the housing to the camera. Its an HJC, pretty thin visor. I'm going to work out a chin bar mount now.

 

[rgranger]

I see where some are using the wrist strap from GoPro to put on the chin guard.