Just a little info, got my new HD GoPro but it's only recording a minute or so at a time and most of these files are corrupted, the best I got was a 1.6Gb file on the lowest setting but it was corrupted anyway. Not happy Jan
From what I'm now reading on non official GoPro sites is that the new camera's are picky with what card you use, all GoPro recommend is brand name class 4 SDHC. The card I have is a 16Gb Adata turbo class 6 which has great reviews so ferked if I know
I have sent support an email and now wait for what they say.

I have read they will put out a card compatibility list so I'd hold off jumping in at this stage till they have it sorted.

If you have a HD GoPro and no problems let the rest of us know what brand and class card you are using as the cards are not cheap

Oh yeh, the video I have been able to see are very good indeed.

Another drama for me, is my VideoStudio 12 which does HiDeff wont reconise the GoPro Mpeg4 files Neither does Moviemaker. My mates Adobe Premmier does but that's way too expensive and complicated for me

Cheers Bob.

aaah yes - my favourite bugbear - the wonders of mpeg 4 recording formats - a real headache unless you are running a pro edit set up... i have written many a post about this topic..

and dont try editing it in its native format - only pain and heartache lies there..even if you are on the the world's gruntiest computer - the very technology that get such amazing images down in such small file sizes makes editing those files INCREDIBLY processor intensive.

but if you can transcode to something like DVCPROHD , Apple pro res you will be fine - but not many crew out there have the hardware / software (which lets you transcode to those codecs) set up to do that

the bottom line is: dont expect to be gathering and editing images off these cameras easilyunless you have a good edit system- and some basic knowledge on codecs and compression.

The pictures from the camera look great though!

firiebob i suggest you try viewing the files using VLC first. www.videolan.org/

It is only a 17mb download and will pretty much play anything you throw at it. It may be a codec issue with your computer rather then a camera problem.

Reflex, i've not had any issues editing or viewing the files from the gopro. thou obviously keeping the clip lengths a bit lower is a good idea, cause my computer is 3 almost 4 years old. I've never edited video before and I was able to get a video edited and rendered in less then 2 hours.

Answer back from GoPro....

We originally recommend name brand SD cards with a class 4 rating or higher, but have recently come to learn that even some name brand cards such as the Sandisk 32GB, are having compatibility issues with the HD HERO camera.

We are currently working on doing a full listing of recommended (and not recommended) cards. We are researching further to determine why some cards are not adhering to the spec to which our SD card host adapter conforms. If it turns out it is an issue on our end, we will be exploring different avenues to remedy the situation. For what it's worth, internally we use Kingston or Patriot brand cards: 16GB, Class 4 without issue, so can safely recommend those.

Please do try out one of the Kingston or Patriot brand cards, and hopefully the video recording will work fine.

We are so very sorry for the inconvenience and please let us know how it goes.


Many thanks,

GoPro Support

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I hope that info helps someone, as for me that's the joys of jumping in quick, at least I now know what card to get

Swoosh you did well with the Patriot

I have the same problem, the best I have got so far is one corrupt 256mb file, haven't managed to open it yet. not cool. I am using an OLIN SDHC class S 4gb...so don't buy one of those.

firiebob said...

Thanks for the info guys, I'll go for a 16Gb Kingston and see how that goes, will let you know of course.

As advised I reformatted the Adata card several times with the computer with no luck.

Cheers Bob.

Hey Bob, I would have thrown it up against the wall by now
Hope it all starts working for you.

Hey Folks, just got the Go Pro HD hero, and big problems with SD cards too. Used a 16 gig Lexar 4 speed card which would automatically stop recording after about 3 minutes, then bought a Silicon Power 32 gig 6 speed card from Harvey Norm - didn't work at all, couldn't get to to mount to PC or Mac. Called the importer in WA (very helpful guy called Steve) hey suggested that I use ONLY Sandisk as they are the only brand that has a 'shock rating'. Returned my faulty Silicon Power one to HN and got a Sandisk which I will try tomorrow - i'll let you know how i go.
Can't seem to upload HD to You Tube - anyone know how to do this?

Interesting, not heard of the Gom player, but looks good:

www.gomlab.com/index.gom

I was using Apple Quicktime (also free), but it's jerky and slow...

To play .mp4 in Windows Media Player, you may need the latest MP4 coded, and will need to manually download if you have auto-fetch codecs turned off:

www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/format/codecdownload.aspx

Amazing smooth playback.

Hi Reflex,
Kato and I have been working on a few mounts for the new HD. Mainly for speed ssailing but they certainly adapt to waves as well.
The mast tip mount looks great- it sits right on the tip and extends out about 100 mm. That allows you to look down the leech.
Rumour has it that Spotty and Matt have packed one of these mounts away on their road trip to WA and are gonna bring it out to capture their attempt at the Ledge to Lancelin!
mick

No problems with my GoPro HD, I use a Scandisk 16 GB class2 card at the moment and seems to be working all right. But I do usually only record for short periods at once.
Here's a sample of my first try out.

Ive got the HD version also.
The supplier shipped with a free 4Gb card 'Maxflash' but before the camera arrived they sent an email that the card was not up to spec and they would be sending me a new card... micro SD and adaptor (not yet arrived)
I have had previous experiance with Helmet cameras and solid state recorders and know not all memory cards are created equal. I searched the net with key words 'gopro memory card' and soon found that kingston and patriot cards were recomended. so I got a 16gb kingston 4X and have had absolutly no issues. most of my many other cards will not work.
Dont take the risk... get a kingston 4X (dont get from Ebay.. as its probabally a fake)

i do use a bit of color correction - although that Go pro HD sample had minimal if any correction done to it.

Any editor will usually have a 3 way color corrector - depending on the exposure of the shot i like to:

1. boost the color saturation
2. crush the blacks a touch
3. work the mids and whites to get a nice contrasty look to the picture.

this is an easy grade that works for 90% of the shots that i feel need color correction.

Magic bullet looks is really good if you want to add more advanced / intense color correction / vignettes / blurs- but it usually doesnt preview in real time so can be time consuming to use. I used to use it alot but now find that my basic grade (1,2 and 3 above) works for most of the stuff that needs a teak.

This stuff is usually applied to HDV , DV and helmet cam stuff. Footage out of my Panasonic HVX202 usually looks great and doesnt need any grading.

my 16gb Kingston is not working

It'll do short film, but then it'll just hang. You have to leave it or take the battery out to make it respond again.

Boohoo. Hoping for a patch or something from GoPro.

It takes good photos thou... that bit works fine. (these are resized thou)

KiteDevil said...

my 16gb Kingston is not working

It'll do short film, but then it'll just hang. You have to leave it or take the battery out to make it respond again.

Boohoo. Hoping for a patch or something from GoPro.

It takes good photos thou... that bit works fine. (these are resized thou)

Devil I'm using a 16Gb class4 Kingston and it works fine, GoPro actually supply these as an accessory now gopro.com/en/au/?area=2&productid=35 so if yours is the same you have a new problem ?

firiebob said...
The 16Gb Class4 Kinstons should be right as GoPro sell them to suit although Devil posted he is having dramas.

As for editing good luck, my program Videostudio which is the latest wont accept the GoPro files although it does from other cameras ?

I have a trial Adobe Premier Elements which will but my new computer really struggles with it It's a 2.8 mhz 3x core with 4Gb ram (ram not fully used as it's a 32 bit Vista). Maybe Elements doesn't use all the cores, I'll have to look into that.

I think people should have a really good think before getting a HD GoPro if you want to edit your video into something that look half decent. Guys like Reflex know what they're doing and have the computer power which most of us don't, he's posted plenty of warnings

my computer is 3+ years old (2.2hz dual core, 2gb ram) positively ancient in computing terms, albeit top of the line at that stage. I don't have any problems editing/rendering the HD footage.

Give sony vegas a shot.

Also, found a tiny crack in my hd hero case (the hinge at the bottom), emailed gopro, they sent me a new case no questions asked. Can't say enough good things about their customer service. And for people wondering I ordered direct from them rather then from a local shop, saved over $100 and i don't think you would get better service from a local retailer as they would have to go through the same process anyway.

firiebob said...

swoosh said...

firiebob said...
The 16Gb Class4 Kinstons should be right as GoPro sell them to suit although Devil posted he is having dramas.

As for editing good luck, my program Videostudio which is the latest wont accept the GoPro files although it does from other cameras ?

I have a trial Adobe Premier Elements which will but my new computer really struggles with it It's a 2.8 mhz 3x core with 4Gb ram (ram not fully used as it's a 32 bit Vista). Maybe Elements doesn't use all the cores, I'll have to look into that.

I think people should have a really good think before getting a HD GoPro if you want to edit your video into something that look half decent. Guys like Reflex know what they're doing and have the computer power which most of us don't, he's posted plenty of warnings

my computer is 3+ years old (2.2hz dual core, 2gb ram) positively ancient in computing terms, albeit top of the line at that stage. I don't have any problems editing/rendering the HD footage.

Give sony vegas a shot.

Also, found a tiny crack in my hd hero case (the hinge at the bottom), emailed gopro, they sent me a new case no questions asked. Can't say enough good things about their customer service. And for people wondering I ordered direct from them rather then from a local shop, saved over $100 and i don't think you would get better service from a local retailer as they would have to go through the same process anyway.

Thanks heaps swoosh, that's the info I'm after Vegas has been mentioned before and now I know what computer you have I'll try it. With my trial Premier Elements it'll open the file but the video is jerky when viewing in the timeline (frustrating) and very slow doing anything, but then I'm not used to it and may be doing something wrong.

I downloaded a trial version of Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9 www.vegascreativesoftware.com/us/vegas-movie-studio/?utm_source=sonycreativesoftware&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=redirect&lang=us&prdt=moviestudiosui which wont open the GoPro file either