Maybe it's stating the obvious but isn't the transparent box holding the GoPro made of equally breakable plastic?Lukeyboy wrote:A typical K-Edge mount.
They aren't made from plastic which GoPro mounts are. GoPros are known for fracturing/braking mounts which I can testify too.
Video Camera who uses one?
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Just after it flicked out from underneath the wheel.
If you've seen the tv show Mythbusters they frequently use the GoPro for remote shots or for when cameras have a high risk at getting damaged.
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Postby am50em » Fri Aug 17, 2012 9:09 am
Excellent video! Loved watching the hands move on the controls and it looks like a great commute.Vivifyer wrote:finally got some extra mounts to use my gopro2 on my bike. Don't think I can be bothered using it every day I commute though...
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Postby GraemeL » Fri Aug 17, 2012 10:01 am
Why don't you want to use it for your commutes? It really doesn't take much to put it on and take it off your bike. If you have it, you might as well use itVivifyer wrote:finally got some extra mounts to use my gopro2 on my bike. Don't think I can be bothered using it every day I commute though...
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Postby GraemeL » Fri Aug 17, 2012 10:07 am
The case can take a real beating before it gives way and as far as the mounts go, I don't think they fail easily.Sven Nijs wrote:Maybe it's stating the obvious but isn't the transparent box holding the GoPro made of equally breakable plastic?Lukeyboy wrote:A typical K-Edge mount.
They aren't made from plastic which GoPro mounts are. GoPros are known for fracturing/braking mounts which I can testify too.
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Postby AUbicycles » Fri Aug 17, 2012 11:22 am
Now I have a k-edge and have done one ride with it and it looks promising. It was pitch black so have to get in a daylight ride to properly see howmuch rolling shutter there is. The k-edge keeps the camera nicely tucked under the handlebars which I prefer.
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Re: Video Camera who uses one?
Postby Ozkaban » Fri Aug 17, 2012 11:39 am
For those of you who don't find the way the gopro/any camera names files particularly useful, I have written a script running in cygwin bash that renames them to the date/time last modified (ie, the end of the video recording). If there are two files modified in the same minute then it adds a counter which it increments thusly:
Code: Select all
Aug 17 10:50 20120817-1045.mp4
Aug 17 10:50 20120817-1049.mp4
Aug 17 10:50 20120817-1050.mp4
Aug 17 11:28 20120817-1128.mp4
Aug 17 11:28 20120817-1128.1.mp4
Aug 17 11:28 20120817-1128.2.mp4
Aug 17 11:28 20120817-1128.3.mp4
Aug 17 11:29 20120817-1129.mp4
Aug 17 11:29 20120817-1129.1.mp4
Aug 17 11:29 20120817-1129.2.mp4
it's called gopro.sh and stored in /usr/bin
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#!/bin/bash
for f in `ls *.MP4 *.JPG`; do
FILE=$f
EXTN=`ls $FILE | awk -F. '{print $2}' | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'`
NEWNAME=`ls -l --time-style=long-iso $FILE | sed -e 's/-//g' | awk '{print $7"-"$8}' | sed -e 's/://g'`
NEWFILE="$NEWNAME.$EXTN"
COUNTER=0
while [ -a $NEWFILE ]; do
let COUNTER=COUNTER+1
#echo "$NEWFILE exists, incrementing counter"
NEWFILE="$NEWNAME.$COUNTER.$EXTN"
done
mv $FILE $NEWFILE
echo "$FILE --> $NEWFILE"
done
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Postby Vivifyer » Fri Aug 17, 2012 3:17 pm
cheers I was surprised at how much my bars flex when i first took a look at the videoam50em wrote:Excellent video! Loved watching the hands move on the controls and it looks like a great commute.Vivifyer wrote:finally got some extra mounts to use my gopro2 on my bike. Don't think I can be bothered using it every day I commute though...
valid point, I meant that I'm using it more during recreational rides. my commute is almost entirely on PSP, which is surprisingly uneventful most of the time.GraemeL wrote:Why don't you want to use it for your commutes? It really doesn't take much to put it on and take it off your bike. If you have it, you might as well use it
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Postby Xplora » Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:25 pm
These could be really nifty for bad necks as a rear vision cameraRonK wrote:Mentioned in the Sunday paper - the Liquid Image Ego cam. Looks interesting, relatively inexpensive and is wifi and apps are available for streaming to IOS and Android phones.
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Postby AUbicycles » Mon Aug 20, 2012 12:05 pm
(choose to watch in 720p HD for better quality)
Youtube direct link: GoPro K-Edge in Akuna Bay, Sydney
This a GoPro Hero with a K-Edge GO BIG mount (the more expensive ones) and a nice downhill section with a few rough bits.
The quality of the footage compared to previous mounts is much better and I also use a secret material between the K-Edge and handlebar (which probably has not effect as it is really really tight).
You tube has compressed the video a lot and though the detail is nice. Rolling Shutter is greatly reduced so there are now heavy 'jello moments' though as a bumpy road there is still some distortion of the video.
On this cycle route, there are some other really rough sections though this is a nice downhill (along McCarrs Creek Road just before the turnoff to Akuna Bay and Westhead), and I put some music on it as well.
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Postby Lukeyboy » Mon Aug 20, 2012 1:01 pm
To me it looks like the compression has more to do with how you exported it in your videoediting program rather than how youtube has compressed ie your bitrate.[/photographerandvideoeditormode]
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Postby Vivifyer » Thu Aug 23, 2012 6:06 pm
also here is a new one I put up
regular gopro bike mount, tightened till my fingers went numb.. to minimize vibration. Also tried putting warp stabilizer (after effects) on the video.. well it took about 22 hours to render. and looked like rubbish, so didn't upload that.
This is straight off the camera and speed up 400%
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6bUylDsYY4&hd=1[/youtube]
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Postby Baalzamon » Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:25 pm
Nice going, riding over a pedestrian only bridge at the 12min mark...Vivifyer wrote:Youtube still seems to crustify your videos even when exporting at a higher bitrate. Using the default "youtube 720p" export settings which have your 2 pass encoring set to 5kbps still ends up looking worse once its uploaded. I tried 8kbps which is plenty for a 720 video using h.264, still ends up covered in compression artifacts once uploaded. Vimeo is much better for retaining quality. Unless there is some magical settings around, I think its just the way youtube is with uploads.
also here is a new one I put up
regular gopro bike mount, tightened till my fingers went numb.. to minimize vibration. Also tried putting warp stabilizer (after effects) on the video.. well it took about 22 hours to render. and looked like rubbish, so didn't upload that.
This is straight off the camera and speed up 400%
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6bUylDsYY4&hd=1[/youtube]
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Postby Vivifyer » Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:34 pm
yes, suppose to dismount there. But I didn't, congrats for noticing.Baalzamon wrote:
Nice going, riding over a pedestrian only bridge at the 12min mark...
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Postby KonaCommuter » Thu Aug 23, 2012 8:04 pm
Vivifyer wrote:yes, suppose to dismount there. But I didn't, congrats for noticing.Baalzamon wrote:
Nice going, riding over a pedestrian only bridge at the 12min mark...
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Postby AUbicycles » Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:12 am
That said, the bumps are from poor surfaces on the roads so when riding smooth sections the video is also smooth and on the road bike I have high tire pressure which doesn't help much for getting smoother video. Pretty happy with the K-Edge Go Big, even if it is pricy.
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Re: Video Camera who uses one?
Postby BadBlood » Sun Aug 26, 2012 5:42 pm
For those of us that do not know how to add a script, can you please tells us the steps involved?Ozkaban wrote:*** NERD ALERT ***
For those of you who don't find the way the gopro/any camera names files particularly useful, I have written a script running in cygwin bash that renames them to the date/time last modified (ie, the end of the video recording). If there are two files modified in the same minute then it adds a counter which it increments thusly:I've deliberately not added a .0 to the first instance because a) it's a simple script and b) I didn't want every file to have a .0 in it. Someone else can work that bit outCode: Select all
Aug 17 10:50 20120817-1045.mp4 Aug 17 10:50 20120817-1049.mp4 Aug 17 10:50 20120817-1050.mp4 Aug 17 11:28 20120817-1128.mp4 Aug 17 11:28 20120817-1128.1.mp4 Aug 17 11:28 20120817-1128.2.mp4 Aug 17 11:28 20120817-1128.3.mp4 Aug 17 11:29 20120817-1129.mp4 Aug 17 11:29 20120817-1129.1.mp4 Aug 17 11:29 20120817-1129.2.mp4
it's called gopro.sh and stored in /usr/binHope this helps someone. Don't know if it will work on a mac bsd shell. probably would with some modifications.Code: Select all
#!/bin/bash for f in `ls *.MP4 *.JPG`; do FILE=$f EXTN=`ls $FILE | awk -F. '{print $2}' | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'` NEWNAME=`ls -l --time-style=long-iso $FILE | sed -e 's/-//g' | awk '{print $7"-"$8}' | sed -e 's/://g'` NEWFILE="$NEWNAME.$EXTN" COUNTER=0 while [ -a $NEWFILE ]; do let COUNTER=COUNTER+1 #echo "$NEWFILE exists, incrementing counter" NEWFILE="$NEWNAME.$COUNTER.$EXTN" done mv $FILE $NEWFILE echo "$FILE --> $NEWFILE" done
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Re: Video Camera who uses one?
Postby Ozkaban » Sun Aug 26, 2012 6:41 pm
It involves installing cygwin which is probably something you don't really want to do unless you're familiar with linux/unix.BadBlood wrote:
For those of us that do not know how to add a script, can you please tells us the steps involved?
Cheers
I'll talk to my father in law who's a Windows admin about how to write the same in a windoes batch script, which will be very straight forward to run - will get back to you in a day or so.
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Postby RonK » Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:38 am
Wifi BacPac & Remote Kit arrived from Dave's Discount Motors yesterday. K-Edge mounts arrived from Wiggle last week, and the Amari helmet with camera mount arrived a few weeks ago.RonK wrote:At the price Mugglechops posted (thanks Mugglechops for the discount code too) wifi bacpac and remote kit was dispatched overnight by USPS First Class International for only $7 US.
It has become pretty much accepted that shipping costs from the US are high, but this goes to show that most US sites way overcharge for shipping. Rip off.
So a big thanks to Dave's Motors for getting it right.
So with a Tamrac Zipshot tripod I'm almost ready for my solo tour of southland NZ.
On the weekend I bought some 19mm square alloy tubing. I'm going to fashion a camera boom which will be attached to the rear rack and give a view over my head.
Oh, forgot to mention the XSories U-shot telescopic boom I'm taking as well.
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Postby AUbicycles » Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:43 pm
I will admit it wasn't a gust of wind though actually didn't expect it to give as easily as it did.
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