Thinking of getting gopro

[gkram1985]

What's the difference between the motor sports hero kit and the helmet hero? Other than price anyway? I'm just looking through the royal distributing catalogue and they aren't very good at describing the differences between them, can I use all the same accessories between the 2?

[Oerlikon80]

Just google GoPro you can order from their website, most of the difference is the accessories for mounting them. Mind you that could of changed since I bought mine a year and a half ago. They sell them at a variety of places in Wpg. including Sport Check.

[Cage]

There are no differences in camera except there's the regular GoPro Hero and then there's the Hero2. Most places are only selling the 2 now....better resolution, etc. All the various kits are the same camera but come with different mounting attachments. Go to GoPro.com and all the kits are listed there....

[powertown]

Buy a gopro! Its amazing what you and you're buds will do when you know its recorded and you can watch it later! Over and over and over........lol

[diehard]

i just bought the hero 2 outdoor addition the only thing between the models are accessories like orelikon80 said ..find the model that will best fit your need and check out ebay for the other accessories that will work best for you ..outdoor addition has a head strap i used it when i went moose hunting few weeks a go awesome footage... but i am having trouble with downloading videos on my windows and can't edit them with windows movie maker either does not support that type of file ?? i need to find a way to covert them form mp4 to avi or something like that .. PLEASE SHARE YOU VIDEOs ON TRACK SHARE

[bbrent]

You should be able to edit with windows movie maker. I just dl to my computor, then into the editing program.

[diehard]

Originally Posted by bbrent

You should be able to edit with windows movie maker. I just to my computor, then into the editing program.

i dont know what is wrong i go into windows movie maker go to upload click on the file where i have the video and it says no items match your search ? it shows the pictures but not the videos ?

[SwitchAssault800]

The joys if windows software. I had issues with movie maker as well, half the time it would work, half the time it wouldn't.
Thankfully I don't have to deal with it anymore. My suggestion, make sure it's up to date. If it is, and it's not working, you can find a converter that will convert it to a format that will work. If I remember, I'll see which one I have when I get home an post a link for you.

[diehard]

Originally Posted by SwitchAssault800

I'll see which one I have when I get home an post a link for you.

thanks that would be a big help i have been on youtube google and still cant figure it out but does work fine on my ipad but need to buy an app to edit on it...sorry to butt in on your post gkram1985

[Cage]

Make sure you have a system for editing these videos....Anything more than a yearold probably won't do it......(in a way that makes it worthwhile doing) Also tons of space is required, I burn up around 5-10 GB per video. I use "Avid Studio Pro" to edit....There are many more suites for editing if you wanna do nice work.
If however you just wanna load up raw footage, slam some ACDC on it and rip 'er to you tube then Movie maker is ok.

[Cage]

Originally Posted by diehard

i dont know what is wrong i go into windows movie maker go to upload click on the file where i have the video and it says no items match your search ? it shows the pictures but not the videos ?

Your system is probably bogging down with the file's size, or can't process it fast enough......or maybe some codecs missing for whatever format you have rendered your video in.....

[SwitchAssault800]

yeah i bet its missing the codecs.

for the life of me i cant remember what i used.

[tripsvids]

Windows movie maker on windows 7 couldnt edit the gopro footage without converting it. I found that you loose quality of the video in conversion.

I use Adobe premiere Pro CS5 for my editing, works really well, no quality loss

[freelance]

Same problem for me cuz my computer is old.

WinX HD Video Converter works for me. Convert to AVI and edit on Windows Movie Maker. Free 30 day trial.

[diehard]

thanks for your help but can't get nothing to work with out paying for programs . i give up not good with computers am going to stick to things that run on gasoline

[Cage]

Originally Posted by SwitchAssault800

yeah i bet its missing the codecs.

for the life of me i cant remember what i used.

You can download and install the "k-lite codec mega pack". Should drop everything you need on the system.....no spyware either.
http://download.cnet.com/K-Lite-Mega...-10794603.html

[tripsvids]

I have the k-lite codec pack and it didnt help with movie maker and importing gopro videos....

[Snowman]

I recently bought a Drift HD camera
so far so good.
does what i need and makes a .MOV file
which is great to edit on my 4-5 year old MacBookPro
bought the motorsports package off ebay for $300.
and a couple of 32G class 10 microSD cards right from China for $20 a piece.
love the remote control and screen to adjust options and review,
setting up the angle being able to view the screen is great.
pros and cons on each, but after doing all the research i went with the drift.

[diehard]

i down loaded AVS VIDEO EDITOR 6.2 just edited my videos so far so good ..why can't anything ever be easy ?????

[gkram1985]

So I got a GoPro hero 3 with battery backpac and 64gb card, tried the avs program and works, what else is out there and what settings do most people use? I tried a short vid from it and not quite happy with the quality I got from it, my computer converts at a decent speed I think, just editing takes forever cuz the file is too large for it to handle properly, converts a 22 min vid from 720p 120 fps to 640x480 divx xvid avi in about 2-3 hrs, hasn't ended yet anyway and I started an hour ago, but I put the program at a higher processor priority to help it go a bit quicker