Gopro 360 Videos

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Does this mean you cannot auto-upload gopro app videos from an android to dropbox when we get back to wifi? I would like to upload gopro videos to dropbox the same way that other videos and photos taken by my phone get synced. I've not found info on the GoPro resources on this.

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I'm trying to import 2.7K videos from my GoPro to iMovie. I have done this in the past with very little problem. I connect the GoPro, it says it's USB Connected, I click the import button in iMovie, direct it to what Event I want it imported to and away we go. For some reason now, I follow all of the steps I just listed, except when I go to import I see the GoPro listed as an import option, but I just see a spinning wheel like I'm waiting for the movie thumbnails to populate. I do have a lot of files on the GoPro that I'm looking to download. I even left it connected overnight just in case. Nothing still this morning. I'm trying to import videos from my daughter's volleyball tournament over the weekend. She's being recruited, so having current videos is very important to us all. Thanks to anyone who might have a suggestion for me.

iMovie doesn't support 2.7K as an export option. So, possibly that's the problem. Aside from that, make sure that you have sufficient space on your drive to receive the import, and for iMovie to operate efficiently. Make sure that you are recording in a compatible format.

Thanks for the reply Rich. I've imported 2.7K videos before, so not sure what's going on. I took my GoPro to another iMac I have in the home. This one is running iMovie 10.2.2. I was able to get the import feature populate the thumbnails of my videos correctly and got me to the point where I could start the import process. I don't have enough storage to execute that, which is why I have a new iMac with tons of storage. The new iMac runs iMovie 10.2.3. I reconnected the GoPro and still nothing. I've dowloaded videos to this computer before, so I know it can be done. If you or anyone else has any suggestions, certainly would appreciate it.

Try deleting preferences. Open iMovie while holding down the Option and Command keys and select to delete preferences in the box that appears. iMovie will open in a new library. Reopen your old library to get back to your projects. Deleting preferences is a safe procedure that will not cause data loss or disruption to your project. Now see if you can do the import.

Thanks again for your help Rich. I let the camera plugged in for about 36 hours. The video thumbnails appeared finally and I started my import. I'm not sure why it took so long as this is a brand new iMac. I wish there was a magic bullet that solved my problem. I will be doing another large import in a week and will post back if I figure something out. For now, all good. I really appreciate your prompt replies and thank you for the help.

Yeah, 36 hours is a long time unless it was a massive download. Check your available free space because sometimes when space gets low it can slow things down. Check also whether you might have other processes running that might be slowing down your computer..

I'm still having a hard time with iMovie and my GoPro. I have an iMac running iMovie 10.2.2 that is nearly out of storage. I open iMovie, plug in the GoPro, and within 10 seconds I'm able to see thumbnails of what's on my GoPro and could easily start the import. I bought a new iMac 16 months ago with greater storage and memory. This one has iMovie 10.2.3. I'm now over 24 hours with the GoPro plugged in and still nothing is available to import. This just doesn't make sense to me. iMovie recognizes the GoPro when I choose the Import selection. I just see a spinning wheel like it's waiting to download. The other iMac can pull up the videos for import very quickly. Just doesn't make sense to me. Seems like it's a problem with the iMovie version. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear it. Thanks.

Thanks Rich. I ended up pulling the micro SD card out of the GoPro, putting it into a standard SD sleeve, then inserting into the back of the iMac. I quickly was able to see the video clips and drag them into iMovie that way. It took several hours to download them, but at least I was able to get it done. Still very strange that my older Mac is able to recognize the clips very quickly and my new Mac does not. Thanks again for the help.

You might additionally want to import your videos into a finder folder as a backup. iMovie libraries can sometimes get corrupted so it would be safer to have a backup outside of the iMovie structure. Also, it can be a little awkward to retrieve and organize your videos for other purposes if the only place they exist is in an iMovie library. There are storage limitations for iMovie libraries as well, such as requiring an Apple formatted disk, and not being able to be stored in the Cloud.

I have imported some GoPro Hero 10 videos into Lightroom (not classic) and they play in slow motion and have no audio. I am running on a Macbook Monterey 12.4 and am able to play the videos on other players on my computer, Lyn, Quicktime and Handbrake without any problem.

To expand on what Peter said, this isn't so much a limitation as a deliberate design decision. Our assumption is that if the frame rate is over 60 FPS then the expectation is that it's supposed to be a slow motion video. (The fact that audio is not handled for slow motion videos is a current limitation.)

This is a safe assumption for many videos (e.g., high frame rate videos recorded on a phone play back in slow motion in the native player on the phone). But perhaps it is not a safe assumption for all videos. I'd love to hear more about your use of high frame rate video recording, what you use it for, why it's important to you to record (and play back) at 120 FPS rather than 60 FPS, etc.

Ben, thanks for your response and explanation. The GoPro Hero 10 has the native ability to record video with 120 frames per second, even though they are not slow motion videos. It creates a smoother video especially as typical GoPro videos have more activity and action. If I play the same video on any of my devices, they all play correctly and not in slow motion. But as you mentioned Lightroom is treating all videos with a higher frame rate than 60 as slow motion videos. Perhaps there is something else in the meta data that you can use to find slow motion videos vs videos with higher frame rates.

I would prefer to not have to convert all of my GoPro videos to 60 FPS before I load them into Lightroom. The other option for me would be to lower the frame rate on the GoPro video to 60 FPS, which is also not ideal. I think there will be more devices able to create videos with a higher frame rate than 60 even though they are not slow motion, so I think it is worthwhile to address this issue. One possible solution is to ask the user or allow the user to manually set whether the video is slow motion or not.

I have resorted to using my laptop solely for editing now, and general download of the cloud at a lower resolution of needed, but I was curious if anyone else has experienced a similar issue. Especially as you can film 4k with the Fairphone I found it all rather odd.

My advice is to take some time and figure out a workflow for you, because if video footage brings value to your business (marketing?) you should have unique content.

Edit: Or re-evaluate if smartphone videos satisfy your needs. Much easier workflow overall!

Thanks for the response, yep you hit the nail on the head I have reverted to just doing all my video editing on my laptop. Then if I need the edited video on my phone I just download the file once the edit is complete.

To get the very best results you have to use the right settings. You basically want to keep your ISO as low as possible. And to do that, you have to use a low framerate and low shutter speed. So the settings that I used are:

The reason why I used the SuperView instead of normal wide is that SuperView reads the full sensor, instead of doing a crop. Having a crop would mean bigger pixels, what makes noise more visible. So by reading the full sensor I essentially make the noise less obvious.

The shutter speed should be twice the framerate. So if you shoot your videos in 30p, it must be 60 and 50 in 25p. If you set it to auto or below twice the framerate, the image will get a bit brighter but you also introduce too much motion blur, what makes your video look weird.

I have never used my gopro 8 during night flights. I will be flying next weekend and would like to shoot a video when the plane is taking off. I just wanted your help in setting up the night video settings.. Please do guide me with the settings and let me know. My email is fbeh...@yahoo.com. Thank you so much.

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