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Dec 25 2009
1:41:52PM

I would say just get a big one, 1080p video takes up a whole lot of space !

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Dec 25 2009
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wondering the same thing

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Dec 25 2009
4:57:59PM

I just got a GoPro HD, and it came with a 4GB SD card.

I tested it today for like 4 hours, I tried every possible resolution possible. The quality in all of them is awesome, even though it was crappy weather and flat light.

I realised that I might have a problem with the card though. All the footage I got today seems to be skipping/lagging, especially the 1080p and 720p/60fps.

I don't know if any of you have had that problem? If so what did you do to make the footage smooth?

I looked on the gopro website and it says that for 1080p & 720p/60fps it records around 15mb/s. Could it be that the SD card doesn't record fast enough? Or is it just my computer that sucks and can't process the footage?

Anyways if you have any ideas/tips please share!

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Dec 25 2009
5:02:58PM

you need a class 4memory card or higher !

i believe GoPro adviced kingston memory cards, but i'm using a class 4 sandisk and it works just fine...

I think a 16gig card will be largely sufficient for all your footage (considering you have only 1 battery and will be plugging it into your laptop whenever the bat. is empty....)

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Dec 25 2009
5:14:20PM

Yeah nevermind my post... my computer just sucks... tried it on another computer and the footage just flows!

I got about 40min. of footage with my 4GB card so a 16GB would be well enough.

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Dec 25 2009
6:27:26PM

Ok this might sound really stupid but I have been trying to set this up all morning and haven't got it to work. Please don't hate...

I got the HD helmet hero gopro model and it seems that it hasn't come with a memory card?

1) Do you have to buy the memory card separately?

2) Can you save videos, pictures, etc. to the gopro without a memory card?

3) Will I not be able to record until I get a memory card (Kind of goes with question 2)

I would really appreciate the help for i am technologically retarded. Thanks NS.

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Dec 25 2009
6:56:39PM

for my sd go pro i just have a 2gb one

i wanna upgrade

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Dec 25 2009
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Quoting B-runge$ from Dec 25 2009 6:56:39:
for my sd go pro i just have a 2gb one

i wanna upgrade

you can upgrade to 4bg for free here
http://www.goprocamera.com/fwupgrade.php

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Dec 25 2009
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Quoting Sleet from Dec 25 2009 6:27:26:
Ok this might sound really stupid but I have been trying to set this up all morning and haven't got it to work. Please don't hate...I got the HD helmet hero gopro model and it seems that it hasn't come with a memory card? 1) Do you have to buy the memory card separately? 2) Can you save videos, pictures, etc. to the gopro without a memory card? 3) Will I not be able to record until I get a memory card (Kind of goes with question 2)I would really appreciate the help for i am technologically retarded. Thanks NS.

1) yes you need to buy the card separately. get a Kingston Class 4 SD card. i have the 16 gb and it works fine.
2) the GoPro HD does not have an internal memory.
3) you can't record until you have an sd card in the gopro

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Dec 25 2009
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Quoting Piste.Off$ from Dec 25 2009 9:24:45:
you can upgrade to 4bg for free here
http://www.goprocamera.com/fwupgrade.php

word ive seen that
thanks

i might have to upgrade soon

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Dec 25 2009
11:51:45PM

what exactly does that update do?

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Dec 26 2009
1:39:22AM

Quoting JTL$ from Dec 25 2009 10:53:49:
1) yes you need to buy the card separately. get a Kingston Class 4 SD card. i have the 16 gb and it works fine.
2) the GoPro HD does not have an internal memory.
3) you can't record until you have an sd card in the gopro

Thanks mangled. I was so frustrated today and now that frustration can finally come to an end.

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Dec 26 2009
9:40:09AM

I'm using the SanDisk SDHC Video HD 16GB Class 6, no problems at all. You can grab one of these for around 40 bucks if you look around.

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Dec 26 2009
9:43:52AM

I got the 16gb Kingston that GoPro reccomends on Amazon for $32 with free shipping. Good buy.

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Dec 26 2009
11:32:54AM

you can buy class 6 32 gb sd cards (they blue with like rainbow shit on the printed part)

on ebay for like 20-30 bucks
just lettin everyone know

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Dec 26 2009
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^ thats a steal. i just got an 8gb one and it works great.

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Dec 30 2009
10:47:34PM

Quoting Piste.Off$ from Dec 25 2009 9:24:45:
you can upgrade to 4bg for free here
http://www.goprocamera.com/fwupgrade.php

what does this firmware do? is it necessary when you get an sd card?

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Dec 30 2009
11:02:05PM

Quoting mason- from Dec 30 2009 10:47:34:
what does this firmware do? is it necessary when you get an sd card?

oh and is this update only for the regular gopro? not the HD one?

gah im a noob

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Dec 31 2009
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Quoting mason- from Dec 30 2009 11:02:05:
oh and is this update only for the regular gopro? not the HD one?
gah im a noob

i might be wrong on some points but:

the original GoPro (non HD) was designed for 2gig cards max.

the firmware update basically installs a program that will allow your GoPro to accept larger cards up to 4gig.

other small things that the firmware updates; you can film upside down and still produce normal footage instead of upside down footage

i also believe they adjusted some smaller stuff such as metering, whitebalance, exposure settings etc...

basically finetuning the cam...

For the GoPro HD we're still waiting for the first firmware update; important stuff this update might solve; the memory card problem, the on-off problem, maybe even more finetuning of the whitebalance, exposure metering, but also allowing to record while plugged into your laptop or usb adaptor (interesting for shooting long timelapses...)

allowing for upside down filming,

etc....

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