Wayne77
12-11-2018, 02:12 PM
Hello, I have a GoPro Hero5 Session. I'm wondering if there is any way (either with 3rd party support, programmable remote, etc) to set up my GoPro such that I can hit the record button where it will record video for a segment of time (for example 10 seconds) and it will automatically stop without me having to stop the recording myself.
If I'm on a 2 hour bike ride of course I'm not going to just leave the camera running. The problem is that its tough to keep track of when the camera is recording vs not recording when you are focused on riding, can't always hear the beep, not sure if you hit the button, etc. Even when everything is perfectly clear, there's a great use case for hitting a button in anticipation of a good moment knowing that it will stop recording for you. I can't count how many times I've approached a good scenic moment, reached down and hit record, then hitting the button again to stop and not hitting it all the way (r forgetting altogether) only to discover later the camera has been recording for 30 minutes, the battery is about to run out or the memory card is full. Grrrr.
Also it would make the video editing after the fact MUCH easier. Rather than having to go through a 5 minute segment looking for the highlights, splitting, trimming, etc, it becomes more a matter of combining all the 5 to 10 second clips in the way you want, amking it much easier to polish things up. I do a lot of Instagram 1 minute cycling clips (a few examples below). In that format if your takes are longer than 5 seconds it can get boring for others.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqIPEsQhpnN/
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bin_UNIHkLn/
if there's a way to get the shorter 3-5 second takes for 1 min clips like the above examples, without having to trim down longer takes after the fact in editing software...either with this camera or some other 3rd party remote that lets you program in a recording segment time, I'd love to hear from you!!
If I'm on a 2 hour bike ride of course I'm not going to just leave the camera running. The problem is that its tough to keep track of when the camera is recording vs not recording when you are focused on riding, can't always hear the beep, not sure if you hit the button, etc. Even when everything is perfectly clear, there's a great use case for hitting a button in anticipation of a good moment knowing that it will stop recording for you. I can't count how many times I've approached a good scenic moment, reached down and hit record, then hitting the button again to stop and not hitting it all the way (r forgetting altogether) only to discover later the camera has been recording for 30 minutes, the battery is about to run out or the memory card is full. Grrrr.
Also it would make the video editing after the fact MUCH easier. Rather than having to go through a 5 minute segment looking for the highlights, splitting, trimming, etc, it becomes more a matter of combining all the 5 to 10 second clips in the way you want, amking it much easier to polish things up. I do a lot of Instagram 1 minute cycling clips (a few examples below). In that format if your takes are longer than 5 seconds it can get boring for others.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqIPEsQhpnN/
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bin_UNIHkLn/
if there's a way to get the shorter 3-5 second takes for 1 min clips like the above examples, without having to trim down longer takes after the fact in editing software...either with this camera or some other 3rd party remote that lets you program in a recording segment time, I'd love to hear from you!!