Scooter Sunday – GoPro HERO 2 test footage 848×480 from Marty Mankins on Vimeo.
This is test footage filmed using a GoPro Hero 2 camera at 848×480 resolution at 60 fps.
Well, technically from this embedded version of the video, the above is actually 820×461.
I have been testing different resolutions from this GoPro HERO2 camera the last month or so. I would prefer to use a 1280×960 because the resolution can be easily downsized to 640×480 without screwing up the pixelation of the video.
The goal is to get something that I can upload without using Vimeo or *shudder* YouTube. The previous videos I’ve done have all been in standard resolution (SD) and moving into the HD or pseudo HD formats provides all sorts of new challenges.
This is all in preparation for Season 5, coming up in just mere weeks.
Well the test went well! What the hell was that other guy on the road driving/ manning?!
Thanks. I did many test rides/filming and this clip just so happened to have a guy on his recumbent (or some form of one) bike. He realized the road was closed when he got to the end, so I passed him twice. Funny stuff.
You got a GoPro! Tremendous! The vid looks & sounds great. Looking forward to more.
Yep. It’s pretty small. I will be showing more details of the GoPro in an upcoming post.
The road noise is less prominent because the camera sits inside a clear plastic housing. The full Scooter Sunday episodes will have a music soundtrack over them, so none of the actual scooter noise will be included (this was raw, unedited footage that I took right from the camera)
I think it looks great! I wish I had a recumbent bike like that guy you went by,
Why does youtube suck so much? I mean, really… I use it, but only because I don’t know any better.
Thanks. And yeah, that recumbent bike did look pretty cool.
As for YouTube, I’ve been done with them for these videos for a couple of years now. Ever since they started mucking with copyright and the music.. it’s too much of a hassle.
No video shows up in mobile Safari. Just a note.
Oh yes. That will be resolved for full episodes (since I won’t be using Vimeo as the main video file that gets loaded here – H.264 format .MOV)
Although, there is a Vimeo app on the iPhone where the video can be viewed. Curious if there is a Vimeo embed code that will support the mobile platforms. The embed code I am using in this test video is the older non-iframe version.