GoPro HERO. 1 minute = 100MB file. Right?

[GoodEnough]

Using 1080p at 30FPS.
This means a 10 min clip would be 1GB.
Is this correct?


Do people just upload a 1GB file to YouTube?
How long does that take with an average connection?

 

[fralexandr]

handbrake or any other transcoder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HandBrake
they can cut video sizes by a lot without significant degradation of video quality.

 

[GoodEnough]

So, that's a proper size for an mp4 file?

 

[fralexandr]

it's about right for a video straight from camera.

http://gopro.com/support/articles/hero3-recording-time-in-each-video-setting
times required to fill a 64gb SD card, if my calculations are correct, that puts a HERO3 1080p/30 at ~ 1.12GB per 10 minutes

how long it takes to upload will depend on your internet connection.
assuming speedtests average of 12.5Mbit/s it'd take ~11 minutes to upload.
That's a rather high upload speed if using normal asynchronous internet (cable/dsl) i.e. 50/5, 30/3, 15/3, etc
at 3Mbit/s, it'd take ~45 minutes
if using synchronous internet (fios) i.e. 50/50 it'd take ~3 minutes

with handbrake set to default settings and 1920x1080 output resolution, you'd probably be able to reduce that file size down to maybe 200 MB, which would be much more manageable for file sharing or long term storage on a storage drive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB0ji_3Uees

 

[Brian Stirling]

My experience is that a GoPro Hero 3 shooting HD at 30fps will eat about 8GB/hour or about 130MB/min. My dashcam shooting HD at 30fps comes in around 5GB/hour but the video quality is no where near the GoPro.


Brian

 

[GoodEnough]

What's the best way to compress a 1GB file for faster upload to Youtube?

 

[sm625]

For putting crap on youtube I just use movie maker. It's just a few click process. I create a profile that does about 10:1 compression and the quality roughly matches most youtube 1080p content.

I would love to find a program that will give me true one click right click context menu 10:1 compression from windows explorer.

 

[Brian Stirling]

Yeah, there are programs to further compress video but lets be clear -- it's FURTHER compressing an already compressed video stream. And all the video compression schemes are lossy to begin with.

It low quality is OK then the best bet it to shoot the video in a lower resolution format to being with.


Brian

 

[GoodEnough]

Is MovieMaker installed by default on Win7 ?