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GoPro Timelapse file management queries

  • 24-10-2013 4:12pm
    #1
    alexlyons
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭


    Hey folks, I'm sure a few of you out there create time-lapse videos with a GoPro or any camera for that matter.

    Just wondering how you organise and keep the files.

    Here's what I do:

    Download stills
    Rename due to the Gopro's horrific file naming ability so they're in time order even when sorted by name
    Open as image sequence with Quicktime 7
    Save the file as a self contained movie
    Open with Quicktime x and export to 720 or 1080 depending.

    Done.

    Was wondering, what files do you think are worth keeping?
    Once I have the final video the only thing I will generally want to do in the future is slow it down or speed it up.

    Do you think I need to keep the still images and self contained movie?


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  • #2
    pullandbang
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 4,948 ✭✭✭pullandbang


    alexlyons wrote: »

    Was wondering, what files do you think are worth keeping?
    Once I have the final video the only thing I will generally want to do in the future is slow it down or speed it up.

    Do you think I need to keep the still images and self contained movie?

    Storage is so cheap now you'd be mad not to keep the stills.


  • #3
    alexlyons
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭alexlyons


    pullandbang wrote: »
    Storage is so cheap now you'd be mad not to keep the stills.

    Very true.

    However in the Pro I have the 4 bays full with 1TB drives (Raided, 2TB useable) and a separate SSD for startup. I'm shooting 20+ GB every two weeks or so just for time-lapse so I chew threw space fairly quickly.
    It's cheap but its not that cheap for a hobby!


  • #4
    pullandbang
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 4,948 ✭✭✭pullandbang


    That's a lot of gigs!

    Mind you 20gb every two weeks is only 500gb a year so you could easily back up just the stills onto one external drive just to keep.


  • #5
    alexlyons
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭alexlyons


    Ye I see where your coming from.

    Except I guess I don't value the stills that much.

    I'd ideally love a way to keep the video in a format that is compressed (so it'd not a massive 10GB self contained file) but still able to become any sort of video, be it an iPhone sized simple time lapse, or a HD video that has the ability to slow and speed up without loss in quality.

    I don't know if a 1080p export from quicktime x would be enough to have these options?


  • #6
    stcstc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭stcstc


    your best doing stuff like slowmo etc from the stills, waaaaay better quality


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