Gopro/memory card question

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  1. Yorkshire Tyke

    Yorkshire Tyke Elite Member

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    Hi everyone

    Borrowed my mates gopro hero 2 for oulton.

    I already have a 4GB class 4 card, does it have to be class 10? Seems to video and store fine on the class 4 card.

    Whats the difference?
     
    #1 Yorkshire Tyke, Jul 27, 2013
  2. Muffking

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    Speed, higher class cards have a higher Mbps speed. The faster the card the less jittery the video.
     
    #2 Muffking, Jul 27, 2013
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    Speed rating I think
     
    #3 MrB, Jul 27, 2013
  4. levin

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    Iv a class 10 for mine, the lower class cards are not meant to handle the write speed, but as you said its working with class 4 , so u should be fine :)
     
    #4 levin, Jul 27, 2013
  5. Muffking

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    Actually, what size cards are you guys using as I have shed loads of SD cards that I don't use.
     
    #5 Muffking, Jul 27, 2013
  6. Yorkshire Tyke

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    Well I only have a 4GB class 4 SD for this gopro so I'll be dumping the videos onto laptop inbetween sessions.
     
    #6 Yorkshire Tyke, Jul 27, 2013
  7. Muffking

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    What's the recording time on it?
     
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  8. Yorkshire Tyke

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    Dunno muff, probably about a session lol!
     
    #8 Yorkshire Tyke, Jul 27, 2013
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    Y.T. - bit of advice, trackdays are quite stressful - get yourself familiar with the GoPro in advance, how long it will film on a card for noting each session is about 20 mins, how will you charge it on the day, which resolution to use etc.
     
    #9 Alblade, Jul 27, 2013
  10. Yorkshire Tyke

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    Cheers al, it isn't my first trackday but I know what you mean when you get all caught up in the comotion! I'm taking a laptop with me for charging.
     
    #10 Yorkshire Tyke, Jul 27, 2013
  11. Muffking

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    The reason why I ask is that I have some cards still in their boxes as I only used my 32Gb cards on the Scotland trip.
    I need to get round to posting an Ad, but in the mean time here's what I have:-

    3x 16Gb Class 10 (90Mbps) cards = £15 each via PayPal Gift including delivery.
    [​IMG]

    and 3x 8Gb Class 6 (20Mbps) cards = £7 each via PayPal Gift including delivery.
    [​IMG]

    I also have 9x 4Gb class 4 (15Mbps) and 8x 4Gb class 2 (10Mbps), but they're better suited to cameras.
     
    #11 Muffking, Jul 27, 2013
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    I took my laptop and downloaded then wiped the card each session. I got a san disk ultra 32mb class 10 from amazon for 20quid
     
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  13. Yorkshire Tyke

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    ermmm.... where's the footage then nav?? ;)
     
    #13 Yorkshire Tyke, Jul 27, 2013
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    #14 navvy10, Jul 27, 2013
  15. phantom

    phantom Active Member

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    stick with class 10's
    heard loads of guys losing footage when their lower
    class cards failed.happens on my camcorder if I put
    a class 4 card in it.
     
    #15 phantom, Jul 27, 2013

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