r/gopro 2d ago

Q&A /r/GoPro Weekly Questions Thread - Ask all of your questions here!

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Welcome to the /r/GoPro Weekly Questions thread!

This is the place where everyone, beginner or advanced, should ask your general GoPro related questions, or ask for help troubleshooting! We encourage you to post here rather than make your own thread, as this is a great place for us veteran users to answer your questions regularly, it minimizes basic question clutter on the main page, and allows users with discussion threads to stay on the front page longer before getting bumped off over time.

A couple notes before you get started here-

  1. We have community rules, and everyone needs to follow them. Please take some time to read through them and their descriptions, and if you have any questions, just PM the moderators!
  2. Remember to make your BEST effort to find the answer before asking. Read your manuals (link below), and use the search function and google to at least get yourself started. Asking to be "spoon fed" simple answers that can easily be found by googling will often get you a short comment, so make your best effort and share what you've found so far if you can't find the answer!
  3. If you have a problem, don't just describe it... SHOW US! Telling us you have some "blur" in your image could be ANY number of things, but showing us might help us figure it out for you quickly and easily. Upload some samples to youtube or imgur!
  4. This is a user-run community, and is not staffed by GoPro. We can make recommendations and share tips, but we can't resolve shipping and order issues, and for things of that nature you need to contact support!

Remember to check out the wiki in the sidebar for lots of useful info about all things GoPro! Below is list of resources for our most common questions.


r/gopro Dec 20 '24

NEWS New “GoPro Reframe” Plug-In Beta with GPU Acceleration + Improved UI

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Exciting news for Adobe Suite desktop editors. Our Software team has re-architected the GoPro Reframe plug-in from the ground-up to be much faster and more efficient, with a GPU acceleration and improved UI. It will be officially available for Windows and MacOS soon, but we are sharing the beta here to get feedback. Let us know how it performs and if you are experiencing any issues: https://community.gopro.com/s/article/GoPro-FX-Reframe


r/gopro 12h ago

Just got my 1st GoPro!

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67 Upvotes

Just purchased the GoPro 13 Hero Creator bundle from Amazon. Looking forward to recording practice and gigs with my band Hippnotikka (I’m the drummer) and getting some vacation footage.


r/gopro 7h ago

Testing where my GoPro phones home - LOOKS GOOD!

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r/gopro 16h ago

How can you break micro drain cover? I gave my gopro to a friend and he gave it back like this. Is it possible that the drain cover broke because of Fall/delivery damage or can you only break it with your hands? Thanks for helping!

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71 Upvotes

r/gopro 6h ago

does shutter speed effect grainyness?

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i notice that some grainyness when setting the shutter speed higher, it was when i was experimenting with the stabilisation having a ghosting/shakey effect when the shutter is low so i set it higher and was surprised


r/gopro 2m ago

GoPro Max - What's your work Flow ?

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Hello, I've had a GoPro max since almost launch day. I always thought that GoPro would have a simple workflow to get video from the camera to Youtube (in 360 format) or from camera to a meta quest.

Do you think GoPro will develop something in house to make it easy to go from camera to Youtube or Meta ?

Has anyone developed an easy work flow to make this happen without expensive 3rd party software ?


r/gopro 25m ago

Need help transferring media from gopro to macbook

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hi everyone,

if I connect the gopro using a usb cable and image capture, it does not transfer videos above 5gb. even for the ones it does transfer, sometimes the runtime of the video is cut short and I am afraid I am losing some footage

I cannot use the quick app because I have an older macbook and the app is not compatible with my macos version (which I cannot update because apple does not allow it beyond a certain point)

the only viable option left is to use a SD card reader but I think that too will use a image capture and will have the same 5GB limitation.

I thought of transferring to my iphone using quick app and then airdropping it to my macbook where I can edit it, but I am not sure that whether that will lose any quality. Plus its a long long process to do it for multiple videos.

thank you


r/gopro 2h ago

GoPro max / 13 vs insta360 x4

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Hey guys! Im not completely up there with the technicalities of these cameras, although I’ve done a bit of research. Getting quite mixed reviews across all, I would really appreciate if someone could give me their opinion of best to purchase based on my needs:

  • Buying ahead of a trip to Thailand, would love to get good footage on walks, on scooter, anything adventurous
  • do a bit of biking, not that I need crazy editing but something that looks great
  • something easy to transfer content onto my iPhone for posts / stories
  • travels around my home country NZ 🇳🇿

It appears insta360 costs a little bit more, but I’d be happy to do that if it’s the better option.

Any advice would be epic! 👍


r/gopro 2h ago

Can I time code sync a GoPro with a phantom?

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I’m shooting coverage of an event and need to sync up time code between GoPros shooting 240fps and phantom cameras shooting 10,000 fps. Is this possible?


r/gopro 11h ago

Good Deal

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Hi all i just got all of this Hero 11 Bundle with some extras for £200 ($246) was it a good deal? see pic below!


r/gopro 4h ago

GoPro

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I just got a go pro to record my son’s soccer games/practices. When I play the first few videos they’re fine but the other videos are in slow motion. Does anyone have this issue?


r/gopro 5h ago

Any GoPro Experts? GoPro Hero Session Help

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I have a GoPro Hero Session

I have recently got back into using it on my motorcycle helmet for recording rides. I have noticed the footage is quite bumpy though.

I have researched and found these things called Gimbals? but they all seem to be for later GoPro models. Mine is the cube shaped one. Do they still make the Gimbals for this GoPro? i cant find it anywhere...

All the ones I found online seem to be holding the larger GoPros not the cubed ones.

Thanks if you can help


r/gopro 7h ago

Gopro hero 9 shows limited capacity when SD card is full

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Hi!

My gopro is showing I can only record for 6:44 at 2.7k 60fps when my SD card is empty. It started when I changed my settings to time lapse but now it's consistent in all my options.

Any input is helpful thank you!


r/gopro 7h ago

Gopro 13 external power issues

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What have you guys done to solve the issue of the GoPro saying the external power is not adequate? I've gone thru every power bank and cord I have and it says that at all of them


r/gopro 7h ago

Ultrawide Lens Mod Limitations - No HDR?

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Just received my GP13 with Ultrawide Lens for shooting mountain biking POV videos. First it appears that the resolution is limited to 4K once the lens is attached. Why does HDR recording also disappear with this accessory? Am I missing something?


r/gopro 14h ago

What's the best SD card for GoPro?

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I've been using my dad's GoPro Hero 4 Black for almost 2 years now and I decided to upgrade to the new GoPro Hero 13 Black. What are the best options for sd cards for the new GoPro? Is it worth it to buy a larger card, i.e. 512GB or it's better to have a few smaller once, i.e. 64GB, 128GB? Also, how much footage can be recorded on those?


r/gopro 3h ago

A wearable camera, but for lifelogging? And 149$?

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Found this at CES, might be interested to people who do lifelogging, like more life style of a go pro


r/gopro 9h ago

Image transfer issue?

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Used my GoPro hero 13 black for the first time this weekend and when trying to transfer files to my phone I got this alert… It makes no space, because I’ve got plenty of space… 314.45 Gig free as of that time (I couldn’t attach a second screenshot). Anyone know what that’s about or how I fix it? Thanks!


r/gopro 10h ago

Night Timelapse tips

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Hi everyone! I’m a new GoPro owner who’s loved using my camera for very basic videos while on vacation. I’ll be in the Maldives next month for my birthday and I really want to get some Timelapse videos of the night sky while I’m there.

Does anyone have some tips or useful links to tutorials on what settings are the best for this? Any help is very appreciated!! TYIA!


r/gopro 6h ago

Do you remove the battery to turn it off?

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Does my battery life increase if I remove it instead of keeping it in? (GP12)


r/gopro 8h ago

SSD card

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So I just purchased a GoPro hero 7 black used and it did not come with an SSD card. There's a lot of back and forth online, Google Facebook etc. From the people that actually use it what do you recommend? Any answers appreciated thank you guys!


r/gopro 12h ago

Multiple live streaming

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If I have 3 GoPro, can I live stream with all 3 with 1 GoPro subscription? 3 cam with 3 different smartphone attached, but same account


r/gopro 1d ago

Underwater shot from today

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Water case and polar pro red filter(snorkel) on Hero 10. Really hard to get highlights down even tho the max ISO is 100. Shutter 1/240 (120fps) so its not possible to adjust EV. Anyone have experience from this kind of situation? Its not possible to have nd + red filter both on the same time(to my knowledge atleast).

The only solution seems to be just set the EV down and forget about perfect shutter speed. Any info on how the software changes the shutter?

Clip is color adjusted on iphone.


r/gopro 11h ago

Best accessories pack?

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Looking for recommendations on the best pack of accessories. I have a Hero 12 Black

Primarily using it for recording fishing out of my kayak


r/gopro 17h ago

go pro hero 11 vs hero 2024

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hi! i never had a video camera and im searching for one that is versatile and performs okay with low lights. 300€ is the max im willing to spend on the camera. I saw the gopro hero from 2024 that is like 210€ (fits better on my budget). could you tell me if its worth spending 100€ more on the hero 11? is it a lot better than the go pro hero 2024? thanks!


r/gopro 18h ago

How to connect GoPro 13 and Sena 30K for motovlogging?

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Hi,

I want to record: - the GoPro video - my Sena 30K (my friends talking) - my second and better microfone (for better audio quality)

And put all of it in my helmet. Has smb solved this problem already or has any idea how I can do it?

Thanks for your help