GoPro setup tips: how to get perfect onboard videos?

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This time it is not a race day. It's about setting your GoPro right to capture the best footage from trackdays and races.
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0:00 Intro
0:36 GoPro video stabilization
1:04 How to switch off GoPro stabilization
1:38 Example with stabilization ON (auto)
1:54 Example with Stabilization OFF
2:10 GoPro field of view (FOV)
2:42 How to change the GoPro field of view
3:18 GoPro exposure settings
3:41 How to control the exposure compensation
4:25 How to lock the exposure
5:31 Control your GoPro via smartphone
6:52 Mounting your GoPro
8:34 Remove the central mirror for better view
9:08 Outro
#motoringmatt #goprosettings #mr2spyder

[@MrCallumClark1]

Thanks for adding the shots with and without the stabilisation, appreciate the extra effort! Just what I was looking for ahead of filming a boat race 👍

[@lovevwltd7114]

Great video Matt, thanks for the detail on settings. All the best for the channel going forward

[@MandyMooToo]

Wonderful video! Thank you so much for the useful info. Especially with the exposure compensation:)

[@streetviewbyscherazb]

Great tips! Thank you for sharing!

[@eliott_olivieri]

Very helpful video!! Thank you.

[@theterminfrator]

Great video, just what i was looking for. Thank you!

[@JasonZachFonseca]

Thanks much for sharing this amazing piece of info!! The angle is the best!! Looks like an Auto Racing setup!!

[@997GURU]

Perfect ! I was runing into my 911 and tested your settings with my new Gopro Hero8

[@michman1956]

Very informative video! Great job!

[@turdferguson1021]

I was looking for a video on this. Thanks from the USA!!

[@moethajib2]

Hi Matt, hello from Washington, DC. Thank you for sharing this.

[@julianna_x_mundoJuliannaLawpe]

Yes this information help me very much! ! All of this video i did like it ! 10 to 10 !👍🏼

[@A_Fortunate_Traveler]

Very interesting, got some useful info out of your video. Thank you very much for sharing your experience

[@panchos7368]

Thank you for your tips, they helped me a lot.

[@wicklandrealestategroup9908]

Very good and informational video!

[@saggelavijay8626]

THANKS FOR GIVING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW TO USE CORRECTLY IN CAR WITH GOPRO

[@jmg78]

Great tips thanks!

[@Skiinye]

Very good informative video thank you

[@iliepirvu3319]

Great tips!

[@jiacmiliasalim7969]

Hi, thank you for your explanations 😀

[@prodrivesti1993]

Great tutorial! Thanks

[@ivlog3663]

insanly good and simple to understand Video without all the typical BS, THANKS SO MUCH!!!! tomorrow morning ( sunday) I´ll test everything what you showed!

[@ivlog3663]

Just came back and revealed the footage…Forgot to turn Stabilisation off…. Video goes left right left right, like you said 🥳

[@WilsonYangAU]

Really instructive and concise video thank you! Will be great for my trackday coming up this Saturday.

[@motoringmatt]

Thanks! Please consider to keep on the stabilizer if the track is very bumpy. Also very much applicable for offroad terrains :)

[@ioan.panaite]

I really enjoyed this video, great tips. Thank you!

[@chiefCSL]

Thank you !!

[@user-lm7re2hs8l]

Thank you for good information 😘😘

[@nimmen]

Some great tips in there. Great video!

[@motoringmatt]

Thank you!

[@MrDroid0518]

Great video and thank you for doing it in English respect

[@VitosFix]

Awesome man! I appreciate it!

[@skystink]

Ahh now I finally now why my image is "moving": Its because stabilization is on. On the other hand it gives quite a neat effect as well. I think I keep it on.

[@TrackDaysDude]

Ačiū 💯 Būtent tai ko ir ieškojau - kaip padaryti exposure, kad kelias matytusi geriau, nei vidus.

[@addomas]

Great tip about the video stabilization. I always thought that my passenger seat, to which I mount my gopro, was moving in corners rather than just some camera setting..

[@motoringmatt]

Yeah, sometimes the obvious is not that obvious at all :)) cheers!

[@chrisologyy]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jackchito]

Excellent video my dear friend, very illustrative and complete, all your very valid suggestions are appreciated by the way. Greetings from the City of Lima, Peru.

[@motoringmatt]

Thanks! Glad to help!

[@ru_bott]

Thanks!

[@kennglee]

Do you recommend using a polarize filter?

[@CowBoyRookie]

What GoPro glass mount do you use?

[@FutureRideshareMillionaire]

Winter is coming 🐺

[@gemwebb]

I just shared my DIY video build on how to use GoPro mount parts to bake the best cellphone holder from your front mirror.

[@troyd-motorsport9933]

Good tips thanks. I wish they would give an option to turn off the panning. As we race rally so without stabilisation, the footage is very rough.

[@motoringmatt]

Great point! Yeah, perhaps rally or rallycross is a different case. It also very depends on the mount. Some mounts are rubbish and vibrate like crazy, but there are some expensive ones that are solid as a rock :)

[@AndrewPayne]

Great Vid! 😀👍 I have been trying to find the mount you use for the back window and the one fitted to the GoPro - could you please advise? Thanks!

[@motoringmatt]

Check the original gopro equipment. I assume some cheaper mounts can bring some unwanted noise or rattle. The mount with rubber seal is great, maybe youll find it for sale on ebay or smt :)

[@kikalunas7449]

Great video! I have just ordered my first gopro to record a forthcoming road trip from uk to drive through some famous alpine passes in switzerland including the Furka Pass, then through to the B500 Black Forest road in Germany. I will fit my camera to the front screen so will experiment with linear or wide and your other suggested settings before the trip. I will time lapse the long stretches of motorways but record all the mountain roads in real time but hear that these cameras have a tendency to overheat. What post edit app would you suggest i use on my Mac?

[@motoringmatt]

It really depends on your set of editing skills. Davinci Resolve is an epic tool for post-production, but sometimes I even use such a simple app as an iMovie. If you need just to trim/cut clips and put together a video, it may be perfect, since it is very easy to use.

[@amitdutta8768]

Thanks Matt for the useful tips you shared. Most of your videos are on smooth roads. Now, if I drive on rough roads / offroads, should I still set Image Stabilisation OFF ? I user Hero 9, where there are 4 options - Off, On, High and Boost.

[@motoringmatt]

I'd suggest to keep it On in this case. Its a pity that it still keeps panning while the stabilizer is turned On. I wish GoPro could done a setting specificly for motorsport :) maybe its a matter of time 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@amitdutta8768]

@@motoringmatt Thank you Matt. I will keep in On mode. I will share with you the result once I return from my trip

[@jeanmarteau3186]

HI great job and good explanation thank you I would like to buy the tool that you used to attach your gopro to your car. can you give me the link thank you a lot

[@motoringmatt]

Hey. Thanks for your comment. Look for 'gopro suction cup mount' on ebay, amazon or anywhere literally :) I'm sure you'll find it.

[@tantratron]

Thank you for this instructive video. How about the audio capture options, is there a remote microphone to capture the sound of the engine ?

[@motoringmatt]

Thanks for your feedback. I don't have enough experience with GoPros and external audio. But that should be a fun thing to investigate. Maybe I will give it a try and make a video about that in future :)

[@tantratron]

@@motoringmatt I do have an old Corolla AE92 with 4AGE engine, the sound is great when rpm goes up. Right now my car is going under restauration or I might sell it kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5O8g4xug9ageJY However I wanted to make some videos with sound like mountain road. Car video and audio is totally new topic for me, the video capture tricks seems clear from your guidance but I was wondering of the audio when camera inside.

[@motoringmatt]

@@tantratron Haha, I completely get you! I had an AE86 as it was my very first personally-owned car. Absolutely loved the sound it made and you are totally on point here :) Cheers!

[@BlueHorse911]

Which mount would you recommend on a rally car. It has to be fixed on the rollbar according to FIA (I think).

[@motoringmatt]

For rally driving perhaps the best mount is the one that mounts on the cage. However, I would suggest to leave the stabilization ON, because severe vibration can make the footage unwatchable. Its a pity GoPro don't offer a stabilizer that would stabilize the vibration, but not pan in corners :)

[@BlueHorse911]

@@motoringmatt Thank you

[@ShochikubaiMiroku]

Hi Matt, do you think a Gopro works well without stabilization and some hi frequencies due to the engine (gopro rigid mounted on the rollcage)? Actually I try two different smartphone and the result is horrible.

[@motoringmatt]

Hey. Thanks for the question. In my opinion, if the camera is mounted securely, there shouldn't be any issues with the quality. Personally, I always use GoPro without a stabilizer for onboard videos. However, once I experienced bad footage even though the camera looked to be secured properly. It turned out, the road surface was too bumpy (or imperfect) and that affected the final result. To sum up, I can't really tell a thing or two about the smartphone camera performance, but an action camera with the stabilizer turned off should be good enough on the track.

[@motoringmatt]

Also, I forgot to mention this thing: the major difference between an action camera and a smartphone is the fact, that action cameras don't have a focusing system. GoPro, for instance, has everything in focus from 70mm to infinity. In this particular situation smartphones may be too busy trying to get an image in focus. If it's possible - you can try to set the manual focus to infinity (or 20-30 meters) and then try to turn the image stabilizer OFF. But take note: the camera should be secured VERY firmly.

[@ShochikubaiMiroku]

@@motoringmatt thank for the reply, I use my phone with autofocus and stabilization turned off, but the image flicker a lot with the engine vibrations

[@lajoya9002]

Where did you buy that mounting thing for the go pro? Whats it called i cant find it no where

[@motoringmatt]

It was included to my GoPro package. Look for original gopro mounts :)

[@CowBoyRookie]

Did you ever find the mount I can’t find it either

[@itzfreakinjamie]

So I do like how with stabilization off it keeps the screen locked in without panning left and right but with the camera mounted to the passenger seat and the car being low, the footage is extremely shaky. Any way to stop this? I wouldn't think so

[@motoringmatt]

I would suggest looking for ways to tighten the camera securely. Seat is never an option, as it moves a lot during cornering or braking. I would suggest to mount it on side windows, or, ultimately, if you don't need showing the steering wheel, mounting it directly onto the windscreen from the inside. But then you'd be happy to switch the settings to wider angle (FOV).

[@itzfreakinjamie]

@Motoring Matt so just from rearing this and not yet testing, I can already tell this change from the seat mount is already sounding better. As you mentioned the seat moving a lot and how much it actually vibrates. Thank you I will try other placement.

[@gubbug9245]

The settings on the Gopro8 is a little different o.O , I'm lost :(

[@motoringmatt]

It should be similar. Maybe a little different, but not another world :)

[@TheAllAmericanDriver]

Can you EV lock from the phone?

[@motoringmatt]

I believe it's possible to lock EV with phone. There are plenty of features and all the controls are much more convenient on the phone. I can double check whenever I'm next to my GoPro and confirm it.

[@tayarpanaskimi]

Can I use a smart phone to apply the same method?

[@motoringmatt]

Perhaps yes. Never thought of this, actually. Phones could record good videos, but you should try to do it to see if it does the job for the onboard videos. I think you should lock the focus because it may have a hard time focusing due to vibrations. I think it will be too difficult to secure the phone firmly.

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[@motoringmatt]

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