HERO4 Setup: Timelapse Mode

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In this GoPro tips and tricks video I show how to set up your HERO4 camera to take time lapse shots.
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[@vurujak]

Great gorgeous revolutionary

[@luisrazormax2861]

Still using the gph4 today

[@brettades7248]

hello mate can i get motion detection on the hero 4

[@lowiedevos9301]

Hello

[@bassboy5212]

Thank u

[@Ruben_A2000]

thanks!

[@lualejo2015]

Thanks! Your video helped me a lot!

[@najmul6730]

Can i record 30days timelapes video?

[@mymyxtran]

What do you mean by 0.5 pictures/sec???

[@brendanbeishuizen5829]

how much footage would you get with these settings with a sandisk extreme 32gb

[@alishasparkle9532]

subbed!!

[@briars-atlas]

So many bullshit videos on this out there. THANKYOU for simply showing how to do it ON the device!!!!

[@iiz123]

just curious. can Hero 4 silver do a time lapse?

[@brightfuture9106]

Hey dude. Cheers for that information. I just wondered if using a GoPro I could film a mushroom growing if I have the correct settings? Thanks again

[@kevintong7736]

took me a while to discover that timelapse photos is under burst photo menu and timelapse video is under the video menu. Thanks.

[@ricksmith19587]

My Hero 4 Silver does not have the same setup menu as yours, why?

[@domenicodevanna2501]

but the video, it do the gopro or he do it? (sorry for my very bad english but i'm italian lol)

[@willgreen6480]

My hero 4 black doesn't have this feature, or at least i cant find it. Any help?

[@BlackCanery87]

Strange but my Hero4 has a different setup than yours, I tried to update it just in case I was behind on that but seems all good, I have a drop down menu at the video/picture icon and that's how I access time lapse videos/pictures. I noticed this video was posted a while ago so maybe its outdated? I'm not sure as mines is a completely different setup

[@jasonbilili2043]

Can you help me does anybody know why my gopro hero4 always goes to timelaspe and not normal video everytime I turn it on

[@mrwhateveguy9873]

im new its not smooth its not in video it shows one photo then another but doesn't run like a video this is confusing for me

[@thomasjcox]

Nobody can tell me what the hell iso Is Max and minimum.

[@kjinge]

Finally someone who is spot on! No jibjab and bullshit, just straight to the point. Thanks a bunch. Very helpful!

[@sarmadqureshi]

Do we need to stitch the frames on a PC or does the Hero4 does it automatically and produce it in a video form?

[@colorfullifeproductions464]

I dont have the night lapse feature on my Hero 4 silver . Is there a way to add it?

[@bryantheairsoftman]

At 2:33 did anyone see a penguin go by?

[@jamica277]

+Bryan Lewless yes i saw it D:

[@RingRingRingBananaPhone]

Dude there's like 50 of them if you look closely :D

[@neilm465]

Short, to the point, and informative. Exactly what I needed to know, in three minutes with no useless bullshit padding. Thanks for making this - keep-up the good work!

[@isak4821]

But how does you transform your timelaps photos to a video because when you record a timelaps it takes photos but I want I video so how do I do? Thankful for answer :)

[@julianmoreno9868]

When putting your sd in the computer its comes in photos highlight them open in GoPro studio and it should convert to timelapse

[@ResistantLaw]

It's been answered already but I'll say it again because I had the same problem. The time lapse and night lapse options are under burst mode.

[@joemoleski]

When I did this it gave me a thousand photos and no video files, what did I do wrong?

[@VengD]

+Joe Moleski You need to do video with photos...

[@TheRainemt]

My GoPro Hero 4 Silver doesn't come up with time lapse or night lapse at all as an option. Why???????? PLEASE HELP

[@juaniparedes]

Youo should upgrade your software

[@TheRainemt]

No it wasn't that, got it though thanks anyway

[@juaniparedes]

soooo what was?? i ask you because im going to have the same camera!

[@TheRainemt]

on mine, time lapse was under the burst option. So find burst mode then settings and from there select time lapse mode.

[@seisvoltios6]

max Raine that's what the video basically says :50 secc

[@rlpolicarpio]

Hi i just tried your time lapse instruction and tried to take an hour video and noticed that time lapse video i took with the same setting on your video is slower that what you take. do you happen to fast forward that video when you edit it?

[@2cool0]

Ruzzet Policarpio well how did you do it? like how did you make the actual video? you have to speed it up a lot!.....and it does depend on you. it's not like every time-lapse will have the same speed. you kind of have to do it when you edit.

[@davesmith6193]

Hi Kyle .Another great tutorial. I have a Hero 4 silver. And I'm doing some timelapse of plants growing on the window cill in my kitchen. We have just watched a week's worth of videos. It's so good!!! But I can see the whole kitchen. I have tried to narrow the FOV down to 'N'. But when I start off filming again. It's gone back to 'W' FOV. Why is this happening? Could you explain how to set it up So it stays on 'N' FOV, please. Thanks from the UK. Dave.

[@HollywoodLife]

great video

[@janinehenderson7967]

Thumbs up, well explained! I understood this tutorial. First one ive been able to understand without being totally confused :-)

[@ChasiubaoYumYum]

Hi I chose 0.5 second is that the best option for Time Lapse? If I leave it on all night from 12am to 7pm you think my 64GB microSD will be enough? And will the GoPro 4 Black battery last for 7hours on its own?

[@MartynasRamanauskas]

***** You are looking for about 51K pictures for this time. 64BG won't be enough. And no - battery won't last for 7 hours

[@2cool0]

***** lol you don't need to let it record that long. that is way too long, it won't be a good time-lapse video. a good time lapse with on youtube should be around maybe 30 seconds or at max 1 minute. anything longer would just be boring. unless you decide do some creative stuff to it. but normally I think for a 30 second video you need to let your go pro record for maybe1 hour? i'm not too sure honestly. I have a time lapse on my channel but its sort of short. maybe 15 seconds? i recorded for maybe 40min.....i think 1 hour might be fine. and my go pro 32gb flash drive did get full. but 64gb should be fine for 1 hour. you would need to worry about the battery....maybe get the battery extender for the camera?

[@christoslak]

Excellent video simple and very understanding can you please tell me depending on the timelapse theme i want to record for example clouds traffic sunrise etc whats the best settings on frames 0,5 its for clouds i thing for the others? Or i can stick to 0,5 and will be ok ? Thanks

[@BruceFauveau]

Good vid. My problem is once the timelapse is taken, how do you export it ? On playback mode, it 'll only show me pic after pic, not the timelapsed result... i think it used to work !

[@anzaeria]

That is exactly what you get - a series of photographs. You need a video editing program to combine those photos together to create a time lapse video.

[@anzaeria]

That is exactly what you get - a series of photographs. You need a video editing program to combine those photos together to create a time lapse video.

[@tubestick00]

i just bought one of these. a bit surprised at the lack of battery life and cant imagine it would be good for all day time lapses as the battery only lasts 40 minutes in video mode. does anyone know if it lasts longer in time lapse mode?

[@dwsnb]

If you have a silver, you could turn the screen off and it will save a little more battery life

[@EagleswingAssociation]

tubestick00 I just bought a a.c. adapter for the Hero 4. I suggest you go to EBay and do the same. Yeah the battery doesn't last as long as one would like in video mode.

[@SeeItWithSimon]

What intervals were you using on that sample vid?

[@JESSEKEANU905]

Good video! Helpful & clear

[@kylemartin101]

JESSE KEANU Glad it helped

[@doncardo6687]

does it need a computer to stitch everything or its ready after it stop?thanks

[@chetana99999]

Hi, I would like to shoot a plant growing on my Hero 4. Can you advise? I will be shooting indoors

[@rickyproductions433]

I've liked so he should see it easier I'm also interested

[@lilguava70]

I'm currently doing this. Just set up the timelapse as usual, but have it take a picture once every 60 seconds.

[@EmilSebastian95]

Record timelapse, the only option for me is 12mp but can you not record timelapse in 4k or even 2,7k?

[@jozac2871]

A video tutorial about protune for videos/photos/nightlapses etc with samples of each would be very helpfull.thanks

[@spikes13mx]

Do you use Gopro Studio for the editing of the time lapse? cheers

[@Elc0chin0]

I have my gopro 4 sliver set to time lapse on an interval of 10 seconds. It runs for about 17.x minutes then stops. When I look at the video there is no time lapse it's just video. I think I set it up once before to a 5 second interval to get a sunset, may have been photo time lapse. I'd really like to use the video time lapse. Any assistance would be appreciated.

[@Haphazard-Soliloquy]

I have the silver edition and i can't find timelaps mode anywhere! HELP!!!

[@Awesome5]

+were do you get your protine?Ⓥ You should update your firmware.

[@paularkennedy5214]

I just tested it out then and replayed it in my GoPro Becuase I have a screen in the back and it showed a photo every 10 seconds it looked nothing like a time lapse and I had it on 0.5

[@andrewmiller7806]

How much memory would the HERO4 silver use for the highest settings for a 2 hour timelapse? Wondering as will be on holiday and no PC to transfer from 2 64GB cards which are not cheap. Will it last 2 hour timelapse on the batteries?

[@jamiewolves90]

I just recorded a short timelapse (around 500 frames) I am just converting it in GoPro Studio and its took a long time, around 15 minutes just for a small clip. Is this normal? If I ever choose to do a sunset/sunrise timelapse its going to be at least 2 hours of clips which surely would take all day if not longer to convert? Im new to gopro by the way

[@davesmith6193]

Hi Kyle. Another great tutorial. Any chance of explaining why you say "The next is protune. You can turn that on or off". I would like to know why you might want to turn it off or on. I was left hanging a bit there. I'm a 67-year-old, that is new to GoPro. Mine is a Hero 4 Black. Regards Dave

[@jamesmccoy5729]

Wow ...amazing video so glad I could find your video because this was very informative and not hard to figure out all

[@jr1martinez2]

Thank for this video it help me out a lot

[@woodysg2]

Hey Kyle! Have a question. I have the Hero 4 Black. When I try to do the timelapse, t seems like I can only shoot 4 k. Is there something I'm missing?

[@parn6]

Was trying to find how to do this. Watched a lot of videos that didnt show me and then found yours. Many thanks

[@anhtruong1665]

Hi Kyle, I really cant find out how to use quikcapture along with time lapse photo at a preset option. e.g when I set my timelapse interval to 1 photo every 5 seconds, turned it off while quikcapture was on, then I press and hold the shooting button and my Hero 4 Black went with time-lapse in its default setting (1 photo every 0.5 second). Any solution for this, please help explain. Thank you so much!

[@RocketRoberts]

Thanks for this! Clarified things well for me.

[@theflubbybear]

When I do time lapse, it just comes out as a bunch of photos instead of a video. Is it supposed to be like that? Are you supposed to compile all the pictures into a video after you've uploaded them onto your computer?

[@BerendvanHelbergen]

Can you film the solar eclipse with yor go pro

[@AhmadAlAjeel]

I dont see this setting on the gopro app, even night time laps i dont see it in the app, do you have to do it manually in the cam? Plus how do you do a proper timelapse and make the video playback fast, when i play back in the gallery after i shoot it, it plays really slow, do you have to do editing? It doesnt time lapse straight out of the cam? I want to do do time laps and send it straight to instagram of facebook whithout having to to edit on cineform studios. Is there an app the does it straight from the mobile phone?

[@Orphenia_]

Very helpful. Thanks for the video!

[@maxsvisions]

thanks so much, been trying to figure this out for months.. really helped my out

[@awilderthing]

brilliant simple easy to understand thanks

[@ShoopkoTubePranks]

that's why I bought Hero4Silver, cuz it has a built in touch screen and it's so much easier to navigate through all the options that you can set up and at the end you can see where you're shooting at. And afterwards you can check out ur video or a pic

[@ohshowproductionsllc]

Hi Kyle, would you set it for day or night if you are doing 24-48 hour time lapse (GoPro Hero 4 black). Thanks for the videos!

[@w116036]

thanks mate. the controls on the GPs are not very intuitive and i had been recording video footage with photos rather than time lapse. now i know what to do!

[@Maherdalal]

Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@bokeflo]

I love shooting time lapse with my GoPro! Gotta Love GoPro!!

[@pinksincerely]

very helpful! thanks!

[@RyanisRude]

How do you turn off the time lapse?

[@erterrill]

Thank you very much for this video. Going to try and record a storm tonight. Supposed to be pretty bad with tornado warnings till 3am. I live right outside Indianapolis IN. Also subbed ya!! :)

[@chazthaspaz1]

I'm sure this is a great tutorial, kinda like me teaching you how to do 3 semesters of Differential Equations in 3 minutes! I wish you talked a little bit slower. Im not being mean, Im just old and from the south! LOL

[@oscart1022]

Any chance of A giveaway? love your channel keep it up

[@ice_ryda]

Was that a FN penguin? 😮

[@Pendulunis]

nice instruction ! what shot-frequency would you choose for a time laps like in your video (the one with the penguins) ?

[@deederlife8035]

Thanks! I am also a newbie, this was very helpful. One [really silly] question... Battery life? I have literally just opened the gopro and charged it... Played with it a bit to get to know basic settings... But wondering how much battery life is affected by timelapse, and also how much memory it uses to shoot one? Say a sunset just for example... I'm guessing about an hour of timelapse? Would that drain the battery or use all the micro storage up quickly?

[@Bazingraph]

thx Kyle, very usefull

[@DoNnEgRoW]

beautiful video! had to see it twice to make sure i seen penguins while watching the clouds! hahaha, thanks for sharing

[@harrygermaine7348]

Is that time lapse shown the same settings as you just showed us on how to change them? If not, which settings did you use for that video? Thanks, this helped me out so much!

[@user-nf3jz3ov9k]

Thanks man

[@bkrmds]

thank you for this video, very nice tutorial :)

[@groovyclay]

Thank you for this helpful video. Very handy to help me learn more about my new gopro

[@sector69102]

Loved your video simple, clear, and understandable!!

[@starscreamrgaming]

Thanks

[@KevinNelsonkcnelso2]

Was wondering what type of space specific time lapse projects take on a memory card? Maybe a 8 night lapse vs 12hr car ride vs 5 hour flight? Just wondering if I need to have a card larger than 16gb in order to have sufficient space, especially for my 12hr car ride I have coming up. Im a new gopro user. Thanks

[@andrewclawson2551]

well depends on how often you take a picture. For those kind of time lapses, you don't need that many pictures, many 1 every 10-30 seconds. Photos dont take up that much space surprisingly, but itll also tell you on the camera how many pictures you can take with the memory you have. It may say 9999, which means its >9999. If you do the math, say 8 hour night lapse, 1 every 30 seconds, thats 960 pictures. for every 10 seconds, thats 2880 pictures. I would get the 32 anyways if you havn't bought one yet anyways, they aren't that much more. Hope this helps, lit me know if you have any other questions :)

[@Khan84]

Just got my gopro 4 today and many of your vids have assisted me so far! Thanks!

[@josemariashearmandemacedo5841]

I shit a time lapse vídeo buy it only appears a hundred of photos, how can i turn it isto a time lapse vídeo?

[@josemariashearmandemacedo5841]

Shot* sorry

[@julianmoreno9868]

Put them in a separate folder open it on GoPro studio and edit it. In February there will be an update where it automatically turns it in to time lapse

[@CarlosMurgaHI]

that was amazing! thank you! i cant wait to start making timelapse videos! aloha

[@jessecaormond1033]

Thank you for taking you time to do this!

[@robinkaya4154]

I have bought me an 4 silver but i cant make time lapse video it isnt there/: NEED HELP

[@topouzidd]

Robin Kaya Update your firmware

[@akikodee]

+Dimitrios Topouzidis how to update the firmware thanks

[@topouzidd]

+aki dee Through "go pro app" on your phone (select auto update and if you connect your camera through wifi and 3G for data, it will display an icon as soon as it finishes the download), or connect the go pro to the PC and run the application (I don't remember how's it called) and update from there.

[@godoluis1]

Put subtitles on your video please!! I'm trying to watch this at work without getting caught. ahahaha

[@kylemartin101]

I will do what I can but it is quite a big backlog of videos to get through. I will work on adding them to the new videos.

[@godoluis1]

lol no worries! I'll just watch it when I get home ahaha Thank you!

[@CCC2010cg]

Thanks! I have one question. How can you make a timelapse video of a whole day? cause the battery will run out after 1,5 hour?

[@2068edward]

+CCC2010cg I use a "Frame" for this. You can use a "Frame" and connect your GP to a 12 volt system. (like you are charging it) I use a 10 amp/hour battery for those times when I need portability.

[@CCC2010cg]

+Kaoz Inoz thanks!!

[@Traveljunkie01]

Thank you so much for this informative tutorial. I was lost in finding the time lapse mode. 😁

[@growyourservicebusiness]

Mine only says burst help?

[@immortalstrength9508]

DomDaBomb do you know how to raise it past 1 minute intervals? I want to do a vid of my plant growing over the course of a month.

[@growyourservicebusiness]

Immortal Strength I don't know sorry

[@erterrill]

I think I'm doing something wrong. Every time I try this mode, my videos always come out to only 11 seconds long no matter how long I record. I tried recording for 2 hours the other day, same thing only 10 seconds on that one. UGGG

[@codynissen7838]

Shooting for only 2 hours will give you about a 10 second long time lapse, try shooting for 5 or more hours... You can also adjust the speed in GoPro studio

[@foamybutt8646]

What would be a good way to keep the GoPro battery powered longer ?