VIRB Edit Tutorial

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[@trentonk1188]

This was just what I needed! Thanks for sticking to the basics, your video was my first resource/tutorial for using Garmin VIRB.

[@seanjoseph3605]

Thanks for this uploading this, your tutorial has really helped me get started making some videos of my own.

[@richardbrighton3381]

Thanks for this tutorial! Am off to the French Alps on Friday and will be using your guidance to edit my videos! Will also have a practice run out tomorrow with the gopro and edit later - thanks!

[@walkhikerun6918]

Thank you for this. You have inspired me to do the same on my next videos. I have a new camera so this should complement it well. I though it would be way too techie for me but you described it clearly, calmly and without faff.

[@genova2006]

Thank you. Well done. Just bought a VIRB XE to accompany my Garmin Edge 520 Plus. Going to be fun.

[@andrewc0128]

I love how you did this tutorial. I'm a dinosaur and you somehow made it very easy for me to start using the Garmin Virb app for my rides. I will be importing the Reliv data as well.

[@jollygoodvelo]

Glad to help.

[@stuartmurray36]

Great easy to understand video. For the first time I've created a video that works, having had a Garmin and a GoPro for about 5 years! Thanks.

[@jollygoodvelo]

+Stuart Murray Glad to help.

[@dcercado100]

Thanks for this tutorial. It was brief and easy to follow. I just made my first VIRB video. 😀

[@syan224]

That's really nice. Thank you.

[@dorianmorellidesigns9544]

Great tutorial mate, very helpful. It all seems to work well except the exporting, when I export it comes up with an error message, saying “failed to import” I’ve tried everything, reducing the quality, length and still comes up with the error. I have it installed in a MacBook Pro . I’ve done searches on the internet but to no avail . Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

[@tonyc1437]

Thanks for a clear and concise explanation.

[@jollygoodvelo]

Thanks for watching.

[@bikenbeers]

Thank you. Very comprehensive and easy to follow. I do have an issue I hope you can help with. when I create a title there is a rectangular box around the title. this rectangular box does not fade in or out with the title. It's just always there. do you know of a setting that I need to do to get rid if this rectanglar box?

[@jollygoodvelo]

It’s difficult to know without seeing it for myself. Good luck.

[@mountainidiot]

Great video, very helpful, thanks for taking the time to make it!

[@LyelCampanatti]

Thanks for the video !!!

[@Cake...]

Once exported do I need to inject metadata to upload to KZbin???

[@thecorbies]

Excellent work. Well done. Regards Mark in the UK

[@jollygoodvelo]

+thecorbies Thanks Mark.

[@pavlusa]

Thank you , very cool

[@tonyhubkafishing717]

how do you cut out a section of video you don't want like I don't want to cut from middle of video to the left or right I want to take out like 4.00 to 7.00 minutes

[@RocketCityMarathonHSV]

I'm wanting to put an actual map on my video...that looks like the "sync" map in this video. Do you know how to add that? Basically I want the "track" to overlay on the map. I've been searching for days to find the solution and can't seem to find it.

[@jollygoodvelo]

Have you tried Relive? It creates a map automatically from Strava. I have made a couple of films explaining everything. Otherwise, there is a way of using Google Earth to create a map of your ride. I’ll have to make a film about that in the future.

[@Finadiputra]

what happen when we cut to pieces the video that already finished exported? are the gps data stay where we cut the video exactly? i mean are the gps data stay when we cut the long video?

[@f.f.thegentlemandriver]

First of all, thanks for the vid. I´ve a question. How could I make a video with different views? I got two cams and need to change between them. Could I have two timelines?

[@jollygoodvelo]

Hi there Felipe, that is a good question. I’ve wanted to do this myself but I felt it wasn’t possible as it meant re-syncing the GPS data for each clip. I’m not sure if it’s possible to have two timelines: maybe I need to investigate and get back to you. Stay tuned.

[@pavel.suchkov]

Hi! In the video editing software I create a long enough green video (with nothing, just digital green background). Then I overlay the FIT or GPX data gauges over that green video and render out. That way I have all the telemetry I want as a video. Then in the video editing software (I use Davinci Resolve, but it is relevant to any other editing software) I key out the green and that way I have a perfect clean video of gauges overlay, which I can put over whatever video I want. So any angles you want, any footage you want :)

[@hazpicsphotography1627]

Very helpful , thank you .

[@jollygoodvelo]

Glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching.

[@marnug]

Great job mate from Mark in Australia

[@jollygoodvelo]

+marnug Thanks for watching.

[@danmarion9813]

I race in multi-sport events where the bike segment is the second "leg". I turn on the GoPro Hero Session in transition. I had turned on the Garmin before the race began so it's ready to record. It takes several seconds to go from where the bike is racked in transition to the area where I need to mount onto the bike. Then I manually turn the Garmin into record mode with a press of a button. Now the issue: When I move the recorded speed graphic to the video, it automatically shows 9 mph while the bike is still on the rack! And as I'm running with the bike out of transition, the mph increases to 25 mph. If I can only run that fast...Anyway, there is no way I can use the recorded speed showing 0 mph in transition and syncing it up so that the mph starts to increase as soon as I start peddling in the saddle. Anyone figure this out?

[@TheDanderer]

Hi, did you ever get it to work if the video speed is faster than the gpx file? I'm recording in hyperlapse so it won't sync up!

[@jollygoodvelo]

Ah, that probably won’t work. You would be better off shooting normal speed, syncing the VIRB data overlay and then speeding up the video it produces later.

[@testiclestoshirleycles5755]

thanks bro I have been doing a test video at the moment lol

[@jollygoodvelo]

Good luck. VIRB edit is great fun once you get it working.

[@chutapacanto]

Good tutorial sir... thanks... question... do we have to repeat all the configurantions of gauges to all the clips? Is there any way to "clone" our chosen setup from one clip to another? Do we have to repeat the "sync procedure" for all the clips separately?

[@jollygoodvelo]

As far as I am aware, once you have set the gauges they are set for all the clips. The downside, though, is that you have to sync each clip separately.

[@chutapacanto]

@@jollygoodvelo ... thanks!

[@kay19833]

There are so much confusion as to how to go about this thing. What happens if I stop shooting on my gopro to save battery and my bike computer(Bryton 530) is still on? It means, the Bike computer will continue reading while I temporarily stop recording, won't that be a problem when I press record again and the video and the computer/gps data don't longer sync? Secondly, I have a Bryton 530 bike computer. Can I use this to import data to Garmin Virb or everything has to be Garmin?

[@jollygoodvelo]

Hi there Kay, Unfortunately, if you stop shooting on your GoPro there will be a gap in the VIRB edit. There is no way around this unless you make two separate clips and re-sync each one to the GPS data. As for the Bryon computer, I wold imagine that it produces a file that can be easily read by VIRB edit. If it doesn't, you can always download the correct file for the same ride from Strava. In short, your computer doesn't have to be a Garmin, nor does your camera have to be a GoPro. Hope that helps.

[@MrMattax]

Can i get Those GXT file from other Apps, like Mapmyrun (from mobile app) or any app which runs on Samsung gear s3 smartwatch?

[@jollygoodvelo]

Hello there, unfortunately, I don’t think it’s possible to get the file directly from the app running on the phone. However, it may be possible to download it from the website version of the app. For example I know that you can download the file from the Strava website but not the mobile app.

[@pavel.suchkov]

Hi Leonard! Thanks for the video, it is very helpful! I have an issue. There is *power data* from Stryd Power Meter in my FIT file, which I grab from phoenix 5s smartwatch, but I can not make Virb Edit detect this power data. It shows every bit of data such as speed, cadence, heart rate, velocity, tempo etc, but not power from the Stryd. What am I doing wrong?

[@jollygoodvelo]

Hi Pavel, obviously it’s a little tricky for me to hazard a guess without looking at your set up but my guess is that the power data is not actually in the FIT file or it is embedded in such as way that VIRB can’t read it. Sorry I can’t help more. Good luck.

[@pavel.suchkov]

@@jollygoodvelo Thanks!

[@steriophonic1]

Hi leonard has it got to be a GO-PRO, i got a cam but its cheapish one

[@jollygoodvelo]

+Phillip John Hi there Phillip, it should work OK as long as you match the start points accurately. Good luck.

[@ArkleyBarnet]

Hi, Very informative thanks and at 10'41" you have confirmed that a Date and Time option is possible A feature I have been searching online for ages, so thanks. Anyway, re "considerable time later", as a rough guide if I just added that one feature, how long does export take per one hour based on your PC and spec, and what is it please?

[@jollygoodvelo]

HI there Konrad, Glad I was able to help. I've never exported anything as long as an hour. Typically, the ones I make are around 13 minutes or so. My 2015 MacBook Pro with 16GB of RAM and a 2.5 GHZ Intel Core i7 processor will take around 20 minutes to export. Hope that helps.

[@ArkleyBarnet]

@@jollygoodvelo Excellent, that helps, I'm going to need a bigger computer, thanks again and may your wheels happily keep on rolling.

[@Trialbike]

good video!!

[@atan0725]

Ok i tried this on my PC but when i try to sync the g-metrics it doesn't show my position in the map as i move the video. Any idea?

[@andyrichardson3728]

When trying to sync the metric on the map I don't get any veiw of the map. Any idea?

[@yasdgr5753]

Where can I render or does the program is able to do this automatically when I play the video line?

[@jollygoodvelo]

There is no need to do any rendering. It will play in the time line just fine and when you are happy with it you just export it to a video file.

[@kenhui3701]

Hey, Leonard. I have a problem. I am using my Windows for this editing program, and I followed every steps as you have shown us from the video. However, after all those G-Metrix, choosing the layout, and video editing. When I exported the video, I can see that the footage have chained all 3 clips together, but the layout did not show. Is there any step I missed? I am current using Virb Edit version 5.3.0.

[@jollygoodvelo]

Hi Ken, I'm not sure I quite understand what problem you are having but if you have placed all three short clips in the time line then it will output one long clip of all three. If you only want a single clip then, perhaps, try only having one clip in the timeline. I'm sorry if this is a little vague but, as I say, its a bit difficult to know what is happening, especially as I can't see what you are doing. Good luck.

[@andyrichardson3728]

Having the same issue, all the data but no map to get it spot on like you did here, any ideas.

[@BlogOnTheMargin]

Many thanks!

[@jollygoodvelo]

Thanks for watching.

[@sunethlakmal5811]

how to change mile to kilometer in your software

[@nuttycommuter3718]

Hi, I was just wondering if you can do Picture in Picture with the Garmin software? I'm going to be running front and rear VIRB cameras, properly synced and it would be great to get, for example, the front camera as the main picture with a smaller one showing the rear view. Great video though - will allow me to get started nicely.

[@jollygoodvelo]

Hmmmm, that’s a good question. My initial thought is that it’s not possible., or at least not easily. I’ve sort of tried it myself a couple of times and it never worked to my satisfaction. The problem is when you try to sync the two video clips with each other: they have to be exact. And then you have to re-sync all of the Telemetry data for each clip again and again. It’s a faff. Good luck, though. If you do find an easy way I would love to hear it.

[@nuttycommuter3718]

You would expect (perhaps foolishly!) that if the two cameras are synced to record together, that the tracks would be synced. I'll have a try and see what happens. One way I have heard is to prepare a video like you have done (maybe for each of the front and rear), export it/them and then import the file(s) into iMovie. Apparently, iMovie can do PIP. I haven't done this myself so if I find a way, I'll report back. @@jollygoodvelo

[@jollygoodvelo]

I was going to suggest something like this. All you would need to do is make the video for the main camera, making sure you leave a space for where you would like the PiP and then import that completed video into iMovie. Once in there, you can easily add the second video clip as a PiP. You don't need the telemetry data on the PIP as it is displayed in the main screen.

[@nuttycommuter3718]

I've had a quick play with iMovie and it does everything you want - PIP, sound effects, titles, split screens. I will most likely use the VIRB edit to get the telemetry graphics on and then do everything else in iMovie @@jollygoodvelo

[@dvdsaiz]

One doubt, the data of external sensors ant + are recorded in the video file in the SD as if they were data g-metrix of the own camera or it is necessary to synchronize them in the garmin virb edit. If these values ​​of power, cadence etc were recorded in the video without doing anything afterwards, I would be interested in buying it. in case of having to manually synchronize those values ​​later, I would not consider purchasing. Help me, thanks Mostrar menos

[@jollygoodvelo]

Hi David, if I have understood it you are asking me if you have to sync the sensor data with the video. Yes, you need to sync it. However, the VIRB edit software is completely free. If you have a GPS cycling computer and and an action camera you might as well give the software a try and see how you go.

[@dvdsaiz]

@@jollygoodvelo thanks👌

[@p0ver]

Good Video. But Do you know how to edit all clips with an G-matrix File? Its annoying that i must set the G-Matrix for every clip. My Gopro records 11 Minutes files. When i record 4 Hours, i must edit so much Clips. "mark all" doesnt work . Thankyou

[@jollygoodvelo]

I’m still struggling with that one.

[@carlos-km3wq]

In the last part, I did everything but exporting says that there is a mistake... I tried everything and it keep showing the same mistake to export...what can I DO?

[@mrgscales]

Perfect. I was able to use my Garmin watch data and video from a none GoPro device.

[@jollygoodvelo]

Yeah, you don’t necessarily need a GoPro. Any action camera will so it.

[@remusmoise8836]

Hello there Well, I really like your tutorial, very well explained and right to the point. Even so, I'm quite jealous on you guys because you find the GMetrix data Sync so easy and I don't know how to do that. I'm trying to create a video from my GoProHero 6 which is quite annoying using the Virb Edit instead of Quick(the most stupid app ever) and having the GPS data and cannot make use of it. Best regards, Remus

[@jollygoodvelo]

Hi there Remus, unfortunately synching the GMetrix data can be very tricky, especially when you get it right it can sometimes look as if it is still wrong. Its not an exact science so as long as it is there or thereabouts it should be fine. How are you finding using the Gopro Hero 6? I'm thinking of upgrading to one but the Hero 5 also loos good and is much cheaper. I'm surprised you don't like the Quik app. I run it on my phone and I think its great.

[@steriophonic1]

Hi leonard, do i turn virb on when i go for a ride with my garmin 810, or when i download my video footage on my head, handlebar cam, to virb edit, does that make sense

[@jollygoodvelo]

+Phillip John Hi Phillip, just turn your camera and your Garmin in when you go for a ride. You don't need to do anything with VIRB edit until you start editing. The. Just follow my instructions in the film to download the footage from your camera and the GPS/ telemetry data from your Garmin in to VIRB edit. It should all work fine.

[@steriophonic1]

cheers leonard

[@KeithAVass]

Leonard-I very much like your teaching style! I am a novice at any video editing and badly need a good teacher like you. Would you consider teaching me 'one on one' via telephone for fee? I particularly want to add 'speedos' and such to my old videos made on a Gopro 4. I trust you are in Australia?

[@jollygoodvelo]

Hi Keith, yes I am indeed in the U.K. but thanks to the internet we can talk as if we were in the same country. I would be very happy to teach you editing one to one. Please email me and we can work it all out. [e-mail]

[@carloamiel]

Thanks for the video. Do you know how to change speed from miles to kilometres on Mac PC ?

[@jollygoodvelo]

I think that is set on your cycling computer rather than the machine doing the editing.

[@carloamiel]

leonardmlee thank you. I have kms on my bike computer but i’ll check it out.

[@iamthemarkstertv]

I have the same concern. How to change from miles to km in Mac? My cycling computer is in km. In Windows there is a "Menu" button at the top right of the screen.

[@vincewhite5087]

Wonder if Garmi’s new version of action camera that looks just like GoPro, would work better

[@jollygoodvelo]

I’ll have to look it up as I’ve not heard of the new one. As far as I am aware the old one also recorded all the ride data so there was no need to import it.

[@vincewhite5087]

leonardmlee I think it’s call VIRB Ultra 30. I think it can even fit in GoPro cases etc. (Don’t quote me on that one), but it’s usually shown in such a case.

[@atan0725]

Wow! If you will ask me to rate you from 1 to 5 stars i will definitely give you 6 stars! Short but very detailed. I learned a lot from you 👍

[@whazzat8015]

Good intro

[@tungruffel]

Pretty good video, just too bad the program doesn't automatically add all the data over all clips. Kind of stupid you have to adjust it manually...

[@dan110024]

I get that it's free software and all, but the dev's really could have done a better job with the syncing tools. I'm pulling my hair out every time I need to accurately line up data with multiple clips from the action camera.

[@jollygoodvelo]

+dan110024 I am with you there. Can be very frustrating syncing the two clips. Much easier if the action can didn’t split the clips.

[@johnwrycza]

much to my own suprise GoPro's Dashware is still working www.dashware.net/

[@CyberGasty]

I bought Virb 360 and coming from GoPro I expected besides gauges and G-metrics some functions which I find reasonable for action camera video edit software. And what a deception is Virb Edit.. no way to adjust exposure, saturation or even to replace audio from camera (which is all wind on motorcycle) with audio from external audio recorder. I tried to fool it by adding audio as music, but trimming the video trims only video and not added audio track, which stays the same length. 👎🏼 All in all, Virb Edit is just for adding gimmicks as g-metrics, and for any video edit in addition to 800 bucks for camera I have to spend another couple of hundreds for a programme that can do a basic editing of the videos. I mean... hey guys in Garmin!!!... I do not need a rocket science hyper programme like Adobe Premiere I have to spend couple of months to learn the basics.... but just a decent copy WYSIWYG programme like Gopro Studio..

[@jollygoodvelo]

+Cyber Gasty As far as I'm aware the VIRB 360 is the camera so all it does is record the data. The free VIRB software adds the gauges so you would be limited to what that has rather than the camera. VIRB is great but it can be a little fiddly. Good luck.

[@TLgamer_TL]

This video is fraudulent. This program only works with MP4 files. He showed .mov files with isn't possible!

[@jollygoodvelo]

I can assure you this is genuine. I imported the files from the GoPro and worked with them.

[@TLgamer_TL]

@@jollygoodvelo And i assure you no you didn't. the only video file this program can see is MP4. A .mov file cannot be detected by this program because it isn't there to be selected