New to GoPro cameras and have a bit of an issue...

[Old-Soul]

Hey guys and gals

Picked up a GoPro Hero3 black edition a few weeks ago and last weekend I got a chance to try it out. In the user manual I downloaded from GoPro it states that in the event of the battery dying, the film would be saved before the camera turns off. Well, I took it out to a small poker rally to give it a shot and of course it died (maybe got a whole hour out of the battery, pretty sad really). Now, I can see the last video it was recording (roughly 20 or so minutes long) but when I try to open it it gives me an error saying the file can't play as it's NFG.

Anyone else encountered this? Know how I can get the video to play?

Thanks.

 

[shoppingcart111]

Their just like any other helmet cam, if the cam suddenly powers down the file can be corrupted.

 

[Carrots]

What recording settings do you have set? I used mine right out of the box with I think the 1440/60fps and the battery sucked and my pc couldn't handle the video because such high quality. I changed the settings to 1080/30fps and no issues, battery lasts me all day and my pc can handle them. I've had it happen before where is open a video and it would be glitched and the video would freeze but the sound will keep playing. Only happened once though


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[Old-Soul]

Their just like any other helmet cam, if the cam suddenly powers down the file can be corrupted.

Damn, so even though GoPro claims they'll be saved there's always a chance they won't make it? That sucks cause the lost 20minutes has some of the funnest riding we got in

What recording settings do you have set? I used mine right out of the box with I think the 1440/60fps and the battery sucked and my pc couldn't handle the video because such high quality. I changed the settings to 1080/30fps and no issues, battery lasts me all day and my pc can handle them. I've had it happen before where is open a video and it would be glitched and the video would freeze but the sound will keep playing. Only happened once though

I have it set on 1080/30 I think...I might bump it down to help conserve my battery. Also picked up one of those battery back pack units too.

 

[pano-dude]

could be a bad sd card. Mine dies all the time never had an issue with lost footage.

 

[Old-Soul]

could be a bad sd card. Mine dies all the time never had an issue with lost footage.

I updated the firmware and that solved many of the issues I was having including the above mentioned "power down lost footage" and freezing when I'd turn it on.