69 Camaro Project - Dead Pool

[Ron in SoCal]

Hey Chad - thanks for the tips! I'm using the 3+ Silver edition.

I'll try the quarter panel mount and see if it's any different. Just for giggles I tested it on the roof of my GF's bemmer after the firmware update and got the same (crappy) sound result.

[snappytravis]

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

Thx Trav! See you at SEMA?

Yes sir, I will be there, Not going to the dinner but will be at the Optima event can't wait for that. You taking your car?

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by snappytravis

Yes sir, I will be there, Not going to the dinner but will be at the Optima event can't wait for that. You taking your car?

I think you can be banned for that.... WTF!!

[intocarss]

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

Hey Chad - thanks for the tips! I'm using the 3+ Silver edition.

I'll try the quarter panel mount and see if it's any different. Just for giggles I tested it on the roof of my GF's bemmer after the firmware update and got the same (crappy) sound result.

If you want to run another Gopro, I have one here that you're welcome to use, it's an older model

[G4CERAT]

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

Hey Dan,

No big track vid just yet. When I mount the GoPro outside the car the sound is awful. The camera is not rocking inside the case and my firmware is up to date. I called GP tech support and although cool guys, they were little help. I watched a bunch of vids on utube and it looks like this is a known/common problem.

The 3+ series can accept an external mic (after you mod the clear case or buy a the new perimeter case, no wonder the stock was rolling), but I think you can't run the mic outside the car for two reasons: 1 - the fluffy mic wind cover will never stay on at speed, and 2 - not sure tech would allow you to have a line running inside the car from the external camera? If 2 is an option I could clip the mic to the sun visor.

Once the mic arrives I'm gonna test mounting locations and see if there's room on the dash. If so, It'll pick up the driver's view and get in car engine sound. I don't have an a-pillar halo so no way to mount it there, and the seatbelt crossbar gives a good view of the cockpit but not really a good viewing angle for the track 'sense of speed' if that makes sense.

If anyone has any suggestions I'd love to hear it!

Hey Ron,

I hope something works out for you. (I'm sure I'm not the only one waiting for for that vid ;-) It's funny how no one has come out with a direct solution for that same problem we all face. I would expect GP or any camera company that creates products specifically geared toward Motorsports, or any any related events, would have a solid tried and true solution by now.

From experience my buddies and I have found that attaching the mic to the rear bumper /rear valence seems to be one of the better locations. A close friend of mine first tried it at Buttonwillow and ran it for few laps with good results. I wonder if you could squeeze that by tech inspection on some of of the events you you attend. I would think that if the mic was attached as sturdy as anything else that it should be allowed. Logically it would be no different than say, a side view mirror... Right? At least, I personally, would argue that with a tech. Wait, do they make you take off side view mirrors? Haha.

[Sieg]

Ron - One thing I've noticed in the AMA Motocross series is none of the riders are using the waterproof case on their helmet mounted cameras. I'm guessing that's to improve audio performance though I haven't tried using the frame mount yet: http://shop.gopro.com/mounts/the-fra....html#/start=1

The skeleton case helps to some degree but I still think the only way to get halfway decent audio is utilizing a remote mic interior mounted.

You also might try performing another firmware upgrade as a form of reboot. I doubt the camera corrupts itself but........?

[Ron in SoCal]

Originally Posted by snappytravis

Yes sir, I will be there, Not going to the dinner but will be at the Optima event can't wait for that. You taking your car?

I was thinking about it, but no. I'm not bucking for an Optima invite this year and the only upside would be driving to the event. Since it's a new venue I have no idea if I can get it inside. In prior years I helped out with the camera crew and drove right in but this year the Mav crew is handling the duties so I get to actually watch the whole event.

Originally Posted by GregWeld

I think you can be banned for that.... WTF!!

Ban him!

[Ron in SoCal]

Originally Posted by intocarss

If you want to run another Gopro, I have one here that you're welcome to use, it's an older model

Thanks JD. Wouldn't that be funny if the earlier version had better sound?

Originally Posted by G4CERAT

Hey Ron,

I hope something works out for you. (I'm sure I'm not the only one waiting for for that vid ;-) It's funny how no one has come out with a direct solution for that same problem we all face. I would expect GP or any camera company that creates products specifically geared toward Motorsports, or any any related events, would have a solid tried and true solution by now.

From experience my buddies and I have found that attaching the mic to the rear bumper /rear valence seems to be one of the better locations. A close friend of mine first tried it at Buttonwillow and ran it for few laps with good results. I wonder if you could squeeze that by tech inspection on some of of the events you you attend. I would think that if the mic was attached as sturdy as anything else that it should be allowed. Logically it would be no different than say, a side view mirror... Right? At least, I personally, would argue that with a tech. Wait, do they make you take off side view mirrors? Haha.

As soon as the mic and adapter gets here I'll test different locations. There's gotta be a solution!

Originally Posted by Sieg

Ron - One thing I've noticed in the AMA Motocross series is none of the riders are using the waterproof case on their helmet mounted cameras. I'm guessing that's to improve audio performance though I haven't tried using the frame mount yet: http://shop.gopro.com/mounts/the-fra....html#/start=1

The skeleton case helps to some degree but I still think the only way to get halfway decent audio is utilizing a remote mic interior mounted.

You also might try performing another firmware upgrade as a form of reboot. I doubt the camera corrupts itself but........?

No more firmware updates. On your original suggestion I did that with no positive effect. Oh it gets worse...the firmware instructions on the website and linked youtube vid don't work for the 3+ series on up! The SD card is write protected when the camera is plugged directly into the computer. And I see they've updated their website now that I had to F with it for an hour. That was one of my questions during the tech call. Apparently they changed the way the micro SD card works and you need to put it in an adapter then into your PC to transfer files. Yeah, it'd help if they had publicized that somewhere??

Anyway Scotty I'm not buying another case. It's a mic issue and that's gonna be my fix one way or another. I am on strike with their $%^(*+ accessories.

[Rick D]

Ok you are joining the club with Mario and DG on threads from the past!!

So what's up with this bad boy update us please

Sorry I can't sleep!!

[snappytravis]

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

I was thinking about it, but no. I'm not bucking for an Optima invite this year and the only upside would be driving to the event. Since it's a new venue I have no idea if I can get it inside. In prior years I helped out with the camera crew and drove right in but this year the Mav crew is handling the duties so I get to actually watch the whole event.



Ban him!

Ha Ha, I just saw this post,, I was there Ron, I went over and visited with GW for a little bit, The race was pretty cool the first time for me, Just a little overwhelming.

I actually may have been Banned from a few places before!