LETS SEE YOUR RIDE FOOTAGE

Tubby G said:

You’d enjoy some of the group rides with @The Hodge & @The EMF. Organised all year round covering Northumberland, Yorkshire Dales, North Yorks Moors, similar rides to what you have done in your video

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Would love to

Langdale Valley in the Lake District

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Poor quality footage of a typical ride in our local area this winter. Wet, muddy, slippery, nadgery, but great fun for all.

I used to do a fair bit of flying around there, the Blorenge, & all those good spots. I have a strong memory of a cafe somewhere that way that was a shrine to Cliff Richard. Cliff plates, Cliff coasters, Cliff pictures everywhere, Devil woman playing in the background, it was the strangest place.

RustyMTB said:

I used to do a fair bit of flying around there, the Blorenge, & all those good spots. I have a strong memory of a cafe somewhere that way that was a shrine to Cliff Richard. Cliff plates, Cliff coasters, Cliff pictures everywhere, Devil woman playing in the background, it was the strangest place.

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No idea where that cafe was but we still ride the Blorenge regularly, especially in winter as it holds up well. Some nice enduro trails off it now too if you know where to look.

I Googled it, Crickhowell apparently & long gone.

Tubby G said:

Yeah it’s ace, my local

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Awww nice your very lucky !

Oddy72 said:

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Nice to see someone cycling in the kind of conditions and trail I always seem to find myself on.

What did you record that on? The image definition and colour seemed really good.

Trying out the new DJI Osmo. So far I’m very impressed with this camera compared to GoPro.

Went on a quest to find some dry trails today. Mission complete. Bone dry and running well. Fun day out

Tubby G said:

Trying out the new DJI Osmo. So far I’m very impressed with this camera compared to GoPro.

Went on a quest to find some dry trails today. Mission complete. Bone dry and running well. Fun day out

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the footage looks horrible on YouTube.

Next time don't upload as 1080p

YouTube uses a different codec (AVC) for 1080 as opposed to the better codec (VP09) for 4k uploads

You can still record in 1080 if you prefer but set your video editing project to 4k and let the software upscale from 1080 to 4k, better still record the original in 4k

Tubby G said:

Trying out the new DJI Osmo. So far I’m very impressed with this camera compared to GoPro.

Went on a quest to find some dry trails today. Mission complete. Bone dry and running well. Fun day out

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Hi @Tubby G, Is this the Watchwood near Nottingham?

I'ts 10 miles from me, but i've not been there, yet.

NULevo said:

Hi @Tubby G, Is this the Watchwood near Nottingham?

I'ts 10 miles from me, but i've not been there, yet.

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Hi. Yes. Well worth a visit. The trails are quite short but easy to session and keep doing over & over on repeat. They’re really well built and maintained, and currently dry as a bone and running great

Cleggy said:

the footage looks horrible on YouTube.

Next time don't upload as 1080p

YouTube uses a different codec (AVC) for 1080 as opposed to the better codec (VP09) for 4k uploads

You can still record in 1080 if you prefer but set your video editing project to 4k and let the software upscale from 1080 to 4k, better still record the original in 4k


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That was my first attempt at using the DJI Mimo app last night so didn’t pay too much attention to what quality it uploaded at. All recorded in 4K so easy enough to also upload in 4K. The problem I have is that my phone memory is always almost full so if I save files at 4K quality I have to delete 100+ photos first before being able to do so

The video looks fine on my phone, perhaps on a larger screen you start to notice the imperfections. I’ll have a 2nd attempt later, got to clean the bikes now!

Tubby G said:

Hi. Yes. Well worth a visit. The trails are quite short but easy to session and keep doing over & over on repeat. They’re really well built and maintained, and currently dry as a bone and running great

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Nice one, I'll give it a go ,I've heard about it, but thought it wasn't meant to be very good. Looks great on your vid though

Now then, I told @Cleggy that I’d make a 2nd attempt of my Watchwood vid, and here it is, now uploaded in 4K. I’ll take the other vid down now.




As a bonus vid, here’s another taken at a trail yesterday on Fremington Edge in the Yorkshire Dales. My partner is first, using the GoPro, then I’m following on the DJI. If you ignore the mud on the lens of the GoPro (and bad language from my other half!) then you can see a good comparison between the two cameras

Tubby G said:

Now then, I told @Cleggy that I’d make a 2nd attempt of my Watchwood vid, and here it is, now uploaded in 4K. I’ll take the other vid down now.

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Both are only 1080p mate

Cleggy said:

Both are only 1080p mate

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Both uploaded as 4K, maybe it hasn’t fully processed yet?

Tubby G said:

Both uploaded as 4K, maybe it hasn’t fully processed yet?

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Your video shows as 1080p too ??

Tubby G said:

Your video shows as 1080p too ??

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Maybe your browser?

Shows 4k for me

Cleggy said:

Maybe your browser?

Shows 4k for me

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No idea. I’m recording in 4K, uploading in 4K. Watch these vids either on my phone or ipad via YouTube app. Not much more I can do. My vids look absolutely fine to me, and I’m super impressed with the quality of the DJI, especially on Insta where most of the vids are uploaded too rather than YouTube

Tubby G said:

No idea. I’m recording in 4K, uploading in 4K. Watch these vids either on my phone or ipad via YouTube app. Not much more I can do. My vids look absolutely fine to me, and I’m super impressed with the quality of the DJI, especially on Insta where most of the vids are uploaded too rather than YouTube

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When you started the video project before importing the video, did you specify a 4k project? Maybe the project was set to 1080?

Either way keep at it, I find the whole capture and edit thing enjoyable.

Those trails you are riding look fun, pretty well built too.

Tubby G said:

Both uploaded as 4K, maybe it hasn’t fully processed yet?

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Processing can take a fair bit of time depending on video length it can take 20 - 30mins for YouTube to reprocess your footage in to all the various resolutions for each viewing platform/device

Cleggy said:

Processing can take a fair bit of time depending on video length it can take 20 - 30mins for YouTube to reprocess your footage in to all the various resolutions for each viewing platform/device

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These are the settings I use to upload the vid. Video codec is H.264, I don’t have the option for VP09

Tubby G said:

These are the settings I use to upload the vid. Video codec is H.264, I don’t have the option for VP09

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Your settings look good.

VP09 is done by YouTube not the person uploading

I use Shotcut for my editing/export. I have the option to select Youtube for the export and that selects libx264 for the codec.
If I was to ignore that selected codec I could, from the large number of other available codecs, select vp9_qsv. I don't know if that's the same as vp09. I just stick with the default that Shotcut gives me for Youtube - libx264. Seems to work OK.

Just been reading up on HD v 4K (UHD)

You can only watch 4K if you have a 4K enabled smart screen, or Chromecast Ultra. If you have these screens then HD will look fairly poor quality

If you have a screen capable of HD, then 1080p will appear fantastic quality. However, lower resolutions such as 720 or 360p (SD) will appear poor quality. Screens such as iPhones, Android phones, iPads, Chromecast, HD TV’s, PC’s etc are all HD

VWsurfbum said:

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Do you live in a different country ?

Current trail conditions down south …



Current trails conditions up north …