I will take a look at my bacpac later today and will post a few pictures of it. I do believe the USB charging port is indeed on the side and there would be zero way way to put a charger in there, unless you drilled out a side piece for it.

Have you gone to the GoPro forum and posted your question? People there have done everything under the sun.


- Brian R.

Quote from: CayoHueso on April 04, 2012, 05:58:10 AM
I will take a look at my bacpac later today and will post a few pictures of it. I do believe the USB charging port is indeed on the side and there would be zero way way to put a charger in there, unless you drilled out a side piece for it.

Have you gone to the GoPro forum and posted your question? People there have done everything under the sun.


- Brian R.

Thanks.  Let me know your findings please.

I believe the charger on the bacpac is on the bac and not the sides.   The skeleton (adapter for bacpac) case doesn't have a door that is open on the back to allow usb charging  and has got me concerned.  If you can post up pics, that would be great. 

yes, I will have to join the forum you mentioned in the thread 

Not sure if drilling a hole won't crack the case.  I have tried on a pelican iphone case and it was not pretty.

Quote from: ab on April 04, 2012, 05:34:58 PM
Thanks.  Let me know your findings please.

I believe the charger on the bacpac is on the bac and not the sides.   The skeleton (adapter for bacpac) case doesn't have a door that is open on the back to allow usb charging  and has got me concerned.  If you can post up pics, that would be great. 

yes, I will have to join the forum you mentioned in the thread 

Not sure if drilling a hole won't crack the case.  I have tried on a pelican iphone case and it was not pretty.

Your feelings are indeed correct. On the skeleton batterypac, the "vents" are on the top. The USB chargers is on the back, but there is no access to it due to the back being solid plastic. I agree that drilling might crack it. I know this is a pretty bootleg idea and wouldn't look great, but maybe use a woodburner or maybe a soldering iron and melt through the plastic? It wouldn't crack it, but something hot might work to melt the plastic away.

Quote from: CayoHueso on April 04, 2012, 07:32:25 PM
Your feelings are indeed correct. On the skeleton batterypac, the "vents" are on the top. The USB chargers is on the back, but there is no access to it due to the back being solid plastic. I agree that drilling might crack it. I know this is a pretty bootleg idea and wouldn't look great, but maybe use a woodburner or maybe a soldering iron and melt through the plastic? It wouldn't crack it, but something hot might work to melt the plastic away.

Thanks for checking and confirming.  It is kind of strange they don't provide that back door that has access to the usb charger.  It's really useless to have a charger that you can record at the same time but with no access      Hopefully they will remedy that.

Good suggestions on the soldier or wood burner.  Will look into that for sure.

hmm streaming it via apple tv (the 720p) looks good.  It must be my computer can't handle it.  I will try to put the video on an external fire wire hard drive and see how it plays on the macbook pro.  Mind you it is a laptop from 2006 or so    Just like editing video should be done on a separate hard drive than where your operating system is, the same goes for watching it probably on older laptops like mine.  Anyhow, user error.  (Just thought to share the dumb things I am going through)

Ok I tested my GoPro Hero 2 for about 3 days.  I mounted it on top of my helmet.  1080p-30 setting; wide FOV;  SD card 32gig San disk class 10 with 45mb per second.

Tried to watch it on my Mac.  Ok I see it but the frame just stutters.  I mean the quality is nice, but the video sucks.  Nothing smooth.  Just jitters.  See a few secs then gets stuck sound still moving then catches up for a bit.  Horrible.

Wtf - how come every1 seems to have nice shot but not mine?

What settings are you using where u captured your bike ride?

They are big files, brother. You need a fast computer to get them to stream smoothly. Mine even stutters at times on a Mac Desktop (no idea the model, but one with a big screen). I am not sure how they stream on a PC as I've never tried it. The quality of the video is awesome, so much better than the first generation model.

yep, 1st gen was horrible.  I had it and lent it to a friend last year or so and haven't bothered to pick it up yet (hmm I need to and use it for spare parts - the case mainly). The battery life was just horrible.  10 min max in my experience.

I am impressed by the quality of hero2.  As for the file size, i will try to use compressor and see if is manageable.

I Only wish it had a feature where I can continuously record (when it reaches max, it will erase and keep recording).  Kind of like black-box.  I Mainly plan to use it for safety reasons.  I record and then just erase it.

I finally got around to edit some video I took last fall.  No music or anything fancy.  Just throw something together.  Enjoy.

Edit: I used the sticky to mount the camera as close to the center of the chin guard on my helmet.  The other views were taken with the suction cup mounted on the rear cowl and tank.  I tried mounting on the side of the tank but it didn't turn out too well, due to the angle.

Ducati Monster S2R1000 on Buford Dam Loop

Picked up a Hero 2 last a couple weeks ago. Pretty awesome 


So far, though, the only thing I've really got to use it for was to attach it to my springer spaniel while he was running around. Interesting to see the world from his OCD POV 

I'm liking the chest mount. Think I'll probably use it for MTB or on the Monster, as you get a pretty good view of the cockpit on the bike.

Also, someone mentioned external mics. I plugged in my Zoom H1 recorder, and used it as an external mic. I know the audio quality on it is top notch, so I think it'll work out pretty well, though it needs a second mount  maybe not the best solution, but it'll sound good.

Only bad thing, the housing won't allow for the audio plug use? Seems kind of silly. So I'm thinking I'll record audio tracks seperate, then sync them back up to the video when editting, but I need better software for that...so I'm on the hunt.

No longer a Mac guy...which kind of sucks when it comes to stuff like this...

So I picked up one (new HD model) the other week. I think I got a bum battery as it's lasted only 100 min in bench tests and less in real life. What sort of life you you expect? From reading it should be around 4 hours

But I did manage to capture an early session at a track day. On the tech side I wired up an Audio-Technica ATR-35S Lavalier Mic using the 3.5 mm jack. I routed the wires though the frame and under the seat of my KTM 690. The power section is under seat for easy access. The mic is routed out through the tail and taped under the rear plastics (rear section for light and plate was removed for the track). Positioned there I get about 0 wind noise. You just hear the exhaust and occasional tire screech.

Little sample chancing my buddy on his 1100S  until I get tied up with slow traffic (no passing in turns during this session)
Chasing Frank at Summit Point

I can proform GoPro from work for a discount. Here is the list of what I am going to get. Let me know if there is anything else I might need.

HD Hero2 Motorsports Edition
The Wi-Fi Bacpac + Wi-Fi Remote Combo Kit
Handlebar Seatpost Mount
SanDisk 32GB SD Memory Card (Class 10)

Total Cost $250

Holy crap...can you get me one too? lol

Nice discount... jerk!

All you need is the motosport kit initially. You might save the wi-fi for later - not like it's going to be far from you on the bike.

Might look at the Roll-bar mount as a possible way to mount to forks. Haven't tried it though.

If you want to get a little more crazy - look around at info on external mics. My tests with the stock, internal mic just got me a lot of irritating noise. I could hear the whine from the valve train, wind and muffled exhaust - and jumbled up and messy. In that vid above with a pretty cheap powered Mic I got rid of the extra noise crap.

It didn't arrive in time, but I've got a flex book mic like you'd stick in your lap top for skype and a 12' cord that I'm going to test out. That set up ran about $5 on Amazon for the mic and extension. Quality is tbd, but a couple videos I saw illustrating similar set ups showed a marked improvment in the sound. Of course you must drill a hole in the case for the mic connection

I have to buy it all at once for the 50% off. Sorry cant get for any one else. Guess I need to add some battery's. I will use it for other things like 4x4ing so the Wi-Fi will help. I will look into the cage mount.

Quote from: BerettaMato on June 26, 2012, 09:23:43 AM
I have to buy it all at once for the 50% off. Sorry cant get for any one else. Guess I need to add some battery's. I will use it for other things like 4x4ing so the Wi-Fi will help. I will look into the cage mount.

get an extra bag of the sticky mounts!

I didn't think I'd use them, but I've found them to be the most useful...assuming you don't mind a mount plate attached to something permanently.