J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Ian Wickham

AllyG wrote:NIIIXSY - I've added you to the list now :)

J2Skiers off ski-ing/boarding with the number of sleeps/days left updated to today, Thursday 28th February

GreenGoblin going to Chatel in 0 days on the 28/02/2013
AllyG going to Tignes in 2 days on the 02/03/2013
Gareth Fair going to Sauze D'Oulx in 6 days on the 06/03/2013
LOTA going to Reith im Alpbachtal in 6 days on the 06/03/2013
Melbatb going to Andorra in 8 days on the 08/03/2013
Biki17 going to La Plagne in 9 days on the 09/03/2013
Brooksy going to Obergurgl in 9 days on the 09/03/2013
Wanderer going to St Anton in 14 days on the 14/03/2013
Tony_H going to Serre Chevalier in 16 days on the 16/03/2013
Stewart Dowling going to Serre Chevalier in 16 days on the 16/03/2013
NIIIXSY going to Sauze D'Oulx in 20 days on the 20/03/2013
Gaz C going to Val Thorens in 51 days on the 20/04/2013
Brooksy going to Chamonix in 296 days on the 21/12/2013

bald-eagleman wrote:Just done La Thuile....recommend it...quiet, 160 ish kms. can ski to France......as long as you don't have a host!!..well looked after, Italian prices, good apres...will go again.

Tony_H wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Steer clear of Crans then :D

Interesting you say that as I've been looking at it for a few years, but its only come back into the tour ops brochure for next season (Inghams).

Tony_H wrote:Ive been told not to take my ipad to store go pro files, but to take my pc netbook and use imovie on my imac when i get back to edit.

Does that sound right?

LOTA wrote:I went to Winterberg for skeleton once upon a time - didn't get to ski. A hairy old bob track if my terrified memory serves me....

smartski wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

smartski wrote:I found using my new Gopro Hero3 (Black)fantastic, easy to set-up and to ski with (head mount & chest harness mainly) however I am struggling to get anywhere playing or editing my footage ...frankly I think it is just too good for my existing PC set-up.

1) At HD 1080 settings the mega file sizes filled up my hard-drive - had to buy a 1TB external drive. And most players/editing software doesn't seem to support the GoPro's original file, so you have to convert everything first - so that's twice the number of files. The conversion software is free from GoPro.
2) But the resultant files are then mega memory hungry - 3GB RAM won't play the '1080' movies properly, certainly can't edit even a 2 minute footage.

So I'm now looking at a desktop upgrade....thinking going to Apple Mac. GoPro suggest 4GB Ram, what's the minimum spec machine anyone else is using, is 4GB really enough?

Help/advice appreciated!

I have an iMac 4 gig memory, 2.5 gig hz, and it handles all my movie editing ok

Oh ok, sounds hopeful. What footage resolution is that at 720p? 1080p? At 1080 I'm getting 1gB file sizes per minute footage...does that sound right? (sounds a lot to me!)

smartski wrote:I found using my new Gopro Hero3 (Black)fantastic, easy to set-up and to ski with (head mount & chest harness mainly) however I am struggling to get anywhere playing or editing my footage ...frankly I think it is just too good for my existing PC set-up.

1) At HD 1080 settings the mega file sizes filled up my hard-drive - had to buy a 1TB external drive. And most players/editing software doesn't seem to support the GoPro's original file, so you have to convert everything first - so that's twice the number of files. The conversion software is free from GoPro.
2) But the resultant files are then mega memory hungry - 3GB RAM won't play the '1080' movies properly, certainly can't edit even a 2 minute footage.

So I'm now looking at a desktop upgrade....thinking going to Apple Mac. GoPro suggest 4GB Ram, what's the minimum spec machine anyone else is using, is 4GB really enough?

Help/advice appreciated!