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Setting up the GoPro

Setting up the GoPro

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Setting up the GoPro

- So Rich, we got the GoPro set up. We got a little extra battery power on here so we can go for a lengthy timelapse, but the thing about the GoPro is that it's controls and being able to manipulate those controls is a little difficult, right? We have a little tiny LCD screen here on the back, or maybe you've got the LCD back that you can put on, but still it's not very big, doesn't provide you a lot of control, especially as we've talked about, you might, going to be placing this in a weird location that's not really accessible, there's a much better option and that's the free GoPro app. - Yeah, and I've got it connected and if you've checked out one of our earlier episodes, we walk you through how to set it all up. What I want to talk about now specifically, are the settings that I'm going to choose to pull this timelapse off. So we'll start by going to Settings, easy enough, and we've got different modes, video, photo, high speed burst mode. Remember, it's really cool, it can shoot…

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