What resolution do you record in?

[fastfeet007]

What resolution do you record softball games in?

I'm new, and getting into recording my DD's games. I'm curious what the consensus is on resolutions to record in.

 

[nightskiier]

I’ve been playing with a few setups over time, but settled on:

Mevo Plus + Boost: 1080 @ 30 FPS. Yes it can go to 4K but you get the wide angle shot and a 90 minute game can get split into two files. At 1080 I can have a single file that easier to upload to YouTube.

GameChanger Team Manager stream: the parents really like the set up for this. I use my IPhone 11 and the 1080 stream is clear with only a few hiccups in bad cell areas.


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[fastfeet007]

I’ve been playing with a few setups over time, but settled on:

Mevo Plus + Boost: 1080 @ 30 FPS. Yes it can go to 4K but you get the wide angle shot and a 90 minute game can get split into two files. At 1080 I can have a single file that easier to upload to YouTube.

GameChanger Team Manager stream: the parents really like the set up for this. I use my IPhone 11 and the 1080 stream is clear with only a few hiccups in bad cell areas.


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Do you find that 30FPS captures the action adequately? I recorded my first game last night 1080 @ 60fps. My video files are quite large. I'm using the DJI OSMO action.

 

[Pigskinguru34]

GoPro - I do 1440 60fps wide or 2.7k 30fps wide I do it mainly for the ability to cut up highlights for teams sports recruit pages.

 

[nightskiier]

Do you find that 30FPS captures the action adequately? I recorded my first game last night 1080 @ 60fps. My video files are quite large. I'm using the DJI OSMO action.

30 is sufficient for a “TV-style” broadcast, but considering the camera is fence mounted with only a digital zoom that isn’t bad. If I wanted to do high quality slow motion I would need to switch up to something that could go 60 FPS. My GoPro could do it but the chaptering/multiple files at those resolutions makes it hard for the parents to view later.


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[Josh Greer]

With the Hero 8 and above, we record at 2.7K, 60FPS, and render the final video to 1080p. 1080p is a good working resolution for the average computer. But recording in 2.7K allows room to digitally zoom without losing quality.

For the HERO5 (we don't use or recommend the 6 or 7) we record at 1080p.

 

[wheresmycar]

Recording, 1080p, 30fps.

Streaming, 720p, 30fps. If you are using cellular, this saves bandwidth, and the quality is good enough to watch on a TV. Your Unlimited data plan is probably not unlimited for high speed data... A two hour high school game used up about 3GB of high speed data per game.

Over-time, storage becomes an issue. My current PC has 7TB of disk space, and I will likely have to add more soon.

 

[4 girl's dad]

What Josh said. 1080p and 60 FPS seems a good balance for my hero 5.