Note, too, the "Chroma" displays on the Virbs - one showing a live video preview and the other a handy level, because it's Elite and it can - as compared to the sad little LCD on the Hero2.
This also means I can use third-party mounting accessories like that RAM GoPro adapter (2).
#SEE BOAT TRACK ON GARMIN HOMEPORT HOW TO#
do you guys have any idea how to export the homeport file with depth data thank you. I am having trouble importing data with depth but i can playback the depth data and the sonar track. While the suction mount, handlebar mount, and headband mount were all designed for the GoPro, I've been able to use them fine with the Virb cameras because Garmin thoughtfully included an adapter (1). Hello, im using homeport version 2.2.9 and Garmin echomap plus 65cv. The dynamo proprietor of that site, Ray Maker, has perhaps set a new standard for accurate and thoroughly researched reviews - along with a deep knowledge of the competitive gadget universe around his various sports passions - and there's no need to repeat his excellent work (I'm also half hoping he never gets into marine electronics :-).Īt any rate, while highly recommending DCRainmaker for in-depth detail, I do have few comments on the collection of GoPro and Virb stuff pictured above. The prospect seemed daunting, but then lucky me discovered the amazingly detailed Virb review at DCRainmaker. One reason that it took me a while to write up this review is that the mounting accessory aspect is complicated, and I also wanted to compare the Virb to the GoPro Hero2 camera that I've owned for a couple of years. And note that you can do this with free Virb Edit using any MPG4 file and any GPX data file (at least in my limited testing). In the meantime, the edit screen just above shows how you can custom overlay all sorts of data (aside from maps) on the videos you can make now. Unfortunately, the map overlay is not included in finished videos - copyright issue perhaps? - but I'm hoping that will change eventually.
Note in the top screen, for instance, that when you watch a video in Virb Edit it can have a track-on-map overlay.
It's also where you'll see Garmin's strategy of combining GPS and other sensor data with film. You can edit Virb MPG4 files in any video program, but with Virb Edit it's super easy to throw together some clips and post a finished video to YouTube.
#SEE BOAT TRACK ON GARMIN HOMEPORT SOFTWARE FOR PC#
In the first video, for instance, I'm using a quatix watch as a remote control, which was easy to set up and works fine, and there are various other Garmin devices that will do the job, plus smartphone apps for the Elite (which has WiFi).Ī key element, though, is the new Virb Edit software for PC and Mac that seems to be getting a feature update every week or so. As I wrote last August, the Virb immediately joined Garmin's ecology of handheld GPS devices and activity sensors, not to mention its vast software resources. But stabilization is just one small aspect of what Garmin brought to the action camera game.