I used a gopro max 2 while walking. I set it to interval, 2 seconds, as recommended.
I started the camera via the app.
However, multiple times, I found that it stopped without any apparent reason, so I lost a good part of my images.
As I held it on a stick above my head, I not see why that was, I just checked in with the app and found no capture was going on.
Did anyone have the same experience? Any idea what mistake I could have made, or what setting or technique would avoid that problem?
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Thanks, that gave me another idea: I didn’t notice any lockup. However I did notice GPS missing for large parts. So maybe in my case it is power loss due to to a similar issue with battery contact, leading to a reboot. Then, as soon as I notice, I start recording again, but GPS fix takes more time? I will watch out in my next walks.
If that should be the case, I’d be quite disappointed, because some robustness against vibration and shock is exactly what I had hoped for in an “action cam”
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Loose contact hasn’t occured to me, the battery is firmly placed. Maybe it’s indeed a mode issue, I always record in video and don’t have any issues, even when recording for 5 hours straight.
You can use my program if you want for processing the videos and uploading to Mapillary, you can adjust the sample distance, for on foot is 2 or 3 meters a good setting. Releases · TheWizardbc/GoPro_Workflow · GitHub
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Have you checked if you have the same problem with other SD cards?
MAX camera may have different construction, but if its the same as regular GoPros, this shouldn’t be a reason unless the SD housing is defective. Personally, I only film with external power bank and no battery inserted in camera, so there is no “pressure” at all for SD housing. And I have it mounted on a bicycle, so it’s basically non-stop vibration. Obviously, this is just my experience, so who knows.
I’ve had pretty much all GoPros hard-lock up on me at one point or another. But most of the time it just announces that “SD card is too slow”, which is just a useless generic message. I always blamed SD cards (like everyone else in forums), but after replacing cameras a few times, I now blame the camera itself wearing itself out because the same SD cards I had for years work perfectly fine in the new cameras. I am tempted to blame their power circuitry gradually failing.
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