The GoPro Hero 4 Silver has two settings we can play with. How often the camera takes a picture (interval) and how detailed (resolution) the picture has.

• Interval 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10, 30 and 60 Seconds
• Resolution 4K and 2.7K 4:3

A video is automatically created by piecing together the individual pictures taken at the set interval.

In this tutorial each example uses 2 hours of footage. The resolution is kept at a constant of 4K.

Also a stationary room has been used so that there is no movement whatsoever apart from the cameras pan. The light source is also kept constant.

Example 1

Minutes of shooting: 120
Intervals: 0.5 Second
FPS: 29.97 (30)
Output: H.264(MP4)
Resolution: 3840×2160
Bitrate: 45
File Size: approx 2000MB
Produces approx a 6 minute file.

Example 2

Minutes of shooting: 120
Intervals: 1 Second
FPS: 29.97 (30)
Output: H.264(MP4)
Resolution: 3840×2160
Bitrate: 45
File Size: approx 1000MB
Produces approx a 3 minute file.

Example 3

Minutes of shooting: 120
Intervals: 2 Second
FPS: 29.97 (30)
Output: H.264(MP4)
Resolution: 3840×2160
Bitrate: 45
File Size: approx 500MB
Produces approx a 1.5 minute file.

Example 4

Minutes of shooting: 120
Intervals: 5 Second
FPS: 29.97 (30)
Output: H.264(MP4)
Resolution: 3840×2160
Bitrate: 45
File Size: approx 200MB
Produces approx a 36 second file.

Example 5

Minutes of shooting: 120
Intervals: 10 Second
FPS: 29.97 (30)
Output: H.264(MP4)
Resolution: 3840×2160
Bitrate: 45
File Size: approx 100MB
Produces approx a 30 second file.

Example 6

Minutes of shooting: 120
Intervals: 30 Second
FPS: 29.97 (30)
Output: H.264(MP4)
Resolution: 3840×2160
Bitrate: 45
File Size: approx 100MB
Produces approx a 10 second file.

Example 7

Minutes of shooting: 120
Intervals: 60 Second
FPS: 29.97 (30)
Output: H.264(MP4)
Resolution: 3840×2160
Bitrate: 45
File Size: approx 50MB
Produces approx a 5 second file.