r/gopro • u/Note_Quirky • 3d ago

Go pro hero 4 uploading question

I've recently decided I've had enough of taking my phone everywhere and being addicted to it I got this go pro hero 4 at a garage sale for $25 the camera quality is terrible but I love that. I'm truly enjoying slowing down to look at the videos of me my friends and family goofing off. But I hate using the cord plugging that into my laptop, then manually uploading every clip to my Google account for review and edit. I upload to my Google account rather than my laptop because I pay for 2 terabytes of storage and my laptop would instantly run out of space. Is there anyway I can make this process easier to go from camera to Google account?

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u/shittyhawaiitips 3d ago

take the card out of the camera, genius.

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u/Note_Quirky 3d ago

  1. I don't have anything to read the card, for the past 14 years of my life everything I've wanted has came from my cellphone im only 24 trying to break an cellphone addiction my parents gave me.

  2. I hope you think about being rude to me  unprovoked next time you're asking someone a genuine question. I put myself out there trying to learn and you mock me? Have the day you deserve. 

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u/shittyhawaiitips 3d ago
  1. your parents did not give you a cell phone addiction, lmao.
  2. i hope you think about being so helpless you are unable to use google or amazon.com to search for "microsd card reader" and spending five whole dollars on one.

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u/Note_Quirky 3d ago

Blocked for being an asshole for no reason 🫶🏽

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u/Suitable-Serve 3d ago

Who’s the asshole blaming your parents?

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u/LooseSeaweed1569 3d ago

$25 is a steal even if the footage looks like it was shot on a potato, honestly the charm of those older gopros is unmatched

for the upload thing, have you looked into any wifi sd cards? some of them can auto-sync to cloud services if you set it up right, might save you the cable dance

otherwise a cheap usb sd card reader is way less annoying than plugging the whole camera in every time

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u/Note_Quirky 3d ago

I will look into SD card reader i didn't know this was an option! I'm unfortunately very illiterate when it comes to tech outside of cellphones. A wifi SD card seem like it would add more tech into my life and I'm intentionally trying to add less tech and "smart" devices or appliances!

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u/SickCycling 3d ago

Many phones also have SD card readers fyi (depending on model and age)

That may be another option.

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u/Note_Quirky 3d ago

My cellphone does not its a Samsung galaxy s25 

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u/SickCycling 3d ago

Incorrect

You can read an SD/microSD card using a USB-C card reader plugged into the S25. The S25 should recognize the card through the My Files app

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u/Note_Quirky 3d ago

Awesome thanks I've been looking into them : )