How to Add Overlays to Your Ride

Ever wanted to add some overlays to your biking or drone or hiking videos? I'll take you step by step through the process I use to get high quality videos with good looking overlays!

Hardware I use (Affiliate Links):
GoPro Hero 8 Black: shorturl.at/nwO34
GoPro Charging Port Adapter (Optional): shorturl.at/knvAU
512 GB Micro SD Card: shorturl.at/iGNUX
Bike Mount + Action Camera Adapater: shorturl.at/jmC02
Bike Mount: shorturl.at/lyI59
Bike Mount Action Camera Adapter: shorturl.at/izN36
Battery Power Bank (Optional): shorturl.at/kHMX1
Rear Bicycle Rack (Optional): shorturl.at/lwIK5

Software Links:
FFMpeg: https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/
Handbrake: https://handbrake.fr/
Garmin Basecamp: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/software/basecamp/
Garmin Virb Edit: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/573412
Shotcut: https://www.shotcut.org/
4K Video Downloader: https://www.4kdownload.com/products/videodownloader/8
Background Music: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRelaxedMovement

Commands I use:
ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i merge.txt -c copy output.mp4
ffmpeg -framerate 30 -i frame_%06d.png -vcodec png -r 30 z.mov
del /f/q/s *.png greater than null (sorry YT doesn't allow the greater than symbol)

Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
0:27 - Hardware You'll Need
0:35 - Software You'll Need
1:00 - My Setup
2:00 - Collecting the GPS and Sensors Data
2:27 - Merging the Video Clips from Your Camera
4:28 - A Breakdown of the Merge Command
5:07 - Converting the GPS and Sensors Data
5:59 - Converting the Video so Virb can Use It
7:22 - Importing into Virb Edit
8:17 - Adding GPS and Sensor Data to Virb Edit
9:05 - Templates and Adding Gauges to Overlays
9:48 - Syncing Gauges to Video
10:57 - Exporting Video and Overlays
12:14 - Turning Overlays into a Video File
12:47 - A Breakdown of the FFmpeg Command
13:44 - Adding Videos to Shotcut
14:08 - Rotating Video Right Side Up
14:18 - Trimming Off Beginning of Video
15:03 - Minor Tweaks
15:57 - Downloading Audio From YouTube
16:23 - Blurring Out License Plate
17:53 - Adding Music Track
18:04 - Finishing Touches
18:24 - Exporting the Video
19:34 - Getting Rid of the PNG Overlays
19:52 - Explaining the Del Command
20:57 - The Final Result
21:11 - Outro

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