Wakeye XT-One app only 30 fps???

[MarkM]

I just received my Wakeye XT-One yesterday. Incredibly fast shipping!!

The Wakeye app says it can record at 120fps. But I can only record at 30 fps and the video quality is not nearly as good as just using the built in camera app on the iPhone. It's choppy.

I don't see any fps options on the Wakeye app.

I have an IPhone 6 plus.

What am I missing?

 

[Horton]

I would guess it is how the Wakeye app is working with your phones OS.

 

Contact John at Wakeye @Jibbo

[MarkM]

I have iOS 8.4 on an iPhone 6 plus.

According to the App Store they added 120fps to iPhone 5 and above.

Hmmmm...

[Jibbo]

There were some difficulties getting 120fps working on iPhone 6 and 6+.

 

An update should be available soon to have 60fps,120fps and 240fps options for the iPhone 6 and 6+.

 

There will also be an option to turn the video stabilization on or off

[david_ski]

iPhone 6+ is completely unusable with the Wakeye App because of the built in image stabilization features in the phone. The iPhone 6 is almost unusable with the image stabilization features. The iphone5 works the best out of the iPhone's we have tested.

 

The auto focus is also an issue with the IPhone's. After taking video and watching it frame by frame is very interesting. Skier is in focus, rope is in focus, shore is in focus, spray is in focus, then back of boat is in focus, repeat. When the frame is focused on the skier the image quality is incredible. Too bad every frame is not that quality. We have tried GoPro, liquid image camera. GoPro image was fuzzy. Liquid image worked pretty well but starting and stopping was not easy, and battery died in 2 weeks. Right now we are trying out a Sony Action Cam. Too early to tell if it will work out.

 

I really want the iphone 6 and 6+ to work because everybody's ski videos get loaded to their own phone and we don't have to pass around MP4 files.

 

Features needed in the Wakeye App to make it usable with Apple products: image stabilization disable, different frame rates settings, and fixed focus setting at a specific distance/zone.

[MarkM]

Yup. I tried it for the first time yesterday. The video is so shaky and wavy, it's unusable.

[OldboyII]

Yes. Optical stabilisation in 6+ just makes it worse.

Iphones: 6 and earlier do not have optical stabilisation.

We use 6 and quality is a bit better - enough to see mistakes.

For movie quality - nothing but decent video camera. You may switch it on for the whole time behind the boat, then trim it as you want, extra bonus - you will know what your friends are talking about while you are in the water ))

[Horton]

well there is the old.... have someone turn the video on and off. Not as nice but it works.

[david_ski]

@Horton that is what we are doing with the non gps phone video cameras. The only downside is that your driver gets the sequence backwards and you have great video of your down time at the islands and no passes. . It becomes a driver training issue. The other alternative is turn on the video at the beginning of the set and edit the passes of interest.

[Texas6]

@jibbo - I know you can't be specific with release dates, but could you give us some idea of the timing on the update you referenced above? I don't want to go buy a video camera to mount on my Wakeye unless I absolutely have too, and understanding that a bit better would go a long way in helping me understand what I have to do to get some video. Thanks so much

[Jibbo]

@Texas6 We submitted the update to Apple iTunes last Friday. Version 1.7.2

We also asked for an expedited review to hopefully speed it up. Normally it takes 10-15 days for review

But with apple you cant be sure, hopefully they accept the expedited review and we could see it in 3-4 days.

[Texas6]

Awesome, thank you!!

[igkya]

Looks like the wakeye app on my iPhone 6 just went thru an update. Now it won't load/stay open. Anyone else experience this?

 

@Jibbo ???

[MarkM]

I just updated. Mine opens OK. But, my recordings are in slow motion.

[igkya]

Rebooting iPhone didn't help. Running iOS 8.4

 

@markm what version iOS are you on?

[MarkM]

ios 8.4

[Jibbo]

@igkya try deleting the app first then download the latest version.

@MarkM Track the black bar on the segmented blue bars to the far right of the video to get normal speed playback. You can control where you want to watch slowmo with that black bar highlighted by the blue bars spread further apart.

 

[MarkM]

Thanks Jibbo. So I have to do that every time?

[igkya]

@jibbo just did that, same problem.

[MarkM]

It appears this only happens when recording at 120fps or 240fps.

60 fps works well. 60fps also seems smoother.

[MarkM]

@Jibbo What will give me the best recording? Also, should I disable image stabilization?

I generally import my ski videos to the Coaches Eye app.

[igkya]

@jibbo I found the problem Under settings, the wakeye settings had allow access to microphone off (which I prefer). I turned this on and the app would run/stay open. Will try the app tomorrow with a few different settings.

[Jibbo]

@MarkM Try a few different settings to see which works best. The higher the frame rate the larger the file will be.

[Horton]

Android

[MarkM]

No

[Horton]

Haaa

[MISkier]

@Jibbo,

 

Does version 1.7.2 address the issue I was having with iPhone 4 (iOS 7) where Wakeye was not accessing my GPS to start/stop the recording automatically? The basic problem I have is that the Wakeye app is not listed as one of the apps within Location Services, so it cannot be granted access to the GPS.

[MarkM]

Testing the new app today :smile:

[Texas6]

I'll testing today as well. I'll be trying 120fps with stabilization off at 2.0x zoom

[OldboyII]

We also was thinking to test.... but... parcel with my Wakeye did a breathtaking 2 day tour from New Zealand to Moscow, spend 24 hours at customs and .... was returned back to New Zealand.

 

Because DHL do not deliver to private addresses in Russia. Why DHL received shipment in Wellington from Wakeye is a big question mark!

[jrs]

Buy Samsung, it works perfect with Wakeye and Coach's Eye.

[Texas6]

Ran the Wakeye at 120FPS this morning with Stabilization off on my iPhone6. Video was 1000 times better and totally useable...Having said that, I'm not certain the 2x zoom was working given the distance I look from the boat in the video. Anyone else seeing this?

[Texas6]

@jibbo, can you help us understand how the Upgrade may have impacted zoom and if there are any tips or workarounds if In fact you saw an impact

[Jibbo]

@Texas6 I think what is happening is when you change the FPS the zoom rests itself back to 1.00X zoom.

I would suggest setting your frames per second first then set the zoom you want.

[bherder]

The android version of the app appears limited with only two setting options. System of measure (mph, kph) and speed to start recording. Is there a way to adjust FPS, etc?

[Jibbo]

@bherder Upgrades for the android app are next on the agenda. Still a couple of bugs to sort on the IOS app. Development for the IOS app makes the android app alot easier though.

[bherder]

Sweet! I used it today and it worked great! One other piece of feedback for the android version... When I set the app to start recording at 34 mph the video starts/stops when the skier pulls cross course. This is with zero off rev R. I had to adjust the setting to 32 mph to get it to work correctly at 34.2 mph. Otherwise awesome app!

[Texas6]

I set it at 26mph so I could get the video started as I set up prior to pull-out. Works great for 34mph skiing