Alright so you just purchased a GoPro, and started playing around with filming or taking photos. You have successfully connected your GoPro to your computer and transferred your files, and are now wondering what do those file name mean?
GoPro has set up a Customer Support Hub to answer that, or you could just hang out here and get those answers.
FILE ORGANIZATION
When it comes to organizing files, GoPro does just as well at streamlining and grouping files, as most computers do organizing filenames or dates. I have always been a proponent of using the large to small sorting (ISO 8601). But for whatever reason, GoPro chose differently.
CAMERA MODELS
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- HERO6 Black
- HERO (2018)
- HERO5 Black
- HERO5 Session
- HERO4 Black & Silver
- HERO Session / HERO4 Session
- HERO (2014)
- HERO3+
- HERO3
- HD HERO2
FILE FORMATS
HERO6 Black
| Recording Type | Filename | Example |
| Single Video | GH01xxxx.mp4 GX01xxxx.mp4
|
GH011234.mp4 GX011234.mp4 |
| Chaptered Video | GHzzxxxx.mp4 GXzzxxxx.mp4
|
GH011234.mp4 (first video) GH021234.mp4 (2nd chapter of the same video) |
| Looping Video | GHYYxxxx.mp4 GXYYxxxx.mp4
|
GHAA0001.mp4 (first video) GHAA0002.mp4 (2nd chapter of the same video) |
HD HERO2, HERO3, HERO3+, HERO (2014), HERO Session, HERO4, HERO5 Black, HERO5 Session
| Recording Type | Filename | Example |
| Single Video
Single Photo |
GOPRxxxx.mp4
GOPRxxxx.jpg
|
GOPR1234.mp4
GOPR0002.jpg |
| Chaptered Video | GPzzxxxx.mp4
|
GOPR1234.mp4 (first video)
GP011234.mp4 (1st chapter of the original video) GP021234.mp4 (2nd chapter of the same video) |
| Burst
Time-Lapse Photo Looping Video |
Gyyyxxxx.jpg
|
Burst shot (10x pics):
G0231111.jpg – G0231120.jpg
Time-lapse shot (100x pics): G0241121.jpg – G0241221.jpg |
| 3D Recording | 3D_Lxxxx.mp4 (left camera)
3D_Rxxxx.mp4 (right camera)
|
3D videos:
3D_L0002.mp4 3D_R0002.mp4
3D Photos: 3D_L1234.jpg 3D_R1234.jpg |
- ‘xxxx’ = DCF file number, from 0001-9999
- ‘yyy’ = GoPro “group” number – a group denotes photos that are part of a “group”, such as burst photo shot or a time lapse shot.
- ‘zz’ = GoPro “chapter” number, from 01-99 – this is the 2nd part of the same video that was forced to split due to file size or other restrictions.