Record the entire DJ set (more than 4 hours) using an external computer?

[marsxrobertson]

This is helpful…

THETA V Long Video Plug-in: Recording beyond 25 minutes

336% increase in length of video saved to camera - increased time from 25 minutes to 84 minutes

One step further…

…I would like to use an external computer (Mac, Windows, Raspberry Pi) with large SSD storage to record the entire DJ set that is going to last around 4 hours.

Are there any tutorials how to do that?

Livestreaming - https://theta360.com/uk/howto-livestreaming/ - could be an option but it requires realiable internet and the quality won’t be preserved.

(I’m interested in preserving the highest quality)

[craig]

Can you use a USB cable and OBS and save the video to file? You will need to add a separate audio line into your laptop to record the audio. The live stream audio is single channel mono.

[marsxrobertson]

Thank you for your recommendation.

I will try it out and report and the progress.

(need some time, pretty busy with life and other projects)

[craig]

See this thread.

Record Ricoh Theta V Directly to computer

You can save the file directly to your camera. The limitation will be size of file. If you want to save the video to a computer, use something like OBS. I wrote the guide below for the THETA S, but the process will be the same for the THETA V. Note that you will not get spatial audio with this technique. I believe the streaming is only single channel audio. Also, you should test the audio before your shoot. You may want to use the microphone on your laptop or run an external microphone inpu…