Upload GoPro Videos via Cloud Share Link

If you've ever tried uploading a GoPro video from your phone after a karting session, you know how it goes. Your phone pulls the full file down from GoPro Cloud first, then uploads the whole thing again to Race Ninja. Two transfers of a multi-gigabyte file over mobile data. It can eat through half your monthly allowance and take ages.

Now you can skip all of that.

Paste a GoPro Cloud share link and we fetch the video for you

Open your GoPro Cloud library, grab a share link for the session you want analysed, and paste it into Race Ninja. We go straight to GoPro's servers and download the original quality file. Your phone doesn't touch the video at all.

This matters because the original file contains all the GoPro GPS data, accelerometer readings and GPMF metadata that powers your karting video analysis. When your phone re-encodes or compresses footage during a normal upload, some of that telemetry can get stripped out. With a direct cloud download, nothing gets lost.

How to get a GoPro share link

1. Open your video in GoPro Cloud (app or gopro.com)
2. Tap the three dots in the top right corner
3. Select Share, then Share Link
4. Make sure Allow Download is toggled on
5. Copy the link and paste it into Race Ninja's analysis page

The Allow Download toggle is the important bit. Without it we can only see a preview of your footage and can't grab the full original file with its embedded GPS and sensor data.

Full telemetry extraction from GoPro metadata

Once we have your original video, it goes through the same processing pipeline as any direct upload. We extract the GoPro telemetry data, including GPS coordinates, speed and g-force readings, then use that to detect your laps automatically and break each one into sectors.

If you've set up your GoPro properly for karting, you'll get accurate racing lines, sector-by-sector comparisons and AI coaching insights. All from a camera you already own, without needing an expensive data logger like an AIM or Alfano system.

Your GoPro is already recording everything you need for proper motorsport data analysis. We just read what's there.

Works for track days too

This isn't only for kart racers. If you're doing track days with a GoPro mounted in your car, the same workflow applies. Paste your cloud share link, we pull the video, and you get lap timing with GoPro GPS data plus a full telemetry overlay of your session. No extra hardware. No fiddly exports.

Duplicate detection built in

Already uploaded that video? We spot it and take you straight to your existing results instead of processing it again. No wasted time and no duplicate entries cluttering up your analysis history.

When to use GoPro Cloud upload vs direct upload

Use the cloud share link when you've got footage backed up to GoPro Cloud and don't fancy waiting for your phone to download and re-upload a multi-gigabyte file. It works brilliantly when you're on a slow connection or want to queue up several sessions for processing without babysitting each one.

Direct upload still makes sense when you've got the file on your computer already, or if you're using an SD card reader. Both paths give you identical results.

You do need a GoPro Subscriber account to access your cloud library. But if you're already backing up footage there, this cuts out the most annoying part of the whole process.