You are very very welcome and if you ever have any questions just ask. I have no problem making a video short strictly showing you how to do whatever it is you have any questions on!
@@Jonasegway I was looking for some way to list the contents of the SD card in the reader and how to transfer files from, say, the X4 to the reader and then to a third device without having to remove SD cards.
@@brianmcgauley2664 this is possible with a computer/laptop that has multiple USB or usb-c ports. The easy way to do this (but your phone/tablet/computer will need to have the internal space to do this) is.... - connect your X4 to your device (i.e. phone/tablet or computer) - copy the files onto your device from your X4 (make a folder if that's what you prefer) - PROPERLY remove the X4 from your device - connect your quick reader to the same device - find the folder with the X4 files in it and copy them to the quick reader. I could make a straight to the point video on how this looks in person but I am going to need like 9hrs because I am currently driving and will be for the next 8hrs
@@brianmcgauley2664 I will still recommend just removing the memory card from the X4 and put it in the quick reader for a much easier process. But the steps listed above is your alternative
@@Jonasegway Thanks; I prefer to use my iPad over my cell for editing, so that will be fine. The only downside is having to remove everything to open the battery, but I can live with that.
You are very welcome. It keeps you from having to remove your memory card if you want to edit your videos without going wireless. I use mine Everytime I edit my videos.
Thanks for the informative video. You answered all my questions. I was reall confused about what functionality this provides but now I have a clear picture.
Nice explained video, mate! Do you know if it works with iPhone 15? It's USB C only, or if it only works with the lightning cable to transfer to your phone if it makes sense. I wondering if I plug the usb c on my Iphone 15 will read. Many thanks
@elvoxnobru yessuuuuur. Even better when you use a wireless mic allowing you to use that USBC port for the quick reader to make your workflow even easier and quicker
Hey mate, can you transfer clips from the app back to sd card using the card reader? Or is there any other way to do that, as I’ve maxed up my storage on my iPad and iPhone
@@davidroybenzondjari7462 I am so sorry it took me so long to respond. I was responding and got distracted. Came back to finish my response and it was deleted so here is your answer...
@@davidroybenzondjari7462 ok David so the one device I didn't bring with me to reverify is my iPad lol. Because you can with android devices, I would imagine you could with apple devices to (@ transfer files In and out of your apple device if you plugged a hard drive into it). Basically the SD Card reader is an SD card reader. I use my SD Card reader to move video files and store files. You have to insert a mini SD card with whatever size storage you want to use. When it comes to SD Storage cards go I have a 512gb card in mine. I cannot find the specs but I remember seeing on insta360's website you could use up to 1tb in these card readers. I use an Amazon basics 512gb card in mine and have for around 7months. So I know you could store up to at least 512gb. If you decide to buy the quick reader, by the quick reader for the X4 camera because it has higher specs for the X3 camera as far as performance
thanks for the video. One question: can we connect the USB-C port to an Android phone or does this only work with iPhone using the Lightning port? By the way. I managed to transfer the Insta360 native editing files (.insp extension) to a Macbook computer using a generic SD card reader adapter connected to the Mac but it takes a lotttt of time. I will test connecting this adapter with the SD card to the phone to see how fast it is to edit the files. thanks again
This reader DOES connect to an android phone. The usb-c side is the same size I use when I connect it to my android phone/tablet. However...if you have a bulky protector over your android phone, you will probably need to get one of those mini usb-c male to usb-c female adapters to give this quick reader clearance to plug into the usb-c port of your android device because many phone cases are too thick to allow connection to the phone. I use these. You could use these or something like this. Just make sure it is a usb-c male to usb-c female adapter. GHQXZT USB C Extender Adapter 40Gbps, 8K 60Hz USB C Male to Female Extension Adapter,USB Type-C Male to Female Extender PD 100W Fast Charging USB 4 Thunderbolt 4 Connector for MacBook Pro(2 Pack) a.co/d/bUgiNZp
Great video, good job ! Can you transfer directly to a latest gen phone videos from any SD card using the insta360 X4 USB quick reader ? Even if the videos come from the SD card of osmo pocket 3 for example ? (the app would not be needed there)
@@epos_rising ok so I think I understand your question. You're asking if you could use the quick reader to edit videos with an SD card that came out of a camera like a pocket 3 just to transfer videos to your computer/phone/tablet without using the insta360 app? Question 1: So you want to use ANY quick reader as a general SD Card reader? So another way I use the quick readers is... I'll record footage on my AcePro without any quick readers and then when I am done recording, I will take the SD card out of the AcePro, put it in a quick reader made for the insta360 X3 and use the quick reader to transfer/edit the AcePro 's footage using the insta360 app. So...I took the quick reader for the insta360 X4, put an SD Card into it from my Sony Zv1 and was able to transfer/view files recorded from my Sony ZV1 using the insta360 X4 quick reader. Does this answer your question? *ANY insta360 Quick reader can be used as a normal quick reader to your computer/tablet/phone for ANY SD Card no matter what camera you take it from*
@@OnTheRoadYTC ok I am going to upload your answer. But the short version is. With the insta360ap using my Samsung Galaxy fold 5 "fully updated" Although I recorded in 8k, it would not let me export in any resolution higher then 4k with a 150mb but rate. It didn't matter whether exported in FLAT or 360 MODE. Aspect ratio didn't matter either.
How fast does the X4 quick reader transfer to the phone? My Go 3 quick reader only transfers about 30-40MB/s to my iPhone. Which is about the same speed as transferring with WiFi.
So the X4 via U-Disk Mode Writes at 50-55 MB/s. Read: 64-72 MB/sec. A high speed SD card reader would still net you much faster speeds (like closer to 100mb/s). I use the quick reader so I don't have to use up camera battery to do edits. Just plug the reader to my tablet and get to business. Hope that answers your question?
@@Jonasegway Not talking about U-Disk mode with direct cable connection. I'm interested in the "Quick Reader" accessory for X4. When plugged into a phone does the app download video files faster than 40MB/s?
@@Battlem0nk I am so sorry it took me so long to respond. So with a read/write test with the X4's quick reader. I got a peak 80mb/s but sustained 74mb/s on the read speeds and a peak 89mb/s with a constant 84mb/s on the write speeds. This was direct from the quick reader using insta360's 512gb memory card (v30, A2, UHS1 memory card) to my Samsung Galaxy fold 5 while in the insta360 x4's quick reader transferring a 4k 30fps video with the bitrate at 150. Let me know if you have any other questions!
@@Jonasegway thanks for the info. Look like the X4 reader is 2x faster than the Go3 & I bought the wrong one 😕 Update: found out the Go3 & X3 reader only support USB2.0 while X4 can do USB3.0, no wonder there is a speed difference.
@@Battlem0nk yess. They weren't lying about the speed difference. I use the x4's quick reader all of the time now for my editing no matter which camera I've recorded with just for the speed difference alone. I'll just take the memory card out of whichever camera and put it in the x4's quick reader and get to editing
Ok so here is your official answer (because I have both X3 and X4 quick readers with me right here). The x3's quick reader can AND cannot work with the X4 camera. Let me explain.... The x3 quick reader WILL not physically plug into the X4 camera (insta360 purposely designed them slightly different so either quick reader would NOT physically connect into either camera). However....you could always take the memory card out of either the X3 or the X4 camera (or even the AcePro) and put the memory card into ANY of these quick readers and plug it into your editing device (whether it's an android phone, PC, ORR Apple device) and perform your editing/file transfers. However.....the X3 and X4 quick readers do have lightning cable male ends built into them. So the x4's quick reader DOES have the lightning male end as well as USBC like the x3's quick reader does. If you need to see this in a 15second video i have no problem showing you this. But I have all of the quick readers with me for the X3/X4/1 RS 1" cams
So If you think you will store your camera in a bag with other equipment, I would say get the screen protector. If not just at least get the lens silicone cover. I have both because I have cracked two GoPro screens while being stored in a crowded camera gear bag
No. The quick reader does not have internal storage. You have to put an SD Card in the quick reader. If you record a video with your X4 and then plug in your quick reader (with an SD card installed), you will not be able to transfer the videoa you recorded with your X4 from the camera to the quick reader unless you ... 1. Connect the quick reader and your x4 to a computer and manually transfer the videos from the camera to the quick reader 2. When finish recording the videos from your x4, take the SD card out of your Camera and insert it into the quick reader and then edit your videos using the quick reader. Wbat I do is, I'll record videos with my X4 (without the quick reader). When I am done with my recordings, I'll take the SD card out of my camera, put it in the quick reader and then connect the quick reader to my tablet and edit the videos this way.
The quick reader can be used as a storage device (if you have a mini SD Card reader installed). The quick reader DOES NOT have internal storage. You can edit your videos....put them on the quick reader and transfer them to another device. If you recorded your videos with a camera with the quick reader installed and edit the videos on the SD card reader with your cellphone. The edits performed will only save to your cellphone if you did not export the videos. If you connect that same quick reader to a different cellphone, your non-exported videos will not have any edits and will be the original "unedited" videos
Is that possible to transfer the data from the Camera SD card to the Quick Reader SD card? So I don’t need to plug in/out the Camera SD card… Thank you!
No. You have to take the memory card out of the quick reader in order to get your footage into the quick reader. Remember the quick reader doesn't have any internal storage. You have to have a memory card installed inside of the quick reader. Another option is to connect your camera and quick reader to your computer/laptop and maybe you could manually transfer your files from your camera's memory card to the memory card you have inside of the quick reader.
Hi, i just bought it yesterday but this is basically, i just connect the camera to my phone (if i dont have the quick reader) right? Or i’m wrong? Because i tried yesterday, it not appear on photo album but only appear in the app & then i need to export to alblum just like i connect the camera without quick reader. 😅 Sorry about my english
@@akimdanial you can get the video from our camera to your phone without the quick reader. You only need to download the app and follow the instructions on how to connect your camera to your phone wirelessly. The quick reader works in two ways. 1. You put your SD card into the quick reader and then connect your quick reader to your camera with the USB-C port. When you use the quick reader like this, the video will save onto the SD card inside of the quick reader. 2. After you record the videos into the quick reader, you can disconnect the quick reader from your camera and connect it to your phone. After you connect the quick reader to your phone, your phone will ask you if you want it to open the insta360 app so it could find the files. After your first time doing this, the app will ask you what folder do you want it to look in for your videos so you will need to select that folder. After that, you should be able to do quick edits with the insta360 app and then export the videos you've edited into your phone's internal memory.
@@Jonasegway so basically just the same the way i connect the camera to phone wirelessly right? But with quick reader, the camera no need to connect wirelessly & save some battery. Right?
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THANK YOU for an explanation this newbie can actually understand! Just bought an X4 and all the cool accessories, so this is most helpful.
You are very very welcome and if you ever have any questions just ask. I have no problem making a video short strictly showing you how to do whatever it is you have any questions on!
@@Jonasegway I was looking for some way to list the contents of the SD card in the reader and how to transfer files from, say, the X4 to the reader and then to a third device without having to remove SD cards.
@@brianmcgauley2664 this is possible with a computer/laptop that has multiple USB or usb-c ports.
The easy way to do this (but your phone/tablet/computer will need to have the internal space to do this) is....
- connect your X4 to your device (i.e. phone/tablet or computer)
- copy the files onto your device from your X4 (make a folder if that's what you prefer)
- PROPERLY remove the X4 from your device
- connect your quick reader to the same device
- find the folder with the X4 files in it and copy them to the quick reader.
I could make a straight to the point video on how this looks in person but I am going to need like 9hrs because I am currently driving and will be for the next 8hrs
@@brianmcgauley2664 I will still recommend just removing the memory card from the X4 and put it in the quick reader for a much easier process. But the steps listed above is your alternative
@@Jonasegway Thanks; I prefer to use my iPad over my cell for editing, so that will be fine. The only downside is having to remove everything to open the battery, but I can live with that.
Thank you for giving information on this. I have one from the company but wasn't sure how to use it correctly and efficiently
You are very welcome. It keeps you from having to remove your memory card if you want to edit your videos without going wireless. I use mine Everytime I edit my videos.
Thanks for the informative video. You answered all my questions. I was reall confused about what functionality this provides but now I have a clear picture.
Thank you very much and you are welcome!
thank you for the video. It helps a lot, is simple, and is easy to follow.
You are very welcome!
Thank you!
My pleasure
great video. thank you for the valuable information.
@@jesusmalunao235 my pleasure!
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And thank you and you are also very welcome!
Nice explained video, mate! Do you know if it works with iPhone 15? It's USB C only, or if it only works with the lightning cable to transfer to your phone if it makes sense. I wondering if I plug the usb c on my Iphone 15 will read. Many thanks
Yesss it will work with your iPhone 15. Just make sure to buy the usb-c version!
Thank you for the kind words and you are welcome!
@@Jonasegway Perfect! I got mine, and it works perfectly! Save a lot of time.
@elvoxnobru yessuuuuur. Even better when you use a wireless mic allowing you to use that USBC port for the quick reader to make your workflow even easier and quicker
Hey mate, can you transfer clips from the app back to sd card using the card reader? Or is there any other way to do that, as I’ve maxed up my storage on my iPad and iPhone
@@davidroybenzondjari7462 I am so sorry it took me so long to respond. I was responding and got distracted. Came back to finish my response and it was deleted so here is your answer...
@@davidroybenzondjari7462 ok David so the one device I didn't bring with me to reverify is my iPad lol. Because you can with android devices, I would imagine you could with apple devices to (@ transfer files In and out of your apple device if you plugged a hard drive into it).
Basically the SD Card reader is an SD card reader. I use my SD Card reader to move video files and store files. You have to insert a mini SD card with whatever size storage you want to use. When it comes to SD Storage cards go I have a 512gb card in mine. I cannot find the specs but I remember seeing on insta360's website you could use up to 1tb in these card readers. I use an Amazon basics 512gb card in mine and have for around 7months. So I know you could store up to at least 512gb.
If you decide to buy the quick reader, by the quick reader for the X4 camera because it has higher specs for the X3 camera as far as performance
thanks for the video.
One question: can we connect the USB-C port to an Android phone or does this only work with iPhone using the Lightning port?
By the way. I managed to transfer the Insta360 native editing files (.insp extension) to a Macbook computer using a generic SD card reader adapter connected to the Mac but it takes a lotttt of time. I will test connecting this adapter with the SD card to the phone to see how fast it is to edit the files.
thanks again
This reader DOES connect to an android phone. The usb-c side is the same size I use when I connect it to my android phone/tablet.
However...if you have a bulky protector over your android phone, you will probably need to get one of those mini usb-c male to usb-c female adapters to give this quick reader clearance to plug into the usb-c port of your android device because many phone cases are too thick to allow connection to the phone.
I use these. You could use these or something like this. Just make sure it is a usb-c male to usb-c female adapter.
GHQXZT USB C Extender Adapter 40Gbps, 8K 60Hz USB C Male to Female Extension Adapter,USB Type-C Male to Female Extender PD 100W Fast Charging USB 4 Thunderbolt 4 Connector for MacBook Pro(2 Pack) a.co/d/bUgiNZp
Great video, good job ! Can you transfer directly to a latest gen phone videos from any SD card using the insta360 X4 USB quick reader ? Even if the videos come from the SD card of osmo pocket 3 for example ? (the app would not be needed there)
@@epos_rising ok so I think I understand your question. You're asking if you could use the quick reader to edit videos with an SD card that came out of a camera like a pocket 3 just to transfer videos to your computer/phone/tablet without using the insta360 app?
Question 1:
So you want to use ANY quick reader as a general SD Card reader?
So another way I use the quick readers is... I'll record footage on my AcePro without any quick readers and then when I am done recording, I will take the SD card out of the AcePro, put it in a quick reader made for the insta360 X3 and use the quick reader to transfer/edit the AcePro 's footage using the insta360 app.
So...I took the quick reader for the insta360 X4, put an SD Card into it from my Sony Zv1 and was able to transfer/view files recorded from my Sony ZV1 using the insta360 X4 quick reader.
Does this answer your question?
*ANY insta360 Quick reader can be used as a normal quick reader to your computer/tablet/phone for ANY SD Card no matter what camera you take it from*
@@Jonasegway You're awesome. Thank you so much!
@epos_rising my pleasure
Was the 8k video reduced to 4k like when you transfer from the X4 to phone wirelessly or is it still 8k ProRes like when you transfer to pc?
@@OnTheRoadYTC ok I am going to upload your answer. But the short version is. With the insta360ap using my Samsung Galaxy fold 5 "fully updated" Although I recorded in 8k, it would not let me export in any resolution higher then 4k with a 150mb but rate.
It didn't matter whether exported in FLAT or 360 MODE. Aspect ratio didn't matter either.
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My pleasure
How fast does the X4 quick reader transfer to the phone?
My Go 3 quick reader only transfers about 30-40MB/s to my iPhone. Which is about the same speed as transferring with WiFi.
So the X4 via U-Disk Mode Writes at 50-55 MB/s. Read: 64-72 MB/sec.
A high speed SD card reader would still net you much faster speeds (like closer to 100mb/s).
I use the quick reader so I don't have to use up camera battery to do edits. Just plug the reader to my tablet and get to business.
Hope that answers your question?
@@Jonasegway Not talking about U-Disk mode with direct cable connection. I'm interested in the "Quick Reader" accessory for X4. When plugged into a phone does the app download video files faster than 40MB/s?
@@Battlem0nk I am so sorry it took me so long to respond. So with a read/write test with the X4's quick reader. I got a peak 80mb/s but sustained 74mb/s on the read speeds and a peak 89mb/s with a constant 84mb/s on the write speeds.
This was direct from the quick reader using insta360's 512gb memory card (v30, A2, UHS1 memory card) to my Samsung Galaxy fold 5 while in the insta360 x4's quick reader transferring a 4k 30fps video with the bitrate at 150.
Let me know if you have any other questions!
@@Jonasegway thanks for the info. Look like the X4 reader is 2x faster than the Go3 & I bought the wrong one 😕
Update: found out the Go3 & X3 reader only support USB2.0 while X4 can do USB3.0, no wonder there is a speed difference.
@@Battlem0nk yess. They weren't lying about the speed difference. I use the x4's quick reader all of the time now for my editing no matter which camera I've recorded with just for the speed difference alone. I'll just take the memory card out of whichever camera and put it in the x4's quick reader and get to editing
Will the x3 reader work with the x4 camera
The reason I ask is my iPad is lightning not usbc and the quick reader x4 is not lightning
Give me a sec let me check
Ok so here is your official answer (because I have both X3 and X4 quick readers with me right here). The x3's quick reader can AND cannot work with the X4 camera. Let me explain....
The x3 quick reader WILL not physically plug into the X4 camera (insta360 purposely designed them slightly different so either quick reader would NOT physically connect into either camera).
However....you could always take the memory card out of either the X3 or the X4 camera (or even the AcePro) and put the memory card into ANY of these quick readers and plug it into your editing device (whether it's an android phone, PC, ORR Apple device) and perform your editing/file transfers.
However.....the X3 and X4 quick readers do have lightning cable male ends built into them.
So the x4's quick reader DOES have the lightning male end as well as USBC like the x3's quick reader does. If you need to see this in a 15second video i have no problem showing you this. But I have all of the quick readers with me for the X3/X4/1 RS 1" cams
Do you recommend the screen protectors or the just the protector case, or both?
So If you think you will store your camera in a bag with other equipment, I would say get the screen protector. If not just at least get the lens silicone cover. I have both because I have cracked two GoPro screens while being stored in a crowded camera gear bag
If i record on my x4 without the quick reader, can i then plug quick reader in and transfer a video from x4 to quick reader
No. The quick reader does not have internal storage. You have to put an SD Card in the quick reader.
If you record a video with your X4 and then plug in your quick reader (with an SD card installed), you will not be able to transfer the videoa you recorded with your X4 from the camera to the quick reader unless you ...
1. Connect the quick reader and your x4 to a computer and manually transfer the videos from the camera to the quick reader
2. When finish recording the videos from your x4, take the SD card out of your Camera and insert it into the quick reader and then edit your videos using the quick reader.
Wbat I do is, I'll record videos with my X4 (without the quick reader). When I am done with my recordings, I'll take the SD card out of my camera, put it in the quick reader and then connect the quick reader to my tablet and edit the videos this way.
If you edit you can store to the Quick reader and then put it on onther device?
Isnt that possible 😅
The quick reader can be used as a storage device (if you have a mini SD Card reader installed). The quick reader DOES NOT have internal storage.
You can edit your videos....put them on the quick reader and transfer them to another device.
If you recorded your videos with a camera with the quick reader installed and edit the videos on the SD card reader with your cellphone. The edits performed will only save to your cellphone if you did not export the videos.
If you connect that same quick reader to a different cellphone, your non-exported videos will not have any edits and will be the original "unedited" videos
Let me know if that answers your question
Is that possible to transfer the data from the Camera SD card to the Quick Reader SD card? So I don’t need to plug in/out the Camera SD card… Thank you!
No. You have to take the memory card out of the quick reader in order to get your footage into the quick reader.
Remember the quick reader doesn't have any internal storage. You have to have a memory card installed inside of the quick reader.
Another option is to connect your camera and quick reader to your computer/laptop and maybe you could manually transfer your files from your camera's memory card to the memory card you have inside of the quick reader.
well you sold it to me for past hour i was thinking mmm yes no but yes just bought one thanks
Its funny you wrote this because right as your comment came in, I am using it to pull footage off my X3 lol.
Hi, i just bought it yesterday but this is basically, i just connect the camera to my phone (if i dont have the quick reader) right? Or i’m wrong? Because i tried yesterday, it not appear on photo album but only appear in the app & then i need to export to alblum just like i connect the camera without quick reader. 😅
Sorry about my english
@@akimdanial you can get the video from our camera to your phone without the quick reader. You only need to download the app and follow the instructions on how to connect your camera to your phone wirelessly.
The quick reader works in two ways.
1. You put your SD card into the quick reader and then connect your quick reader to your camera with the USB-C port. When you use the quick reader like this, the video will save onto the SD card inside of the quick reader.
2. After you record the videos into the quick reader, you can disconnect the quick reader from your camera and connect it to your phone. After you connect the quick reader to your phone, your phone will ask you if you want it to open the insta360 app so it could find the files. After your first time doing this, the app will ask you what folder do you want it to look in for your videos so you will need to select that folder.
After that, you should be able to do quick edits with the insta360 app and then export the videos you've edited into your phone's internal memory.
@@Jonasegway so basically just the same the way i connect the camera to phone wirelessly right? But with quick reader, the camera no need to connect wirelessly & save some battery. Right?
Can you record to card and only use the reader for editing?
Oh, I just saw the end of the video 😅 Apparently it works
@lehntube 😂