GoPro Dashboard Overlay
Best for: full control and great-looking maps and gauges. It reads GPX and FIT files and renders a dashboard video you can place over your footage. You run it from a command line, so it suits tech-comfortable riders.
BeeDash · rides & video
Put your ride data on your GoPro video
Export a ride from BeeDash and overlay speed, your route map and more on your GoPro (or phone) footage using free tools. A built-in BeeDash HUD overlay export is coming soon.
What BeeDash exports today. GPX — route, time and elevation, plus speed, power and pack temperature on every point in standard Garmin extension fields (BeeDash 0.7 and later). CSV — every second of the ride: GPS, speed, pack voltage, current, charge and temperature. GPX works in the most tools; CSV is best for custom gauges. How much of the data a tool shows depends on that tool.
Record the ride and the video
In BeeDash tap Start ride first, then start your GoPro. Starting them within a few seconds of each other makes syncing easy. When you’re done, stop both. (Or turn on Settings → Ride video and let BeeDash film the ride from a handlebar-mounted phone — then the video and data are already together, and BeeDash tells you how many seconds apart they start.)
Export the ride
Open History in BeeDash, tap the ride, and choose GPX (or CSV). Save it to Files, or AirDrop / email it to your computer.
Pick an overlay tool
All three below are free. Each links to its official page.
Import your video and the ride file
Add your GoPro clip and the GPX file. Choose a gauge or map template — speedometer, route map, elevation.
Line up the time
Phone and camera clocks rarely match to the second. Use the tool’s time-offset or sync control: scrub to the moment the bike starts moving in the video and nudge the data until speed starts rising at the same instant.
Render and share
Export the finished video. That’s it.
Free overlay tools
Choose your editor
We don’t make or support these tools — links go to each project’s own site. Features and menu names can change, so check their instructions.
VSDC Free Video Editor
Best for: one program that does everything. VSDC’s release notes describe a telemetry tool that imports GPX files and offers speedometer, altitude and route widgets you drop onto your timeline. Menu names can change between versions, so check VSDC’s help for your version.
Cyclemetry
Best for: designing your own gauge layout. A desktop app that builds telemetry overlay clips from GPX data, which you then lay over your video in any editor.
Older tools. Garmin VIRB Edit and Dashware are no longer being updated. Some riders still use them, but we don’t recommend starting there.
Tips
- GPS speed and your bike’s own speedometer can differ a little — that’s normal.
- Phone GPS can drop out in tunnels or tall buildings; you’ll see gaps in the overlay.
- Want power, voltage and temperature gauges? Use the CSV with a tool that can read custom data columns, or wait for BeeDash’s own HUD export.
FAQ
Questions
Does BeeDash overlay data on video itself?
Not yet. Today you export GPX or CSV and use a free overlay tool. A built-in HUD overlay export is coming soon.
Which file should I export?
GPX works in the most tools. Choose CSV if your tool can read custom data columns for voltage, current and temperature.
Does it work with phone video?
Yes. Any video file works as long as you can line up the start time in the overlay tool.