Gopro help
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Pumajay

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1,072 posts

233 months

Sunday 28th October 2012
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Hi, I've had my Gopro since Xmas last year, it's a standard hd hero1 so nothing special but I'm stuggling with the video editing side of things. I'm in no way good with pc's, I can just about turn it on and play football manager!!

So too my issue, what's the best free editing software to use? I tried mpeg stream clip but it was awful just kept freezing. Also it seems that the file sizes are huge, to upload a 10 minute video to YouTube was going to take 3 hours..., I know that's down to my Internet connection but surely there's a way to compress the files??

I apologise if I sound like a numbskull but I've got a load of videos from track days and days out driving in mpeg4 format and I don't seem to be able to do much with then.


Any help is hugely appreciated.

Craikeybaby

12,084 posts

254 months

Monday 29th October 2012
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I'm not expert on GoPro but as no one else has answered, I'll suggest Windows Movie Maker as a starting point for video editing.

Pumajay

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1,072 posts

233 months

Monday 29th October 2012
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yeh a friend i work with suggested that, i googled that many video editors last night i totally forgot about the most obvious one.

i'l give it a go tonight and see how it goes. i think the biggest problem is that i need a slightly more modern laptop, my old faithful has been with me for 5 years now and its had some abuse!! may upgrade to a macbook pro and be done with it!

y2blade

56,318 posts

244 months

Monday 29th October 2012
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+1 for Windows Movie maker.


wetny

486 posts

241 months

Monday 29th October 2012
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Try the free editing software on the gopro site. My mate swears by it. Have used windows movie maker and it was ok.

tonyvid

9,889 posts

272 months

Tuesday 30th October 2012
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Pumajay said:
i'l give it a go tonight and see how it goes. i think the biggest problem is that i need a slightly more modern laptop, my old faithful has been with me for 5 years now and its had some abuse!! may upgrade to a macbook pro and be done with it!
That's really not helping you edit the footage - HD media is really demanding on the pc so a fast machine with lots of RAM is essential if you don't want stuttering and freezing.

Can't help with the freebee software as I use Adobe CS5.5 for editing this sort of stuff, the Elements version of Premiere will be more than up to it as long as the lappie can cope.