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GoPro video editing

Post by Aricracer » Sat Oct 20, 2012 8:24 am

What program do you guys use to edit GoPro video ?

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Re: GoPro video editing

Post by wizzman » Sat Oct 20, 2012 9:35 am

Windows Live Movie Maker has all the basic features you need and is very easy to use. It should already be on your PC.
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Re: GoPro video editing

Post by brucesallen » Sat Oct 20, 2012 11:33 am

wizzman wrote:Windows Live Movie Maker has all the basic features you need and is very easy to use. It should already be on your PC.
I used Adobe Premier but it was a pain in the butt. So I also went back to free Windows Live Moviemaker.
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Re: GoPro video editing

Post by John F » Sat Oct 20, 2012 12:20 pm

I use Avidemux http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avidemux
It's free and has a lot of features. I didn't realize Windows movie maker did MP4 editing
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Re: GoPro video editing

Post by Chrispy » Sat Oct 20, 2012 12:30 pm

I use AVIDemux as well for quick trimming. Is is extremely quick when it is just copying unaltered stream data.

A few quirks it has that you need to get used to:
- Need to set output to MP4. Output as AVI doesn't work right.
- Can only trim start/stop points on key-frame (I-frame) boundary markers. There are controls to advance to next I-frame. Using drag method always lands on an I-frame.

Trimmed output can then be fed into movie maker or RaceRender or uploaded directly to the Tube.
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Re: GoPro video editing

Post by Resolution78 » Sun Oct 21, 2012 9:53 pm

wizzman wrote:Windows Live Movie Maker has all the basic features you need and is very easy to use. It should already be on your PC.
Same here

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Re: GoPro video editing

Post by iamrazor » Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:03 am

Resolution78 wrote:
wizzman wrote:Windows Live Movie Maker has all the basic features you need and is very easy to use. It should already be on your PC.
Same here

+2 for Movie Maker.

FYI, the first time you load up the file, it takes a while. My files are ~1.5GB for each 20 minute session in 720p. Movie Maker will appear to be hung up, but its loading up the file. Takes ~3-5minutes depending on PC speed.
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