Which movie editer/maker

[murph the surfMember]

Ok
We have plenty of great Go-pro footage
It is saved as MP4 when put on my lap top
Have been trying to edit using Windows live movie maker but it is a pain in the arse
All I want is to be able drag footage onto a time line, add some titles, music and the like then save it.
Once saved I can cut DVD’s or save to hard drives etc
As, I am no computer guru, the program would have to be pretty easy to use.
Would even purchase something from a shop if I know what I’m looking for.
I used to do a bit of editing years ago from a cam corder and made a few great short movies but that program doesn’t handle the go-pro
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Cheers
Murph

[scott bockingMember]

Is the problem with the Windows editor or could it be that your computer can’t handle the big files that HD footage creates. Just check that first otherwise anything you spend on software will be wasted.
To check just load a raw file and view it on you monitor. If it plays smoothly all good, if it jumps, is jerky or skip frames you need hardware upgrades.

STM

[Damien BonoraMember]

Hi Murph,
I use a drift HD1070 cam, records in some odd format not MP4 , so i had to get a program to edit and convert the footage so it could be read on a dvd player.
I can watch the footage as is on the PC but could not edit it and it would not work on the DVD player.
I use Pinnacle Studio 14 to do it.
It is a little confusing to start with but once you get the hang of it, it works well.
It does heaps more than I do with it, I’m just using the basics to trim the boring bits out, add titles and sound effects and then burn to DVD.
Takes me about 1 hour to edit the footage down to fit on the DVD(whole days ride), then the program takes around 1 minute per minute of footage to convert it.
As yours is already in MP4 you might not need to convert it??

[scott bockingMember]

+1 for Pinnacle Studio Murph. It is very intuative and can be bought for less than $100.

STM

[Jeffrey SmithMember]

Not sure why you are having trouble with Windows Live Moviemaker Murph. I t takes a bit of time for it to “Prepare playback quality” but it only does that once for each video you open with it. The next time you open the same video it starts straight away.

From there on it is fairly straight forward to use I reckon, click on the edit tab to set start, stop 0r split points.

Mine opened a new 7 minutes video in the time it took to type this.

[murph the surfMember]

singletrackmind wrote:

Is the problem with the Windows editor or could it be that your computer can’t handle the big files that HD footage creates. Just check that first otherwise anything you spend on software will be wasted.
To check just load a raw file and view it on you monitor. If it plays smoothly all good, if it jumps, is jerky or skip frames you need hardware upgrades.

STM

Puter plays the “raw” footage without any problems
When I bought the lap top, 8 months ago, I did tell the sales bloke that I would need something that would cope with editing movies
Might look into the Pinnacle Studio 14, that Trailraider mentioned

[murph the surfMember]

Jeffro wrote:

Not sure why you are having trouble with Windows Live Moviemaker Murph. I t takes a bit of time for it to “Prepare playback quality” but it only does that once for each video you open with it. The next time you open the same video it starts straight away.

From there on it is fairly straight forward to use I reckon, click on the edit tab to set start, stop 0r split points.

Mine opened a new 7 minutes video in the time it took to type this.

Windows live movie maker seems to seize up and then tells me that it is not responding
Could be me, though
Thanks fella’s

[murph the surfMember]

Another question
Do you have to import straight from the camera or can you put the footage onto your computer and import into “Studio” from there?
Thinking about buying Pinnacle Studio 14 from ebay. $69

[Damien BonoraMember]

Murph the surf wrote:

Another question
Do you have to import straight from the camera or can you put the footage onto your computer and import into “Studio” from there?
Thinking about buying Pinnacle Studio 14 from ebay. $69

I put my SD card out of the camera into the PC and go from there.
I can also leave the SD card in the camera and use the lead to join it to the PC.

[murph the surfMember]

OK
Before I buy an editing program, I have a few questions for you guru’s

1) Should we record with our Gopro in HD1080 or HD720

2) Do I need a firewire to upload to PC if using Pinnacle studio

3) Do I need to convert MP4 to AVI to edit, if so what is the easiest way

Help aprecciated
Cheers
Murph

P.S. Like anything to do with computers, I think I have opened a can of worms. :angry:

[scott bockingMember]

Murph the surf wrote:

OK
Before I buy an editing program, I have a few questions for you guru’s

1) Should we record with our Gopro in HD1080 or HD720

2) Do I need a firewire to upload to PC if using Pinnacle studio

3) Do I need to convert MP4 to AVI to edit, if so what is the easiest way

Help aprecciated
Cheers
Murph

P.S. Like anything to do with computers, I think I have opened a can of worms. :angry:

I like to film in the highest resolution possible as it is easy to compress later but much harder to upscale.

The leads that came with you camera will do the job and you should be able to save files to your computer, work out which ones you want and then open them in Studio.

I would be surprised if Studio14 could not handle MP4 but if not there are free file converters online.

Good luck Murph.

STM

[Damien BonoraMember]

Hi Murph,
1) I record in 720 just because it uses a bit less memory and you can get more minutes of riding on the DVD.
2) I dont use a firewire, I just stick the SD card straight into the lappy and open pinnacle.
3) I’m not sure on this one as my camera records in AVI already, let me have a look at pinnacle tonight and get back to you, I don’t think you will have to convert it though.

If you going to be in sydney anytime soon your welcome to call in and have a play before you buy it if you like. Otherwise I am riding Kowen forest again this year, if you are going to be there I could bring it with me.

[murph the surfMember]

singletrackmind wrote:

Murph the surf wrote:

OK
Before I buy an editing program, I have a few questions for you guru’s

1) Should we record with our Gopro in HD1080 or HD720

2) Do I need a firewire to upload to PC if using Pinnacle studio

3) Do I need to convert MP4 to AVI to edit, if so what is the easiest way

Help aprecciated
Cheers
Murph

P.S. Like anything to do with computers, I think I have opened a can of worms. :angry:

I like to film in the highest resolution possible as it is easy to compress later but much harder to upscale.

The leads that came with you camera will do the job and you should be able to save files to your computer, work out which ones you want and then open them in Studio.

I would be surprised if Studio14 could not handle MP4 but if not there are free file converters online.

Good luck Murph.

STM

Thanks for the quick response STM
Cheers

[murph the surfMember]

Trailraider wrote:

Hi Murph,
1) I record in 720 just because it uses a bit less memory and you can get more minutes of riding on the DVD.
2) I dont use a firewire, I just stick the SD card straight into the lappy and open pinnacle.
3) I’m not sure on this one as my camera records in AVI already, let me have a look at pinnacle tonight and get back to you, I don’t think you will have to convert it though.

If you going to be in sydney anytime soon your welcome to call in and have a play before you buy it if you like. Otherwise I am riding Kowen forest again this year, if you are going to be there I could bring it with me.

Thanks for the offer Trailraider
I avoid Sydney like the plague, mate. Scares the shit out of me, too much traffic.
Have noticed there are Pinnacle Studio versions 15 and 16 now.
A bit more expensive and I doubt whether I need all of what they probably offer
Did you buy your program from a shop or ebay?

[mickMember]

thats what mine does jerk and jump…..what kind of upgrades am i looking at ??

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