Hi.
Just begun to use a gopro and made my first edit using Windows Movie Maker yesterday. Found it a good little tool but when uploaded to YouTube, the playback quality doesn't seem that good.
Are there any other free editing programs that might improve the picture quality once uploaded.
Thanks
Ian
It's probably got something to do with your output settings
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/285-video-editing/59594411
I use premiere and it took a bit of faffing to get decent output/size properties
There's always a drop when uploading to YT whenever I use it - I find Viemo slightly better.
Check Vimeo's upload spec page. It lists the formats that work best in terms of quality/bitrate/file size. Works for youtube and facebook too.
WMM may not have that many codec options to choose from though, don't really know though as I use premier. If you can't get the codec you want in WMM there are 3rd part compression apps out there too. You could output from WMM uncompressed then compress using another program. A bit awkward but you might prefer that to having to learn another programme .
YouTube won't show the 1080 for an hour or 2 IME. Something to do with the footage being processed taking a while after upload.
Adobe Premiere Pro.
Last time I looked at Premiere, it couldn't handle the weird 47.95 frame rate that GoPros have instead of 50 (though you can halve it with 23.976FPS). GoPros own software does handle that frame rate and is actually pretty good if you're just knocking little films together.
As others have said, higher quality settings can take a while to show on Youtube, though I've found they're getting quicker at that. Mismatched frame rates in export settings is the first thing I'd check if your uploaded footage looks like poo. You want the export to either match the original frame rate or go with exactly half. In any case, if not exactly matched your output frame rate needs to be a divisor of the one you shot at.
Youtube and Vimeo only allow a maximum frame rate of 30, so if you shoot at higher rates, uploads will never look quite as good as your original footage.
Try Gopro Studio. It's a free download from the Gopro website. Dead easy to use. It also gives you options when saving your edit as to the type of application you will be viewing your film on, there is a Youtube option. Stuff I've put on looks really good.
nach - Member
Youtube and Vimeo only allow a maximum frame rate of 30
(I was wrong: just went to watch something, and one of the options was 720p60. Apparently they allow that and 1080p60FPS too now).
A "free" version of premiere will be easily available on the internet and should sort you out. Im not a fan of premiere though, its all about Avid for me!
I ended up using Sony Vegas Blahbah Whotsit 10. It's a paid-for but it was a good tool, and also far less hardware intensive than others I used.
Last time I looked at Premiere, it couldn't handle the weird 47.95 frame rate that GoPros have instead of 50
It seems to handle all the others though.
A "free" version of premiere will be easily available on the internet and should sort you out.
Just for avoidance of doubt, does this mean pirated/stolen?
Hi I use TrakAx very easy to use , you can download a free trial for a few weeks, full version
I came across a review on YouTube and gave the trail ago and then bought it
http://www.trakax.com/software/pc/
Be careful if you're recording in 60 fps. I think Youtube supports 60fps now (although not tried it myself) but Vimeo doesn't.
Converting to 30 from 60 isn't the same as recording in 30 natively. You don't get the nice motion blur that helps a 30fps look smooth. I found Youtube (and Vimeo) did a nasty job of down-converting 60fps to 30. Video would look very choppy and badly compressed.
Why would you record in 60fps unless it was a piece of action you wanted in slo-mo. What am I missing here? Record in 25fps, set your comp up as 25fps and export as 25 fps? Your just generating larger file sizes for nothing.
Depends what you are filming as to what frame rate you should use. I stick to 60fps which gives me options later. I've been playing around with GoPro Studio (it's free) and have found it to be good to a point. You are not going to get loads of fancy effects and transitions, but it does a good job of helping you create a video with text and sound effects/music is you so wish.
One thing I have found is that if you edit on a colour corrected screen, it is worth playing the video back on a TV to see how it looks. For me the TV image is very saturated if it looks OK on the computer.
GoPro studio has export options, including YouTube, Vimeo, 720 and 1080.
Adobe Premier Elements is another choice too.
Why would you record in 60fps unless it was a piece of action you wanted in slo-mo.
60 is a lot smoother, especially with action. (edit) Here's a comparison using a fast moving game:
24 may be enough to fool the eye, and people seem to vary in their sensitivity to frame rate, but higher ones do make a difference.
nach - MemberWhy would you record in 60fps unless it was a piece of action you wanted in slo-mo.
60 is a lot smoother, especially with action. (edit) Here's a comparison using a fast moving game:
24 may be enough to fool the eye, and people seem to vary in their sensitivity to frame rate, but higher ones do make a difference.
I don't think it would make enough of a difference to me for dicking about on my bike at least. I rarely use my gopro but when I do it's at 24fps and I'm happy enough with that. I suppose if it was for broadcast I might consider looking into it more closely. I would suspect though that if someone were shooting in poor light bumping up the frame rate would have a detrimental effect on image quality. Where that cross over point between light sensitivity and smooth motion is, I can't say. Probably depends on the end user.
Does the job for me,
Getting back to the OPs original question, I've just got a new Go Pro, having had the same issue, I got the Go Pro studio and so far so good, there's some pretty good tutorials on youtube. I'm using an old laptop and the system is being stretched a little, but with patience it's fine.
As a nod to the fps point, I thought the lower speed was more suited to low light conditions?
BeddsAs a nod to the fps point, I thought the lower speed was more suited to low light conditions?
Pal TV is broadcast in 25 fps. Film is 24 fps (generally). NTSC (amercican tv) is 29.97fps. So the vast majority of stuff you watch is shot and broadcast at 24/25 fps.