Go Pro question

Alpine310

Newbie Location: Australia Joined: Feb 02, 2013 05:52 Messages: 43 Offline

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Jul 11, 2013 04:45

I have a Go Pro Hero 3 Black. I normally record at 1080-50Frames. I go with 50Frames as I think that is better than 25 if I want to do any editing into slow motion. I live in Australia so TV is Pal 25Frames.

When I edit in PD 11, am I best setting the frame rate at Pal 50 or Pal 25? Also can you please explain what difference it will make if I don't match them. If I know before recording that I will not be doing any slow motion am I better setting the camera at 25Frames?

I watch the finished product on both a HD Television and a PC screen as well as uploading some to You Tube.

I would love to hear from people with a Go Pro and PD 11 to hear what they find works best.

Thank you in advance.

James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Jul 11, 2013 13:44

I normally do not worry about that setting and see excellent results with my GoPro. I produce to custom profiles that match the original clip. You probably are best to set PD at the frame rate of the clip. From what I understand, having a different frame rate may cause the video to loose frames. With that said, I often produce to lower quality than the original clip, so I am giving up frames anyways.

I primarily use higher frame rate for slow motion. Using a lower frame rate will allow you to save longer clips on the camera. My best suggestion is to try several short clips and see which one looks best on your television. __________________________________
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Alpine310

Newbie Location: Australia Joined: Feb 02, 2013 05:52 Messages: 43 Offline

Jul 12, 2013 03:12

Thanks for the quick reply Jaime.

What profile to produce at was going to be my next question. I normally use Mpeg-4 1920x180/25p (13Mbps)

I notice you said you use custom profiles, does that mean Mpeg-4 1920x180/25p (13Mbps) is not as good.

Can you tell me what profile you set yours at please?

Thanks.

James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Jul 12, 2013 14:57

With my eyesight and a 23" monitor I can not really see a major difference in a standard profile that closely matches, but I clicked on the Intellegent SVRT button and it recommended a custom profile. I saved that as GoPro 1080p, or something to recognize it as my GoPro profile. The main advantage is that SVRT works and you are not encoding it an extra time. That is usually faster and improves quality.
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Eugen157

Senior Contributor Location: Palm Springs area, So.CA Joined: Dec 10, 2012 13:57 Messages: 662 Offline

Jul 12, 2013 21:09

Camcorderinfo had a nice review some time ago.

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