GoPro video editing slow and choppy

AllanSmithee

Member Joined: Mar 13, 2015 19:16 Messages: 54 Offline

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May 25, 2016 17:13

I have been using PD13 now for over a year and I love it. I typically edit video filmed at 1080p and 30fps.

We recently purchased a GoPro for filming and I used the same settings for filming - 1080p at 30fps. Now when trying to edit the video the preview is painfully slow and choppy, to the point that I cannot edit the video.

Does anyone have experience with using GoPro videos in PowerDirector? Is the MP4 container somehow different to the point that PD chokes on it? Any other pointers for editing these?

Thanks

James Dotson

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

Jun 01, 2016 03:04

I have not experienced that issue. It can depend on your system performance and GoPro settings. By defaukt GoPro can be very high bitrate video. __________________________________
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AllanSmithee

Member Joined: Mar 13, 2015 19:16 Messages: 54 Offline

Jun 01, 2016 18:42

Yeah again I set it to 1080p and 30fps. Is there another setting I can try? Not sure what you mean by "bitrate" other than the resolution and the framerate.

Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

Jun 01, 2016 20:04

Quote: Yeah again I set it to 1080p and 30fps. Is there another setting I can try? Not sure what you mean by "bitrate" other than the resolution and the framerate.

Check your camera setting for the video quality. Video quality is measured by the bitrate the video is encoded.

technical concept of digital video.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_video

Gopro Hereo 4 video modes: https://gopro.com/support/articles/hero4-black-recording-time-in-each-video-setting

I see Gopro has some very high bitrates which make is difficult for Powerdirector to edit, depending on your computer specs. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

CS2014

Senior Contributor Location: USA-Eastern Time Zone Joined: Sep 16, 2014 16:44 Messages: 629 Offline

Jun 02, 2016 09:49

A year ago I had taken many GoPro video clips with the Hero4 Silver version of the camera. I created a couple of projects that were over an hour in duration. I created and burned Blu-Ray DVDs with this computer - had to buy a Blu-Ray (BD) disc burner for the computer in order to burn HD BDs though.

The specs of my computer system is listed at the bottom of my thread window.

I had some choppiness in PREVIEW playback - but I could work/live with it. I think the more clips I had in the editing room, the more transitions & editing I did to the clips, greatly affected the processing in the CPU/GPU and THIS leads to the PREVIEW choppiness. The CPU and GPU processors are dealing with A LOT of information when they are working on video clips that have whatever you might have done with/to them - not limited to but might include - any color correction or lighting adjustments - I think transitions and the like even contribute to the load that is sent to the CPU/GPU. I think all this leads to whether the PREVIEW flows along as expected or if you get a choppy preview.

What sort of computer specs are you working with? What is your hardware configuration?

Bottom line though, I was able to edit and burn several BD dvds at the 1920-1080/60p choice - in PD13.

CS

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