Thanks for the info Anthony - I'll give them a try.
I'm on a PC BTW.
I did watch you video @ 360p and it was acceptable IMO.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Farr" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: OT: Fuji X10 sensor replacement saga
On 18 June 2012 09:08, Kenneth Waller <[email protected]> wrote:
The Go Pro is a terrific little P O V camera IMO . Bought one early this
year to record my dog sled race. Ran well in 15 degree F weather.
Can anyone recommend easy to use video editing software for use with HD
video?
PC or Mac?
There's a free editor available on the GoPro website for download to
GoPro users (although there's no strict check on ownership so I
suppose anyone can get it). I can't comment on its usefulness because
I haven't installed it yet. There's also a free editor called
VideoPad that I have used and does a good job, but whatever you do
DON'T INSTALL THE "MIXPAD AUDIO MIXER" that is offered in the software
suite when you install. It isn't part of the freeware, but it refuses
to uninstall when its trial is over :-(
This video was edited with VideoPad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlVEoHO4x6Q
Please don't watch it at the default 360p setting, it'll be rubbish.
Click on the cog and choose at least 480p, but 720p and fullscreen is
definitely nicer. It was also my first try at video editing, and I
could have managed some of the transitions better, like when passing
traffic vanishes. I should have made the cuts when the road was
empty.
I shot it about two hours after I unpacked my GoPro Hero. It's a
first generation HD Hero which is of course cheaper than an HD Hero2
and gives a good account of itself in good lighting. The new models
have much less noise when the light gets dimmer, if that's an issue,
and have higher resolution in still camera mode (11MP v 5MP). The
extra megapixels don't translate to higher video resolution but
apparently are used to allow digital zooming without a need to
interpolate upwards at narrower FOVs. The higher image quality makes
me suspect that they interpolate DOWNWARDS at the wider FOVs, which
cleans up the image a lot. They also give higher frame rates in still
image multishot modes.
Incidetally, I'm using a laptop as my main computer, ever since my
last desktop fell over and I never bothered to replace it. It's a few
years old now and is only good for streaming video at 720p. At 1080p
it only streams a few seconds then drops a bunch of frames while it
catches up. The funny thing is that it''ll play back a YouTube video
at 1080p without a problem, but it grumbles about playing 1080p off a
local drive.
regards, Anthony
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