Free video editing software for old Go Pro Hero?

[philstanbridge]

I was given an old Hero to try out on my bike, and managed (after a bit of faffing) to get some footage from the ride. The files are MP4 and huge, however. It's about 12gb in total, but I only want to extract a small amount. What sotware would you recommend?

 

[Captain]

https://gopro.com/en/nl/shop/softwareandapp/gopro-studio/GoPro-Studio.html

Load the files from the GoPro into the software and crop out the bits you don’t need.

 

[philstanbridge]

Can you actually get that download button to work? I'm using firefox, and it doesn't do anything.

 

[Captain]

Can you actually get that download button to work? I'm using firefox, and it doesn't do anything.

Try this instead.

https://www.techspot.com/downloads/6759-gopro-studio.html

 

[philstanbridge]

Appreciated! For whatever reason, the software will let me load the MP4 files, but it wont let me view them, so I can't edit or convert them. No idea why. Bizarre.

 

[Captain]

Appreciated! For whatever reason, the software will let me load the MP4 files, but it wont let me view them, so I can't edit or convert them. No idea why. Bizarre.

Can you view them in explorer? When you plug the camera into your computer, do the videos show up?

 

[philstanbridge]

yes, can see them that way, and can play them too. But I get an empty screen when it comes to viewing via the Go Pro software..

 

[Captain]

It seems the gopro studio software has issues reading older versions of gopro cameras, try this version instead and see if that helps?

https://community.gopro.com/t5/en/GoPro-legacy-software/ta-p/595533

 

[philstanbridge]

Cheers that worked a treat. The only thing now, is the files once edited are still large. 936MB to be precise. Is there any way I can convert that down, so that I can stream/post it on facebook etc?

 

[Captain]

Cheers that worked a treat. The only thing now, is the files once edited are still large. 936MB to be precise. Is there any way I can convert that down, so that I can stream/post it on facebook etc?

Try Handbrake, free software, should be able to compress from MP4.

 

[AyeAyeAhoy!]

DaVinci Resolve. Does everything you need and way z way more, and is totally free for you.

 

[AyeAyeAhoy!]

Cheers that worked a treat. The only thing now, is the files once edited are still large. 936MB to be precise. Is there any way I can convert that down, so that I can stream/post it on facebook etc?

Compress in Handbrake to h.264.

Dial in around 6mbps (6000kbps), let it run and see what you think on size Vs picture quality.

If happy, then great. If not, then just dial up or down by 1mbps, run again and see.

 

[DD_Crash]

Thanks for the info. I was looking to try out some video editing. Now I need to watch some YouTube vids.

 

[AyeAyeAhoy!]

Thanks for the info. I was looking to try out some video editing. Now I need to watch some YouTube vids.

Shout if you get stuck on anything

 

[DD_Crash]

Thanks for the offer

 

[Sirrel Squirrel]

Another shout out for Resolve, it can do loads but can also be used for simply loading in clips and exporting to other formats.

 

[Huntingbow]

Imovie is a good option for compressing mp4 https://www.movavi.com/imovie-for-windows.html . But I'd go with movavi, it is simply faster. And I've already linked their website. Just go to another section and download it. Should help you.

 

[sebergate]

Imovie is a good option for compressing mp4 https://create.vista.com/colors/color-names/lawn-green/ . But I'd go with movavi, it is simply faster. And I've already linked their website. Just go to another section and download it. Should help you.

Compressing goes faster, when you have more perfomance hardware. Program doesn't matter. For my needs, I'd preferred davinci, for professioonal work, for newbies my advice starts with another software