GoPro HD Video Camera

smartski wrote:I found using my new Gopro Hero3 (Black)fantastic, easy to set-up and to ski with (head mount & chest harness mainly) however I am struggling to get anywhere playing or editing my footage ...frankly I think it is just too good for my existing PC set-up.

1) At HD 1080 settings the mega file sizes filled up my hard-drive - had to buy a 1TB external drive. And most players/editing software doesn't seem to support the GoPro's original file, so you have to convert everything first - so that's twice the number of files. The conversion software is free from GoPro.
2) But the resultant files are then mega memory hungry - 3GB RAM won't play the '1080' movies properly, certainly can't edit even a 2 minute footage.

So I'm now looking at a desktop upgrade....thinking going to Apple Mac. GoPro suggest 4GB Ram, what's the minimum spec machine anyone else is using, is 4GB really enough?

Help/advice appreciated!

Ian Wickham wrote:

smartski wrote:I found using my new Gopro Hero3 (Black)fantastic, easy to set-up and to ski with (head mount & chest harness mainly) however I am struggling to get anywhere playing or editing my footage ...frankly I think it is just too good for my existing PC set-up.

1) At HD 1080 settings the mega file sizes filled up my hard-drive - had to buy a 1TB external drive. And most players/editing software doesn't seem to support the GoPro's original file, so you have to convert everything first - so that's twice the number of files. The conversion software is free from GoPro.
2) But the resultant files are then mega memory hungry - 3GB RAM won't play the '1080' movies properly, certainly can't edit even a 2 minute footage.

So I'm now looking at a desktop upgrade....thinking going to Apple Mac. GoPro suggest 4GB Ram, what's the minimum spec machine anyone else is using, is 4GB really enough?

Help/advice appreciated!

I have an iMac 4 gig memory, 2.5 gig hz, and it handles all my movie editing ok

smartski wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

smartski wrote:I found using my new Gopro Hero3 (Black)fantastic, easy to set-up and to ski with (head mount & chest harness mainly) however I am struggling to get anywhere playing or editing my footage ...frankly I think it is just too good for my existing PC set-up.

1) At HD 1080 settings the mega file sizes filled up my hard-drive - had to buy a 1TB external drive. And most players/editing software doesn't seem to support the GoPro's original file, so you have to convert everything first - so that's twice the number of files. The conversion software is free from GoPro.
2) But the resultant files are then mega memory hungry - 3GB RAM won't play the '1080' movies properly, certainly can't edit even a 2 minute footage.

So I'm now looking at a desktop upgrade....thinking going to Apple Mac. GoPro suggest 4GB Ram, what's the minimum spec machine anyone else is using, is 4GB really enough?

Help/advice appreciated!

I have an iMac 4 gig memory, 2.5 gig hz, and it handles all my movie editing ok

Oh ok, sounds hopeful. What footage resolution is that at 720p? 1080p? At 1080 I'm getting 1gB file sizes per minute footage...does that sound right? (sounds a lot to me!)

Tony_H wrote:Ive been told not to take my ipad to store go pro files, but to take my pc netbook and use imovie on my imac when i get back to edit.

Does that sound right?

Tony_H wrote:Ive been told not to take my ipad to store go pro files, but to take my pc netbook and use imovie on my imac when i get back to edit.

Does that sound right?

TowerBridge Andy wrote:Yeh they file store on to SD cards so just take a bunch of them. Im sure i have read that the new ones can operate on cloud storage, obviously this would mean a decent internet signal for uplaoding once back at the hotel/chalet but could save on the need for loads of memory cards!!