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no_steeze
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so pardon my retardation, i'm a complete gopro and general video noob. i just tried it out for the first time mountain biking and i'm not sure what to convert it to in mpeg streamclip

the gopro support says to convert it to Apple ProRes 422 but that is not an option in the dropdown menu in mpeg streamclip. i may have a newer version or something but what is another one that works? i've heard h.264 works but i'm not sure if that's the best option

fwiw my version of mpeg streamclip is 1.9.2 and i'm converting the video to go in FCE 4

and i searchbarred but with the new searchbar you have to sift through hundreds of fucking threads
Aug 18 2010 7:41PM
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miroz
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I've never worked with FCE, but I just converted mine to .mov, Quicktime files.
Aug 19 2010 6:28AM
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pussymoneyweed
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hey i had that same problem!

what i did was>export to other formats> h.264, it works you dont lose quality but you have to render before you edit, which is a slight drawback
Aug 19 2010 12:30PM
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no_steeze
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slight drawback? this is fucking killing me. i left it 8 hours overnight to render, then accidentally unplugged my sd card, now i have to leave it another 8 hours to render after editing it before i can export and i have to render every time i add a transition

i don't care about quality as long as i don't have to fucking render

and also there's no option in mpeg streamclip just to convert it to a MOV, they're all super complicated
Aug 19 2010 1:06PM
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no_steeze
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do you guys select export to quicktime in mpeg streamclip or do you use export to DV, other, etc...
Aug 19 2010 1:12PM
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miroz
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Exporting to quicktime = exporting .mov

Its still a bitch to edit with because my computer doesn't do HD too well, but at least it loads.
Aug 19 2010 4:46PM
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no_steeze
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export to quicktime has a bunch of compression options within that, none of which support prores, the only other option that i know works is h.264 but im sick of it

if i select export to other then i can make it a simple quicktime movie but it doesn't let me adjust quality unless i go through a long manual process to outsmart it and set the quality at 100
Aug 19 2010 5:47PM
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followCam
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So what you're saying is that you have to convert your clips and render them when you upload them before you can edit?
My go pro films in .mov and i can put that straight into imovie.
what editing program you using?
then to export my edit i do export to quicktime(.mov) using h.264 compression which takes its time but is fine.
sorry if im just telling you pointless info.
Aug 19 2010 6:15PM
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miroz
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Hmmmm...I'm on Windows, for what its worth. I think I used the MP4 compressor...I can't remember.

I'm also talking about my PC, here - I think you're running Mac, but I'm not sure how that changes things up.
Aug 19 2010 6:25PM
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no_steeze
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i use fce 4

my version of imovie doesn't support hd and i hate that program so much

i've never used fce before or worked with gopro footy so i'm figuring it out as i go but there has to be an easier way. i can't seem to change my sequence settings so that they support the raw clips and i don't have to render the h.264 before i can even watch it let alone edit it. then when i edit anything i have to render the changes
Aug 19 2010 6:46PM
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abek
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if you don't have prores422 in streamclip apple intermediate codec also works well. The important thing with the encoding types is just that you match your sequence settings with the same encoder in Final Cut, so you won't have to render anything. If you convert all of your clips using AIC (apple intermediate codec) then make sure your sequence settings say the same. ProRes codecs are a newer family of codecs that came out with final cut 5 or 6 or something.

Aug 20 2010 12:40PM
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SweatyBallShack
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I was like ":O I can help!" when i saw this thread... but when I clicked on it ":( Its for a mac. You cant work your way around problems with about 50 microsoft programs that should just be one big one."

I didnt really read the thread, but maybe try downloading format factory if you dont already have it and converting it to something thats worked in the past. My computer wont pick up files that I've gotten from my friends mac but for some reason it will in format factory. I'm not that great with computers though so you might not even be trying to do what I think you are.
Aug 20 2010 1:38PM
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Gharf
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that s what i do.
i guess apple prores only comes with FCP and not FCE.
Aug 20 2010 4:40PM
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no_steeze
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truth, as soon as i installed FCP i got prores
Aug 20 2010 6:11PM
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cum
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what version of FCP did you install? (im assuming it was torrented?) because i got FCP 5 from a torrent and it doesnt come with prores which pisses me off because my macbook doesnt have enough VRAM for FCP 6 or 7
Aug 21 2010 2:16PM
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GreenHorn
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I had that same problem

No idea what you guys are talking about with ProRes and AIC

Explanation?
Aug 21 2010 3:07PM
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cum
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both ProRes and Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) are video codecs. ProRes is a virtually lossless editing codec...in other words, you dont lose quality through the editing process. unfortunately, the only way to get it is by getting FCP 6 or 7. with AIC, i could be wrong but its pretty easy to get but it nowhere near as good as ProRes in my opinion
Aug 21 2010 10:43PM
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