• Adobe Premiere Pro

  Does GoPro .mp4 video need to be converted for PPro?

  Posted by Bruce Mackown on April 6, 2013 at 11:19 pm

  I am a new user to PPro. Running CS4. When using FCP, I had to convert GoPro footage from .mp4 to a different format as FCP does not accept .mp4.

  Does PPro accept .mp4 format?

  If it needs to be converted from .mp4, what file format is best for PPro?

  Thanks!

  Bruce

  Bruce Mackown replied 13 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Angelo Lorenzo

  April 7, 2013 at 12:55 am

  It will work just fine if your computer can handle it. Edit: You’re running CS4? Convert the file, CS4 isn’t as optimized as newer versions in handling h.264

  If you have an older computer, you may find benefit in downloading GoPro Studio. This comes with the GoPro Cineform codec (Since before GoPro owned it, Cineform has and remains a respected editing codec). Converting your video to Cineform is much like using ProRes in Final Cut.

  If you have Premiere on the same computer as Final Cut, you may see some benefit from converting to ProRes as well. Easy and familiar if you’re from a FCP world and aren’t experience the performance you’d like editing a native file.

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  Bruce Mackown

  April 7, 2013 at 1:45 am

  Thanks Angelo. Awesome answer. I was gonna use MPEG Streamclip but I’ll try GoPro Studio instead.

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