shootist
PRO user
what Flaca said......Scott:
The GoPro is an AVC-based camera, right? What's your workflow to get it into the AVID and make it play well with the other clips?
H.264 in MP4 recorded onto an SD card.
Direct import in Avid. (File>Import>...yadda yadda)
It does take a while to import but I'm rarely in a time crunch and can usually let it crank away on one machine while I work on another.
I did try to do a real time playout/capture but the video quality dropped bigtime and I haven't yet figured out how NOT to have the menu characters/options display on playout.
right now, i have no viewfinder...so if it's critical i'll roll a little and then play it out to my camera where I can check the framing. the camera does have the expansion port to hook up the VF when available.
I forgot about one app until Stephen mentioned it...the scrum. I mounted it to the top of my french flag out in front of everything and got some great stuff. I've also used it for a few underwater shots as in looking up at a sink faucet...and in a basement right up next to a spraying water pipe. A little Rain-X on the front of the housing and everything drips away quickly.
another thing...the camera shoots in 5 different modes 1080 30p, 960 30p, 720 60p, 720 30p, WVGA 60P.
In 1080, the camera has a 120 degree wide angle. If I need more, I switch to 720 and it's a 170 degree wide angle.
Quite happy with it so far. Also very happy with the fact my wife works for REI. It's not just for clothing anymore! Gotta love the discount!