Go pro and older laptop

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RemaL

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Tuesday 21st April 2015
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A question with regards to the new Go Pro 4

I have a few memory cards now that record in 4k for my new Go Pro 4. works fine on my new macbook i7 which is 6 months old
Over the weekend I went to a event and used the Go pro set to 1080p and 80 FPS mode.

Went to view the footage on my 3-4 year old Sony laptop running Windows 7 and has a i5 processor. tried on VLC, Go pro software and Windows player but all of them results in jerky video. I know it's not the memory cards but surprised it's down to the Laptop. The sound would be fine but the video would not keep up and jump to a few seconds later and so on

The same video works fine on the mac.

Would anything think the Sony laptop is just to old to run 1080p at 80FPS

I would just like to understand why it's not working correctly

motco

15,919 posts

245 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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RemaL said:
A question with regards to the new Go Pro 4

I have a few memory cards now that record in 4k for my new Go Pro 4. works fine on my new macbook i7 which is 6 months old
Over the weekend I went to a event and used the Go pro set to 1080p and 80 FPS mode.

Went to view the footage on my 3-4 year old Sony laptop running Windows 7 and has a i5 processor. tried on VLC, Go pro software and Windows player but all of them results in jerky video. I know it's not the memory cards but surprised it's down to the Laptop. The sound would be fine but the video would not keep up and jump to a few seconds later and so on

The same video works fine on the mac.

Would anything think the Sony laptop is just to old to run 1080p at 80FPS

I would just like to understand why it's not working correctly
I have the same problem with my, admittedly even older, HP laptop. My Qumox camera (GoPro clone) records in 1080p or 720p but on a small screen the difference is negligible. However at 720p & 30 fps the video plays smoothly, with sound synch, and takes up vastly less memory card space.

I also have a Hudl2 and that, with VLC, plays all the videos from both my Qumox and my son's GoPro Hero2 even at 1080p.

audi321

5,156 posts

212 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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Welcome to the world of Mac vs PC debates.

I don't want to spark off this argument, because it's been done so many times on here, but my 4 year old Macbook Pro plays 1080p at 120fps in Quicktime perfectly. I'm guessing the Sony just isn't up to the job.

Video playing/editing is probably the most intensive work a GPU/CPU can do (gaming apart) and whenever I test a new machine I'm considering buying I always sling a 1080p 120fps file on it to play. Certainly sorts the men from the boys.

RemaL

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Tuesday 21st April 2015
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So most probably just the Sony laptop is not man enough for the newer Go Pro footage. Understood and glad I have the choice to use the Mac

audi321

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212 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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RemaL said:
So most probably just the Sony laptop is not man enough for the newer Go Pro footage. Understood and glad I have the choice to use the Mac
If I were to guess, I'd say it's the 80fps that's causing it a problem. Can you try it at 30 or 60fps and see if you have the same issue?

RemaL

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Tuesday 21st April 2015
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audi321 said:
RemaL said:
So most probably just the Sony laptop is not man enough for the newer Go Pro footage. Understood and glad I have the choice to use the Mac
If I were to guess, I'd say it's the 80fps that's causing it a problem. Can you try it at 30 or 60fps and see if you have the same issue?
I'll give the lower frame rate a try next time out.

ecsrobin

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164 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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From GoPro:

3. Make sure that your computer meets the minimum system requirements to play back videos from your camera.

For lower resolution videos (1080p 30fps and lower): We require at least 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo processors (at least 2.4 GHz 2nd Generation Core-based processors recommended) and 4 GB RAM to play back lower resolution videos (1080p 30fps and lower).

For higher resolution videos (1080p 60fps and higher): We recommend at least 3.0 – 3.7 GHz Ivy Bridge processors (third-generation Core-based processors or AMD equivalent), 4 GB RAM, and a graphics card comparable to an NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M. The graphics card and processor speed is important particulary for 4K and 2.7K resolution video playback.
Here’s how you can check if your computer meets the minimum system requirements:

Mac:
Click the “apple” icon in the top left corner of your screen, and then click “About this Mac”. Next, click “More Info…”

Windows:
Click on the Start Menu, then right-click on the word "Computer" or “My Computer”, and click “Properties”. Once you have done this, scroll down to the System Information for Processor and RAM. You can find your graphics card by clicking on the small arrow to the left of “Display Adapters” in your Device Manager.

Here’s how to find Device Manager for Win 7 and Vista:
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows7/ht/device-m...
Here’s how to find Device Manager for Win XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/w...

RemaL

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Wednesday 22nd April 2015
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yup mines to old to managed the higher res. Seems I won't be using my old laptop for editing or even viewing the highter res videos now I have upgraded from the Go Pro 1 to 4