iMovie and GoPro?

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iMovie and GoPro?

Up to now, I am still (occasionally) using tape-based camcorders. I have a Canon Vixia HV40, which is an HDV tape-based camcorder I bought in 2010.

My first venture into tapeless videography was an iPad Mini. I like it, but I've never gotten into a serious project with it. I just occasionally shoot brief video clips and typically store them in iPhoto 9.

I am considering buying tapeless camcorders and GoPro action cams as well. If I go tapeless, I would want to know how well GoPros will work with iMovie. Do they mesh well? Are there compatibility issues? Or are all tapeless camcorders basically the same?

I recently shot footage with an iPad Mini of a special moment in local history. A special monument was being erected, and I shot it with the iPad. Problem: the iPad would not re-orient itself. The whole thing was shot upside-down. The video is a few minutes long. Is there anything I can do to cure that?

Also, what is the best way to set-up a long-term archive of tapeless footage so that it is safe?

And is there a way to extract raw video footage off of tapeless cams like a GoPro or iPad and have it speed-copied directly to a hard drive for safe-keeping or other storage device without tying up a computer?

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), late-2013 Core i5 2.9 GHz, 8GB RAM, 1 TB HD

Posted on May 5, 2017 1:36 PM

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Rich839

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May 6, 2017 9:07 AM in response to Walt_Atwood

Hi, Walt,

Your post deals with several subjects. I think you would get more response if you broke them out into separate posts.

Assuming that you are using iMovie 10.x.x, you can cure an upside-down clip by selecting it in the media browser or the timeline of a project, clicking on the crop icon in the toolbar at the top of the screen, and then using the rotating arrows to rotate the clip to a rightside-up position.

Long term storage is always an issue. Some people store in the cloud, others on DVD disks, and others on hard drives or flash drives. I double back-up my data on 4TB SSD drives. Probably won't last forever, but then neither will I. 🙂 I have found that the actual spinning hard drives are totally unreliable. They have a 3-year life, and I have had several of them fail. I think that the important thing is always to keep double backups.

Since I've not used Go Pro, I will leave your other questions to users who are more familiar with the subject.

Best,

Rich

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