Operation Manual

GoPro Studio 2.5 User Manual
Playing Files in Windows Media Player
When you’re happy with the adjustments that you’ve applied to a clip in the Media Bin,
you can open the file in Windows Media Player to see how it plays there. This will
demonstrate how the Active Metadata
TM
adjustments applied within GoPro Studio affect
how a clip plays back in other applications as well.
1. Right-click on a clip in the Media Bin and then click ‘Open in Explorer’.
2. Double-click on the file in Windows Explorer to launch it in Windows Media
Player.
Notice how the file plays back with the GoPro Studio adjustments applied? Other video
applications would have required you to export a new version of the clip in order for it to
playback in Windows Media Player with color correction and other effects applied. The
ability to apply these real-time color and effects is a unique feature of the GoPro
CineForm codec enabled by its Active Metadata architecture.
Now that you’ve seen this in action using Windows Media Player, you can take the next
step and import your GoPro CineForm files into other 3
rd
party editing, color correction or
compositing applications.
Using GoPro CineForm Files in Other
Applications
There are many video editing, color correction and compositing applications available
today. GoPro CineForm files are compatible with those that support standard Windows
AVI and QuickTime MOV files.
Avoiding Re-Transcoding
For most 3
rd
party applications you can use its standard import method to load your
GoPro CineForm files into the application. Some of these applications, however, will
attempt to re-‘transcode’ or ‘optimize’ your video files during the import process. This is
not necessary with GoPro CineForm files because they are already optimized and if you
re-transcode them, you’ll lose the ability to make further adjustments to them in GoPro
Studio.
Active Metadata
TM
applied in
GoPro Studio and
Windows Media
Player
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