Complicated process to overlay GoPro footage
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 8:59 pm
I have just managed to get my GoPro footage overlaid as PiP. But the process was lengthy and complex.
1) Empty the SD card in my GoPro to my MacBook to get the raw video files to the MacBook.
2) Convert the raw video files to a format (720p) that can be imported into my iPhone 4 later on.
3) Import the converted video files into iTunes to be able to add metadata to them (the linking to the HTP laps). This can be done with other SWs as well, but I chose iTunes since it seemed to be the only suitable option that I had already installed on my MacBook. In e.g. QuickTime Player, or even Finder, there is no possibility to add metadata to video files.
5) Move the converted and metadata-enriched video files to a specific sync folder on my MacBook. Reason being that I can't sync everything on my MacBook with my iPhone, I naturally don't have enough storing capacity on the iPhone.
6) Sync my iPhone and my MacBook via iTunes. The video files end up in the iPhone's photo library, from which the HPT app can fetch them.
7) From the HPT app, fetch the video and overlay it on top of the master video.
First question; am I doing it right or have I complicated it overly?
Second question; wouldn't it just make more sense to skip the whole idea of linking the GoPro video files with the la using the lap-ID? Instead I can simply add the video files (without the metadata) to the HPT lap as any stand-alone video files, and then manually sync the 2 video files (joined end). This way I could skip step 3) above, and thereby saving myself some time. Or am I missing something?
Thanks in advance.
1) Empty the SD card in my GoPro to my MacBook to get the raw video files to the MacBook.
2) Convert the raw video files to a format (720p) that can be imported into my iPhone 4 later on.
3) Import the converted video files into iTunes to be able to add metadata to them (the linking to the HTP laps). This can be done with other SWs as well, but I chose iTunes since it seemed to be the only suitable option that I had already installed on my MacBook. In e.g. QuickTime Player, or even Finder, there is no possibility to add metadata to video files.
5) Move the converted and metadata-enriched video files to a specific sync folder on my MacBook. Reason being that I can't sync everything on my MacBook with my iPhone, I naturally don't have enough storing capacity on the iPhone.
6) Sync my iPhone and my MacBook via iTunes. The video files end up in the iPhone's photo library, from which the HPT app can fetch them.
7) From the HPT app, fetch the video and overlay it on top of the master video.
First question; am I doing it right or have I complicated it overly?
Second question; wouldn't it just make more sense to skip the whole idea of linking the GoPro video files with the la using the lap-ID? Instead I can simply add the video files (without the metadata) to the HPT lap as any stand-alone video files, and then manually sync the 2 video files (joined end). This way I could skip step 3) above, and thereby saving myself some time. Or am I missing something?
Thanks in advance.