In reply to Damo:
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> Chris, how are you finding the editing of this footage? I've been putting off getting a GoPro as my 5yo Macbook is slowly dying and even regular video editing is too slow. I heard the GoPro footage was pretty heavy to process.
Yep, the files are big and editing & rendering 1080p:50fps (PAL) or 2.k footage (which looks pretty cool on a big screen) will kill slower/older machines.
For example, 10.5 mins of rendered finished MP4 1080P:50 at c. 32MBps gives a file >2GB
And Windows Media Player can't yet deal with 2.7K footage, VLC can.
I got a good 64 bit Win7 PC with 32GB of RAM built up in the summer aimed at fast rendering/precessing RAW files in LR and for video editing/rendering, so thankfully I'm not noticing much difference between Hero2 and Hero3 processing - even at 2.7k Protune
.... the water cooler fans just kick in as the hex core processor chunks away.
If anyone is interested in optimising a new PC machine for video, I used suggestions from these guys to get the right balance of price/speed (and then got SCAN.co.uk to build it):
http://www.videoguys.com/Guide/E/Videoguys+DIY9+Sneak+Peek+Its+Time+for+San...