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A few weeks ago, our street was resurfaced. I was fascinated with the machinery needed to do the job. Took some video... (Camera: GoPro 11 Hero Black) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1660410137/videos/948380543131449/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc9J6pNnDhc Gary

Greetings Rosy, I don't think you need all those accessories. I got the GoPro 11 Hero Black ($399). https://gopro.com/en/us/shop/cameras/hero11-black/CHDHX-111-master.html?gad=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw1rqkBhCTARIsAAHz7K0qmM-SVZhW62o7mON-IOcqfoMvzUmqgCWjdOzfy2m1I5AX50-Dh_UaAoJZEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds I bought mine directly through GoPro. Bought the Volta but you really don't need it for extra battery. The batteries that come with it are really long-lasting. I might have put in a new battery once during my trip. Never used/needed the Volta. The MediaMod makes it difficult to change batteries. I got the Ulanzi metal cage (G9-5). Makes it easy to change batteries and good protection. Ulanzi also has some good quick releases. I got several of the 'Claw' type for several different mounts. I also got the GoPro mouth mount. Didn't really use it for my mouth (but I could have) but it is a nice way to hold on to the GoPro and just set it down on a table for taping. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=ulanzi+gopro+11&hvadid=631657206617&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9007596&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=9219756934376541761&hvtargid=kwd-1872785150381&hydadcr=18854_13355441&tag=googhydr-20&ref=pd_sl_3qg0cc2dt3_e https://www.ulanzi.com/collections/hero-11 Gary

Greetings Rosy, I have had the experience of Facebook and YouTube flagging some of my shows due to copyright problems. The music was from a non-copyright source but someone had claimed it to make money off of it. Hard to fight. Even in the Ireland set of shows, all music is from non-copyright sources. However, several still have been flagged but allowed to be used. Kinda crazy. Some shows have been flagged so they has been restricted from playing certain countries or portions muted. I try to only use non-copyright music but they still get the attention of Facebook or Youtube. As I said, music is the most difficult part of making a show posting on Facebook or YouTube. And many times, the name of the song that they claim is copyright protected is not the name of the song I used. No, I don't use a gimbal. I have a GoPro 11. It really is amazing at keeping the shot steady. It has 'Hypersmooth' for stabilization. The 'Horizon Lock' provides the camera with the ability to keep the horizon level even when the camera rotates 360 degrees. Yea, some of the shows are a bit long. But they are made mainly for when I want to re-live the experience, even years later. Gary Added later: All GoPro11 video was hand-held. No selfie stick, just me holding the GoPro11.

I didn't care what they called it. Just the best of breakfasts! When in Northern Ireland, no one used that term, 'The Ulster Fry'. Per Google: "You will see that some 'experts' note the difference between a Full Irish and an Ulster Fry is that an Ulster Fry includes potato pancakes also known as farls or boxty. However not quite true as many Full Irish breakfasts include boxty the only real difference is that an Ulster Fry includes Irish Soda Bread." The smart phone shots were made mainly to exclude areas outside the subject...the food. I even cropped out my wife on many of the shots. It was difficult to find Irish music that fit the scene and was not copyright protected. Finding music is the hardest part of making the shows. I do have a fellow playing the flute in one of the shows (live). Thanks... Gary

Greetings, Here are links to our road-trip through the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. I wasn't sure how to add it to the Forum since the trip is broken down into 11 shows. Instead of posting 11 links, here is the the link to all the 11 shows posted in my Facebook page and the link to my YouTube Channel. They should be towards the top of the list of the shows, easy to find, I hope. Facebook is easier to use, but if you don't have a Facebook account, you can view them on my YouTube Channel. https://www.facebook.com/gary.oddi https://www.youtube.com/@goddi2/videos It is always a joy to be able to document our trips using PTE. Gary

Greetings, I initially posted this in Igor's mention of the Quick Style. Buy maybe it would be better here in Suggestions. I've just finished a project, spending many hours applying several animations individually to many video clips. I didn't want the duration of each slide to be changed if I created a Style with these animations to be applied to other video clips. So I manually applied Aspect Ratio and Borders to each video clip, one by one, so each one would retain its duration. I had totally forgot about the Quick Style. It would be nice, since it is a 'Style', that it also be put into the 'Style and Theme' menu, to reside at the top of the list. I would have looked for it there or it would have caught my attention since it is really a 'Style' option. Great improvement but hard to remember where to look for it. Gary

Greetings, I've just finished a project, spending many hours applying several animations individually to many video clips. I didn't want the duration of each slide to be changed if I created a Style with these animations to be applied to other video clips. So I manually applied Aspect Ratio and Borders to each video clip, one by one, so each one would retain its duration. I had totally forgot about the Quick Style. It would be nice, since it is a 'Style', that it also be put into the 'Style and Theme' menu, to reside at the top of the list. I would have looked for it there or it would have caught my attention since it is really a 'Style' option. Great improvement but hard to remember where to look for it. Gary

Well, I just noticed that trying out that method really screwed up the placement of my audio clips. I thought I had saved the file...but I must have not Ctrl-Z'd enough. But...I figured out the 'Shift' method jkb just mentioned. First, click on the audio clip you want to move. The click and release the Shift key. Then you can move the audio clip with your mouse. Kinda crazy. Still it has the potential problems with manual moving the clip and losing the exact placement. If Igor could just make it move with the arrow keys...super. Gary

Greetings JT, I like the ability to click on the audio clip and it opens the Audio tab. I gave it a try. However, there is something that can cause great problems. I did link the audio clips to the slides. Some moved correctly. But sometimes another audio clip that had nothing to do with the clip I was trying to move got moved incorrectly. Very dangerous. Don't like it. You have to be very watchful that it did not disturb the placement of other audio clips. Not sure what is going on but it is beyond cumbersome in some situations. One thing I noticed that I think all the clips on the track you are dealing with must be linked to a slide or the other clips get moved from where they were positioned. Also, after linking all the clips on Track 4, I moved an audio clip from track 4 to Track 3. The audio clip that I just moved to track 4 became muted. Duno.... Nice idea but too dangerous to use. Hope Igor has a better plan. Gary

Greetings JT... I had not noticed that you could do that in the Audio section of the Project Options. Thanks...it will help but a bit cumbersome, as you said. Would be nice to be able to just move them up/down in the Tracks. Gary

Greetings, I made this suggestion back in 7/31/2018. I'm in a new project now that really needs this capability. I'd like to have a menu item that gives the ability to move an audio clip up or down in the Audio Tracks. You can move entire Tracks up or down but not specific audio clips. This would be helpful when you have, for example, two audio clips with a crossfade. Moving them by hand is hard to keep the precise placement. Or manually moving any audio clips by hand can mess up the alignment. If there is already a way, please let me know. (How about an Alt+up arrow ? Gary

Greetings Dan, This program can extract your images but you will have to remake the project in PTE. https://www.multiextractor.com/ Gary

Greetings, The GoPro 11 produces HEVC formatted video files. I see that PTE will play them. However, the HEVC are supposed to be more compact but still pretty large. If I Convert them in PTE, they come out substantially smaller. In this example, the HEVC file is 40.7MBs. When Converted, it is only 5.86sMBs. I don't really see any difference in the quality. Is there any reason not to Convert the HEVC files? I do see the bit rate is reduced as expected. I am concerned about the final size of my projects so I'm more likely to Convert all of my GoPro videos. Gary

When you trim directly in the Timeline, will the trimmed out (removed) section actually be removed from the final project (therefore a smaller sized show)? Gary

Greetings, That is sort of the question. I have heard that is true that you don't have to do a Convert anymore. However, now there are much higher resolutions available that were not common before. Also, if you want to use the Trim function, it will automatically do the Convert. And, GoPro now outputs the video files as HEVC. So, just wondering how PTE will handle these higher resolutions. For PTE, it seems that just shooting at 1080 and 60 fps is all we'd need. But just wondering what others are doing with GoPro resolutions/frame rates. Gary

Greetings, I'd like to know if there are any video settings in the GoPro 11 that PTE can not handle. It can shoot in the following resolutions: 1080, 2.7K, 4K, 5.3K and FPS of 30, 60, 120, and in MP4 (HEVC). Normally I've shot in just 1080/30 or 60 fps. Have not tried the higher resolutions. Are there any such settings that PTE can not use in the Convert process if the '1920x1080' is selected for the Convert? Thanks... Gary

Greetings Igor, Just gave it a test. Yes, it works. Thanks for the quick fix! Gary

Greetings, My project is 16:9. However, when I Convert/Trim a 640x352, I want it to stay at that aspect ratio. And that is what the menu indicates. After it is converted, I can't put a border around just the video since now it is 16:9 and has the black borders on both side. I don't think I've ran into this before. Gary

Greetings, When I Convert/Trim a portrait image (640x352), it does not retain its aspect ratio. In O&A, it becomes like a 16x9 aspect ratio. I'm using V11.0.1 Build 4 Gary

Thanks, Dave. Interesting way to do it. Gary

Yep, Bart wanted the text to rotate vertically. As I have said, I don't really know how to fix it but I gave it a shot. Gary

Greetings, Is there a way to determine which Style was used with images/videos? If not, can there be some indication in the slide list to show the name of the style that was applied? Gary

Greetings, I think I got close but not the way I'd like. But my brain is not coming up with a better solution. Here is a far as I've got. I rotated the text vertically. It goes vertical but somehow I dropped the reversed text as it goes around to the back... Gary UExpress-Vertical.ptestyle

Greetings Bart, I gave it a try but I could not modify it to rotate top-to-bottom. Dave is much smarter than me. Just can't figure it out. Gary

Greetings Dave, When I modified your Style, I deleted all the 'Text1' keyframes except the first 'Text1'. You had each letter of 'Text1' in its own keyframe. I am not sure why you did it that way. Did you do it for some other functionality? Like changing colors or sized of each letter within the 'Text1'? Or what other possibility? Just wondering...Gary