How to Work GoPro MP4 files in Windows Movie Maker

Step-by-step tutorial to edit your GoPro MP4 files in Windows Movie Maker


The GoPro HD Hero cameras (now at Hero4) are affordable high performance wearable cameras to record sporting and other activities. It records in MPEG-4 and outputs its files as .MP4 files (the container). Files are compressed using the h.264 codec (as opposed to AAC or Xvid and DivX usually found in .AVI containers). So the files you are getting out of GoPro HD are suited to be delivered as is, which is usually not what you want. You can easily find it's a frustrating thing to import GoPro MP4 files to Windows Movie Maker for editing. What's available workflow for editing GoPro HD footage in Windows Movie Maker?


In fact, GoPro hero website has explained the reason- "If using Windows Media Player or Movie Maker, make sure you download the latest HD-capable version and also download a H.264 decoder to update media or movie maker. CoreCodec CoreAVC is one company that offers a codec pack for h.264." If you successfully installed the codec, problems may be resolved. And worst of all, after installing the h.264 codec, some users still can't load the GoPro h.264 MP4 video into Windows Movie Maker perfectly. So, how to import and edit your GoPro video footage in Windows movie maker smoothly?

Well, the easy workaround is to convert GoPro MP4 to a more editing-friendly format, such as WMV or AVI. What's need is a just a common video converter like EaseFab Video Converter. The program supports creating high quality WMV video for your Windows Movie Maker, no matter what's the format of your source video files. It can convert almost any video to WMV so you can import your video to Windows Movie Maker for editing. The guide below will teach you how to convert and import GoPro MP4 to Windows Movie Maker so you can make engaging movies with your GoPro HD HERO2, HERO3, HERO4 footage.

Note: If you're facing problems editing, playing and sharing GoPro Videos, please visit "GoPro Workflow" column to find your solutions.

How to convert GoPro MP4 to Windows Movie Maker

Step 1. First download and install EaseFab Video Converter. When complete, start EaseFab Video Converter from Start menu or Windows desktop. Then click the Add Video button to load GoPro MP4 videos. You can directly drag your files to the software Window.



Step 2. Click "Profile" bar to determine output format. Here we choose "HD Video" -> "WMV HD" or "AVI HD" as output, which seems to be the best one due to the great video quality but small size.



Tips: By clicking the Settings button beside Profile, you can adjust the output video/audio resolution, frame rate, bit rate, etc. to customize the output files to get the best quality you want.

Step 3. When everything is ready, click the Convert button and all the imported GoPro MP4 video files will be converted to WMV or AVI format which is ready to be used in Windows Movie Maker.

When the conversion complete, open Windows Movie Maker and click Import or Import Video on the left to import your video to the movie collection and drag and drop to the timeline for editing.