By the time you’ve finished reading this, you will have sufficient knowledge of HEVC format, its pros and cons, and the file extensions it uses. You will also be able to understand the various file types the HEVC videos can be converted to so you can edit them with ease, and watch them even on older devices.
What is the best way to convert GoPro videosĭepending on the model of your GoPro camera, the video formats may vary.
All GoPro HERO models, except for a few selected ones, record the footages in Advanced Video Coding (AVC) format that uses h.264 codec. These files have *.MP4 extension and can be viewed and edited easily using any media player and video editing tool respectively. On the other hand, GoPro camera models that don’t use AVC format are HERO6, HERO7 Black, and HERO8 Black. These devices capture the videos in High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) format instead. Such recordings are mostly of 4K resolution with the frame rate of 60 frames per second (60fps), and the files have *.mov extension.
Since HEVC uses h.265 codec, it offers higher compression rate as compared to AVC format, thus keeping the files small in size while maintaining high picture quality at the same time.
Also, because the footages recorded in HEVC format have *.mov file extension and not *.hevc as expected, any device with a media player and a compatible codec pack can be used to view these videos. One of the commonly used players to watch these footages is VLC Media Player that is free to download and is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms.
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