Editing Gopro hero7 HEVC footage

[deadhead_9424561]

Sorry if I've put this in the wrong section it is related to Premiere pro...

For me to edit Gopro HEVC footage on Premiere Pro and have smooth playback I need to either bump the subscription to £50 a month as that is the only way to get the Media Encoder that's required to create Proxies or build a new PC. My current PC is no slouch with an i7 7700K, GTX1080, 16GB DDR4, Win10. This seems utterly crazy!!

Have I got this wrong? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[John T Smith]

Convert GoPro to Cineform to edit https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2423510

[deadhead_9424561]

Thank you for the quick response..

Does this work differently to how a proxy works? I understand you only use the proxy for editing for a smoother workflow then when it comes to the rendering your video you switch back and use the original footage.

Converting it to a slightly lower quality in Cineform then editing that in PP seems pointless in having something like a gopro.

Am I misunderstanding this, sorry all this stuff is new to me.

[Ann Bens]

Premiere single subscription comes with AME. Its a separate install.

Gopro HEVC are highly compressed and need lots of horse power.

I would go for proxies.

Cineform is visual lossless.

Might want to up the ram to 32 or 64.

[deadhead_9424561]

If AME comes included with PP they should make it clear. This is the description they give...

Includes: Premiere Rush CC, 100GB of cloud storage, Adobe Fonts, Adobe Portfolio, Adobe Spark with premium features.

I'm not against upgrading the PC if it does what I need it to do, just don't want to spend £1000 for a slight improvement.

The Gopro does offer the ability to record in H.264 which would solve all the issue as mentioned it like taking a step backwards.

I'm learning so thank you for your input so far.

[Ann Bens]

AME is part of Premiere, just scroll down in the CC desktop app.

[Jim_Simon · Accepted solution]

Have I got this wrong?

Yes.  Adobe Media Encoder is included with Premiere Pro by default.  But it is a separate install.