From the course: Preparing GoPro Footage for Editing

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Previewing timelapse sequences in the player window

Previewing timelapse sequences in the player window - GoPro HERO Tutorial

From the course: Preparing GoPro Footage for Editing

Previewing timelapse sequences in the player window

- In the player window, you can easily playback the time lapse clip. Now this can be pretty robust because these are relatively high-quality files. So if you notice things are lagging a little bit, just let it play through a few times. In the preview window, click the play button. You'll notice that the time lapse sequence plays back. In this case, it's a busy urban environment. And part way through it starts to skip, when you play it back again, it should playback smoother. This is because the frames are starting to cache to the system. Now, what we can do, is also mark out the region that we want to use. But with this playback, you may notice a little bit of a performance issue. Don't worry about it, dragging through also gives you a good idea of what's happening. And in this case, the time lapse sequence looks very smooth. Once processed, the video should play smoothly, but GoPro Studio can have an issue playing back hundreds of frames sequentially, so you might see a bit of lag…

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