Working on the theory that there are no stupid questions......
I have taken some footage with my GoPro HD. When I transfer it from the card it is in MPEG4. If I use MPEG Streamclip to convert it to Quicktime, it grows in size. For example, a 500MB clip becomes about 14GB.
Is that because the MPEG4 format is so highly compressed? Can someone offer an insight into why the clip is so much bigger after conversion and what the benefits are, apart from apparently being easier to edit.
I have taken some footage with my GoPro HD. When I transfer it from the card it is in MPEG4. If I use MPEG Streamclip to convert it to Quicktime, it grows in size. For example, a 500MB clip becomes about 14GB.
Is that because the MPEG4 format is so highly compressed? Can someone offer an insight into why the clip is so much bigger after conversion and what the benefits are, apart from apparently being easier to edit.