Cut and Merge GoPro 4K Footages
[HERO 8/7/6 Supported]

You try to film a perfect GoPro 4K footage. However, redundant parts usually exist in the clip. It is very difficult to avoid potential interferences during filming, especially when you are moving. To make a greater clip for later sharing, what you can do is to cut raw GoPro 4K file to remove unnecessary segments. And sometimes, you also need to join multiple segments together to make fragments compact with complete content or a totally fresh work full of imagination.

Well here, tutorials of how to cut and merge GoPro 4K footages will be detailedly presented.

• Part 1: How to Cut GoPro 4K Video
• Part 2: How to Merge GoPro 4K Videos
• Part 1-1: Trim | Part 1-2: Split
• Part 3: How to Cut and Merge at one Time

Cutting Tutorial: How to Trim GoPro 4K Footage

Cutting helps us get rid of unwanted parts of GoPro video. Splitting allows us to divide a video into several parts to meet online uploading requirements of size, length and bandwidth. Here, we will introduce how to cut/trim and how to split GoPro videos with VideoProc separately.

How to Cut/Trim GoPro 4K Videos

Tip 1: The cut segment is put in the panel and named Clip 1. You can click Edit button to reassign start and end time by dragging knobs or manually inputting specific hour/minute/second.

Tip 2: You can cut several clips (clip 1/2/3…) and all the clips will be merged into one video.

How to Split GoPro 4K Video

If you have recorded a big 4K footage (> 1GB), for example a time-lapse video, using HERO 8/7/6/5, you may need to split it into several parts. In the following, let's learn how to divide GoPro 4K footage into multiple parts equally.

• On the left panel, a mini player is shown. Because trimming feature is built in, you can drag the knobs or manually input specific time to cut the video to discard extra parts.

• On the right panel, you can find that your video has been splits into 10 segments by default. You can adjust the number as you want. Also, you can choose to split video depending on seconds (Default: split video every 60 seconds).

After all settings are well arranged, click Done.

Merging Tutorial: How to Join Multiple GoPro 4K Footages into One

GoPro cameras feature file chaptering to automatically split a video recording into multiple files to prevent the corruption of one file from influencing other chapters. If you're using HERO 8/7/6/5, the maximum size of a chapter is 4GB. And, a 4K GoPro recording with the length over half an hour is probably split into several parts. Generally, you can watch full video on GoPro but one chapter on computer. And if you would like to edit or upload the whole video later, it is suggested to merge GoPro 4K clips into a single file with VideoProc.

It has given a notice that all files will be merged into a H.264 file. Then, choose the resolution. Generally, all chapters are in the same resolution so there will be just one option. If there are several videos in different resolutions, the option will be varied. High resolution is always the better choice.

After that, click Done.

How to Cut and Merge Videos at one Time?

VideoProc features a combination of cutting and merging to help you trim each GoPro 4K video at first and then merge all clips into one file.

Method 1:

1. Click +Video button to import all GoPro 4K footages you would like to merge later.

2. Click Vide tab on the bottom of the interface and select an output format for merged file, for example MP4 H264.

3. Select one video and click Cut button. Follow the cutting tutorial to trim the video. Then select and trim other videos one by one.

4. Check Merge option.

5. Click RUN button to start cutting and merging. Also, you can set a new output folder before running.

Method 2:

1. Click +Video button to import all GoPro 4K footage you would like to merge later.

2. Click Toolbox tab on the bottom of the interface and select Merge option.

3. Select one video and click pencil icon next to video title or Codec Option button to access to setting window.

4. On the left panel, there is a preview window. Two green knobs appear on the progress bar. Drag them or manually input specific hour/minute/second to set start/end time to trim the video. Next, click Done.

5. Select another video and repeat 3 and 4 to cut video.

6. Click RUN button to cut and merge videos.