GoPro video on Windows 7 - laggy, poor quality

[Romeo_alpha01]

[SkyHawk]

I have no problem with my GoPro vids on Win 7. Have you tried VLC player?

https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html

[Romeo_alpha01]

I have no problem with my GoPro vids on Win 7. Have you tried VLC player?

https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html

[SkyHawk]

Changing the file extension is not the way to go. What GoPro do you have? What FPS and resolution are these videos recorded at? It could be simply a matter of not enough CPU and video power in the laptop if these are hi-res + hi frame rate videos.

My Win 7 laptop is a Quad Core i7 with ATI graphics, 16GB, with dual SSD. That is the minimum setup for handling modern GoPro vids IMO.

From specs I see online, CF-31 is dual core i5 with Intel integrated graphics and by default, a spinning disk. That might be good for 1080p @ 30FPS but maybe not much more.

[the_tunaman]

Computer is underpowered... CPU, graphics card, available RAM, disk speed all play a role.

Upload your video to YouTube and watch it from there and it will likely play back seamlessly.