GoPro Hero 3 Black -- extremely choppy in Premiere Pro?

Hey guys,
I've searched all around the internet but can't find a solution to my problem. I shot my trip to florida last year at 1080p/60FPS. I have major issues with playing it in premiere, and it's making it very hard to edit. It's super choppy- no doubt due to the framerate. I tried converting them in the GoPro Studio to avi, no avail. I read that Premiere Pro CC would fix these issues- it doesnt. can anyone help this nooblet?
Thanks so much!

If you did the auto change, then the Sequence is likely 1080p60 to match the footage. You can check the sequence setting by clicking a drop down menu at the top, I think under Project? Not in front of Premiere right now, but poke around the top menus, you will find the current sequence settings.
You can have multiple sequences at once. Go to File > New > Sequence and make a new one. Choose AVCHD > 1080p30. Add clip to that sequence and do NOT let Premiere change it when it asks. how does that work? If you already have editing done in the 60p sequence, you don't have to recreate that - in 60p timeline, do "Ctrl-A" to Select All, then Ctrl-C to COPY and then open the 30p sequence and Ctrl-V to PASTE all those edits into the proper 30p sequence.
Another thing to check, I believe under Project menu, does it say "Software Only" or "Hardware GPU" for the Mercury Engine? If software only, what model GPUs do have have? You may be able to harness the power of the GPU for better playback depending on what you have.
Hope this helps
Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers

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