user-1: I have the following starting position:
I have a GoPro Hero 2 and have done some timelapse series. I took them and stitched them together with the software that go pro provides. This all worked well.
The Problem:
As soon as i want to watch these videos somewhere else, I can't. The software uses some codec apparently belonging to GoPro and obviously most common players won't play anything.
I already tried to convert the video to a wider accepted format(codec) but I wouldn't get anything I could watch. It either only used the first view pictures and then went black or 
the video was entirely black.
The Question:
Now my question is should I use an other program or is there any easy way to convert my current work into a format(codec) that is wider spread. What software would you suggest to use in such a case. This is only a hobby project so I'm not prepared to spend unreasonable amounts on fully fledged software suites.

user674: You should have the option of export to QuickTime - which is pretty widely used. And even if you don't like those format options you can convert to something else easily from there. 

user-1: So I finally got time and dug around. I unearthed multiple options to do a timelapse video, but the one I found best is actually the following:
The answer is so simple, I just didn't know a time-lapse video could be created with VirtualDub.
Here is how you do it and you can install and use your very own and wanted codec: manual
You can then work on the time-lapse movie with a video editor of your choice.

-1: <p>I have the following starting position:</p>

<p>I have a GoPro Hero 2 and have done some timelapse series. I took them and stitched them together with the software that go pro provides. This all worked well.</p>

<p>The Problem:</p>

<p>As soon as i want to watch these videos somewhere else, I can't. The software uses some codec apparently belonging to GoPro and obviously most common players won't play anything.
I already tried to convert the video to a wider accepted format(codec) but I wouldn't get anything I could watch. It either only used the first view pictures and then went black or 
the video was entirely black.</p>

<p>The Question:</p>

<p>Now my question is should I use an other program or is there any easy way to convert my current work into a format(codec) that is wider spread. What software would you suggest to use in such a case. This is only a hobby project so I'm not prepared to spend unreasonable amounts on fully fledged software suites.</p>
 674: <p>You should have the option of export to QuickTime - which is pretty widely used. And even if you don't like those format options you can convert to something else easily from there. </p>
 -1: <p>So I finally got time and dug around. I unearthed multiple options to do a timelapse video, but the one I found best is actually the following:</p>

<p>The answer is so simple, I just didn't know a time-lapse video could be created with <a href="http://www.virtualdub.org/" rel="nofollow">VirtualDub</a>.</p>

<p>Here is how you do it and you can install and use your very own and wanted codec: <a href="http://timelapseblog.com/2009/08/04/using-virtualdub-for-time-lapse/" rel="nofollow">manual</a></p>

<p>You can then work on the time-lapse movie with a video editor of your choice.</p>
