Cheers Jays,
I had the Gopro mounted using the suction unit in the motorsport edition and wasn't using the quick mounts which seem to be where the issue is.
I now know what the random which piece of plastic is for though.
apple is easiest for editing
this program I use for cutting the raw material in to smaller parts to load in to the editing program: both on pc/apple
http://www.squared5.com/