My wife works for HP she won't let me have a mac. lol
I use Corel Video Pro2 which I really didn't need cause all I do is trim raw video then cross fade the clips together.
I would think WindowMovie maker or whatever comes on the puter would be fine. As long as it can handle the HD stuff.
I have 96gigs of music
when music was free/pirated I would download that stuff like crazy. Then a bunch of us swapped hardrives and shared our music. Plus I have over 1500 cd's.
Just stay away from mainstream bands for the most part and it will let you upload to Youtube. Actually more and more bands are realizing that letting us use thier music on these little vids is free advertising. Notice how there is a link to buy some of the recognized songs at the bottom.
I think to end up with a good vid choose the song first. Then try to edit the footage so that changes are with the beat of the music, or certain turns match up to little riffs in the song.
Also change the camera angles. Nobody wants to watch five minutes of the same angle no matter how sick the riding is.
there you have it....all of my secrets
you are now free to roam grasshopper...............