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GoPro Hero 4

Has anyone been able to control a GoPro Hero 4 using LabVIEW?  Given all the control code available from 3rd parties, I think there must be a way to do it, but I have not been able to figure out a solution.  Ideally, I would like to control it over the USB cable, but controlling it via WiFi is a possible option as well.

 

I would prefer to use a GoPro Hero 4 Silver, but I could use the Black instead if there is a good reason to do so.

 

I am using LabVIEW 2012, Version 12.0f3 (32-bit) with Vision Aquisition Software dated February 2014 and the Vision Development Module 2012, running the Full Vision Development version.

 

Thanks in advance.                                                                                         

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Hey dairmaede,

 

Cursory research shows that the USB port is used for charging only, but I did find some cool info about controlling it over wifi, and you can certainly use HTTP commands in LabVIEW.

Here's the article that talks about what this would look like:
http://www.diyphotography.net/gain-total-gopro-control-accesing-via-wi-fi/

 

And here's the command list:
https://github.com/KonradIT/goprowifihack/blob/master/WiFi-Commands.mkdn

 

From there you could use LabVIEW as an HTTP client to send the proper commands to the camera.

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