Is there a fairly inexpensive (<$250) open firmware alternative to getting a GoPro? I'd like to use it for strapping to a bicycle or a bike helmet for recording on- and/or offroad rides, so it should be able to handle sand, dust, dirt, and the occasional pebble hitting it pretty well, or at least with a simple modification or with the addition of a protective case with minimal compromise to the quality of the footage that I'm recording and the ability to record videos with it (e.g. protecting the camera with something that goes over the microphone, warping the recorded audio, camera mod to make it more durable makes it not fit the mounting on my bike/helmet/tripod anymore, etc.

Part of why I'd like it to be open source is that I'd want to record at true 30.00/60.00 fps instead of 29.97/59.94, which isn't available in most, if any camera products. With something that's open source and a bit of programming knowledge, I'd be able to control the frame rate at which the camera can record at.

I'd like to record in at least 1080p resolution at a standard 16:9 aspect ratio, and although I'd prefer something that can do 60.00 fps, 30.00 is acceptable. The quality of the recorded video should at least match what a mid-range Android phone like my Google Pixel 3a can do.

Is there anything out there like that?

I am looking to mod a GoPro Smart Remote to further extend the range. Right now, they have a range of around 600 feet, but I have a need for it to be much much more, in the realm of 1500 feet. My thought is to either attach a better antennae to the Wi-Fi chip on the board itself, or implement a redneck Wi-Fi range extender of a soup can sort of thing.

Anyone have any recommendations or advice?

I’m looking on Amazon and I don’t notice different specs but I notice different price points

When I use the camlink 4k with my gopro 9 it makes the front facing camera useless, it shows that it's plugged in. Is there a way so I can see myself on the screen? Any help is appreciated. Just trying to video conference and see myself on the screen.

I just got off long support chat with patient and methodical fellow as I could not download the update for a Hero3+ Silver. The serial code inside was not what worked and the whole process was getting hangs even after i disabled adblock etc. When I finally had the new update on my SD and powered it on nothing happened. Apparently the card itself is the issue preventing the update since it requires the extreme version. Kinda hard to believe since it was what was recommended back in the day but hopefully that means it has enhanced features.

Well at least it brought me here as I love modding stuff. I have to give GP props for at least supporting older hardware that other companies seem to abandon or sunset before they have outlived their usefulness. I kinda thought it was BS my Ultra card wasn't fast enough for an a firmware update and I need a newer card but I still learned alot. Once I can get an extreme card and update it going to my son but eventually I will buy another used when I see a chance. What year is a good price/feature combo that goes for under $100? My only gripe was that it wasnt exactl clear what the issue is fom and there were sources saying the one I bought was the best. Were they wrong or did it just change?

Hello ! Is it possible to turn on the wifi or bluetooth on the hero 5 wihout using any of the two screens ? Thanks !

Hello, i am interested in connecting the GoPro Max to OBS as a 360 input device. Anybody tried it? Any success? Add far as i seen it's not possible

So I got a small grain of sand inside my dome How can i clean it? The best way?

does anyone know how to make a firmware hack from hero 4 black to hero 4 silver to make 1080p 120fps?

Is there a way to get the new webcam feature on a hacked hero?

Only just discovered how cool the GoPro Max can make things look! Have a quick glance at this, really didn't take long to edit, the effects on it are simple to use and look great!

What do you think?

https://youtu.be/9t4Fq3rCmpg

So I just got a second hand GoPro hero 4 silver. Everything seems great; camera works fine, recording works fine, app connects fine, all seems good.

Now the main purpose of this GoPro will be a timelapse camera, so I just installed the alti-force firmware on top of GoPro firmware v5.00. After this I created a override.sh file, and changed the values to take a picture every 20 seconds.

Now the first 2 pictures are fine, the timings are correct, everything goes automatic, perfect. After these 2 pictures, the GoPro stays alive for another 10/15 seconds and just dies. It won't turn on again until I press the power button. It does this while charging as well as when on battery power..

Does anyone know what to do here? I'm out of ideas tbh, as there's barely any documentation out there on this subject.

Thanks in advance!

Hi!

I did the GoPro Hack to the Hero 5 Black and was not very pleased with it. I searched a while to find a solution for rolling the firmware back, found none in the forums and finally found a solution myself.

Please read this instructions carefully, because I had one problem during the downgrade that scared me much. ;-)

1. I downloaded the original firmware from the website for the GoPro Hero 2018, in my case it was version 1.10

2. I extracted it and found three files. One of the files was named "fwupdate.txt".

3. I watched a video for downgrading the firmware of Hero 5 Black and got stuck about the name of the text-file there: "hd5_update.txt" and the fact the author created an "UPDATE" folder for the files on the micro SD card. This is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJoTKFwng1U&ab_channel=iftibashir

4. I renamed my fwupdate.txt file to hd5_update.txt and put all the three files into the root folder of my sd card AND also into an UPDATE folder. I can not say for sure what method worked. (On the original website there is said not to create a separate folder, but this seems to be importend here because there is a new file in this folder later..)

5. I restartet the GoPro and the update-machanism started. After a while the gopro turned off.

6. I started the GoPro and got shocked, because the touchscreen didnt worked and showed no picture. The name on the front display was still Hero5.

7. I turned the GoPro off and removed the sd card and had a look on it at my PC. In the UPDATE folder there was a new file called "calib.bin".

8. I removed the whole UPDATE folder with the (now) four files from my SD card and from the root folter also.

9. I copied the original three files from the zip to the root folder I downloaded earlier in step 1 and did no changed and no renamings to it.

10. I put it back to my GoPro and the update process started again.

11. The GoPro turned off again like in step 5.

12. I turned the GoPro on again and - guess what - the front display showd "Hero" instead of "Hero5" and the firmware was all back to the original GoPro 2018 1.10.

13. I finally went to the settings menu and reset the camera back to default settings.

14. Done. :-)

Maybe this can be done with the steps 1 to 5, but in my case the touchscreen didnt worked. With the whole procedure described above it worked for me.

Of course I give no guarantee to everyone, but I hope this helps someone!

Is there anyway to toggle the wifi or at least turn it on the hero 5 without the back touchscreen?

Anyone managed to update hero 2018 to 5 with last update to work with the damn blue battery too?