Good morning. Posting my experience so far with the mic adapter with my Hero 6. Maybe someone has come across something or can offer some other insight on what I could be missing (if anything).
Purchased both the GoPro and the mic adapter from GoPro. I also purchased a Rode VideoMicro.
*Built-in mic works as expected*
Using the mic with the adapter (not in QuickShot - I actually turned it off after some research just to eliminate it from the equation):
- Standard: only static (no tapping noises, etc...just a standard white noise)
- Standard +: only static, but louder
- Powered: static
- Powered +: louder static
- Line In: Works flawlessly
So after Line In worked, I tried an iPhone headset with a TRS adapter (as the iPhone headsets are TRRS). Same results as above.
Thinking it could be the mic, I used a friend's Canon camera and was able to record two different sound clips, one with the onboard mic and one with the Rode VideoMicro. Both results were as expected, and proved out the Rode VideoMicro was working.
Chatted it up with GoPro support for about an hour Monday (text). Manually updated the firmware to the current version (it was on it already, but I understand how this can be a 'troubleshooting' step). Same results from the above list. They decide to send me a new adapter.
Adapter arrives, so I run the tests again:
- Standard: nothing
- Standard +: nothing
- Powered: nothing
- Powered +: nothing
- Line In: nothing
The funny part now though, the GoPro itself made a loud static noice every time I started or stopped recording. If I unplugged and turned the adapter 180 degrees, the GoPro itself wouldn't make the static noice, but the test results were the same.
Spent another hour on the phone with GoPro support last night, mostly repeating myself 3 times on everything, and they decide to send me another adapter (obviously the adapter that was sent to me had issues).
That being said, I asked a coworker of mine to bring in a different Canon camera today, and once again recorded a test with the microphone, and it worked as expected.
So I know the microphone works. Unfortunately I don't have another GoPro with USB-C so I can eliminate the GoPro from the equation.
Every video or blog post about the adapter seems to show it working flawlessly from the start. Am I missing something here? Has anyone else experienced something like this? Just tyring to cover all my bases here.
Thanks!!
