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11-24-2020 09:05 PM
Re: GoPro as webcam in Linux
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12-01-2020 11:28 AM
Re: GoPro as webcam in Linux
[ New ]Today i received a brand new hero 9, exiting!
I just plugged it in my ubuntu computer and it didn't work.
I bought this as webcam for work, which I also could use for other things (sounds like a win-win scenario).
Sadly it doesn't do what i want, I am thinking about to return it.
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12-01-2020 03:05 PM
Re: GoPro as webcam in Linux
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12-03-2020 04:35 AM
Re: GoPro as webcam in Linux
[ New ]My python package for GoPro can emulate a Linux virtual device for Hero9 over USB just like in Windows. https://github.com/KonradIT/gopro-py-api/blob/master/examples/v4l2-hero9-webcam.py
Read code first, run modprobe commands, then run python script (make sure to install deps first). ctrl c to kill it. It'll be integrated into my gopro media management tool GoPro Dashboard too.
Lag is minimal.

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12-12-2020 09:53 AM
Re: GoPro as webcam in Linux
[ New ]That works beautifully :) Thank you. It's always disappointing to see when a supposed "premium" brand has to rely on one person to do in their spare time what they as a company apparently couldn't.
Any objections if I have a go at building a simple UI around this that may make it more accessible for the average user?
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12-16-2020 08:18 AM
Re: GoPro as webcam in Linux
[ New ]Wonderful, I hope gopro officially supports this method, this means I can now buy gopro 9! Thank you very much. (I'll try it when gopro arrives to me!)
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12-19-2020 10:28 AM
Re: GoPro as webcam in Linux
[ New ]Sure thing, you can do a GUI wrapper. Also if you want something similar to GoPro Quik for browsing media check out GoPro Dashboard: http://github.com/konradit/goprodashboard . It uses the gopro-py-api python package and flask to run a front end for displaying the media on the camera.
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