![]() Jeremy Cook is a manufacturing engineer with 10 years experience as his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Watching the results below makes me feel like I’m about to fall off of the earth into space, but it’s hard not to keep looking! Everything is better with fire!įinally, if you “happen” to have 6 GoPro cameras, a 3D printer to make the mount, and software to stitch the video together, you can create an incredible spherical panorama video. alum demonstrates this quite successfully here, but you might have also seen this excellent effect using a ceiling fan, and fireworks. On the more extreme end, you could launch your GoPro into the air with a slingshot, or there’s always the single-GoPro bullet-time rotation hack. Here’s one that I made using a different style timer with a magnetic base, leading to some unique mounting possibilities. We’ve featured a couple of interesting models, including this excellent mount using Ikea parts. Among the most useful, and simplest, is the kitchen timer GoPro mount. Switching gears, probably my favorite class of GoPro “hacks” is the DIY ways that people come up with to mount them. ![]() If you’ve ween working on some BacPac hacks already we want to hear about it! DIY Mounting Options Especially given the RGB video output pins, it’s hard not to think of the interesting hacks that could come from this type of control. One could imagine hooking up an Arduino or Raspberry Pi to this bus, and controlling the camera through it. I had never really thought about using this as an access point for more buttons or outputs, but naturally, there is a lot of IO capability running out through this port. In case you weren’t impressed enough with 14-year-old Autoexec.ash hacking, or his list of WiFi commands, he also lists the functions of the pins on the BacPac connectors on his site (and disassembled one, as seen in the first picture). This WiFi script comes via Reddit, which claims it is not hacking… Go ahead, feel free to write “not a hack” in the comments! BacPac Bus Hack This type of “hacking” would be something interesting for even the most time-constricted “script kiddies.” There are many more commands that can be done over WiFi with a similar scripting technique, which his listed on his GitHub page here.Īlso outlined on page is that it’s actually pretty simple to log on to your GoPro with a computer and browse around. ![]() did just that, writing a Python script to control the time lapse frequency beyond the “stock” 60 seconds. If writing a script to reside on your GoPro isn’t really your style, or feels too risky, you can always use a script on your computer to control the camera. The risk may be small, but for me the reward is almost nonexistent. Although tempting to try, I don’t (yet) have a pressing situation that “stock” GoPro features don’t address. He’s quick to point out that this will void your warranty, so proceed with caution. You can check these out on his page, or here’s his Github account if you prefer that method. Use of these scripts is quite powerful, and one can modify elements of the camera from simply blinking the LEDs, to changing video capture properties, to many other useful settings. You can download a number of scripts on, which should be very easy to modify per insights. ![]() They can, however, void your warranty, so as with most hacking, do these at your own risk.īy far the simplest way to extend your GoPro’s capabilities is by placing a text file in your GoPro camera’s root folder called Autoexec.ash. Most people will be satisfied, or possibly even overwhelmed by the available options, but if you’re able to do some of these hacks, you’ll be able to expand your camera’s capabilities even more. GoPro cameras come out of the box with a huge set of features. ![]()
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