GoPro has some cool time lapse features, but they are somewhat restricted, especially the interval between shots parameter which is limited to 60 seconds. If the camera is close to a computer though, you can get total control over the camera by issuing simple HTTP requests.
Adrian Sitterle shares a complete list of HTTP GoPro commands as well as a simple script that uses them to take a timelapse with a 30 minutes interval.
Those commands control everything from waking the up the camera; through
- taking a picture
- controlling video parameters like resolution and FPS
- time lapse interval
- white balance
- burst mode and parameters
- on screen display
- and a few others…
The full list can be found on Adrian’s GitHub. Adrian than used thos commands to create a time-lapse script that ran, not on the camera, but on a wifi-master computer.
This means that as long as you have wifi access to the camera, you can manipulate it via your PC, MAC or even android.
[Removing GoPro’s timelapse frequency constraints via hackaday]
P.S. Adrian also casually mentions that
you can browse all pictures and videos on your GoPro over WiFi! Just browse to http://10.5.5.9:8080 in your browser
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