Gopro goes to sleep after short time

[mcneds]

A quick look at the open gopro documentation shows that there must be a wakeup packet sent periodically to prevent this

[mcneds]

Streaming format A video stream can be started by sending a packet to the camera:

echo 'GPHD:0:0:2:0.000000'; done | nc -u -q 0 10.5.5.9 8554 (other cameras may need a different packet, e.g. GPHD:1:0:2:0.000000 for Hero8/9 Black) Streaming format A video stream can be started by sending a packet to the camera:

echo 'GPHD:0:0:2:0.000000'; done | nc -u -q 0 10.5.5.9 8554 (other cameras may need a different packet, e.g. GPHD:1:0:2:0.000000 for Hero8/9 Black) ** The stream must be kept awake by sending the above packet repeatedly. A period of 2.5 seconds seems to be a good choice.**

https://systemausfall.org/wikis/howto/GoPro%20Hero%20Streaming

[AlexxIT]

What exact time? 10 minutes, hours?

[mcneds]

Seems to be a few hours. Over time, a really wierd phenomenon occurs, The camera feed becomes split, showing 2 different moments in time.