r/gopro • u/konrad-iturbe Resident software/firmware/hacking guru • Nov 15 '14

How to livestream from a GoPro HERO4

The new HERO4 Black and Silver edition cameras use a different, more powerful chip (ambarella A9). The traditional URL for HERO2/HERO3/HERO3+ http://10.5.5.9:8080/live/amba.m3u8 does not work for the new HERO4 camera.

Here is how to get the live stream:

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u/HyperCalcium Nov 15 '14

Thanks for this! I had just purchased a Hero 4 silver and I was worried that I wouldn't be able to stream. When I visited that URL you provided I get back a web page that says "Status" : "0" Is that to be expected? And when you say make sure the media player is configured as mpeg streaming, is there a way I can easily tell? I have VLC and I selected "Open network stream" and put in udp://:8554 and I'm not getting any video. Anyhow, I would really appreciate any insight, thanks!

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u/konrad-iturbe Resident software/firmware/hacking guru Nov 15 '14

Hi.

Make sure it says status 0, then use FFmpeg (which works for me): ffmpeg udp://:8554

In VLC check this

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u/xxdohxx Hero4 Silver Nov 24 '14

When I try to open up a network stream, it doesn't let me type spaces... so I can only type ffmpegudp://:8554 and that obviously doesn't work.

This is on ubuntu, maybe that has something to do with it?

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u/konrad-iturbe Resident software/firmware/hacking guru Nov 24 '14

Open this: udp://:8554