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| author | Adam Carpenter <gitlab@53hor.net> | 2019-07-04 17:38:57 -0400 |
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diff --git a/posts/the-best-way-to-transfer-gopro-files-with-linux.md b/posts/the-best-way-to-transfer-gopro-files-with-linux.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d25e8aa --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/the-best-way-to-transfer-gopro-files-with-linux.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +--- +permalink: "/posts/{{categories}}/{{slug}}" +title: The Best Way to Transfer GoPro Files with Linux +categories: ["technology"] +tags: ["gopro", "camera", "video", "download", "linux", "wireless"] +layout: post.liquid +is_draft: true +--- + +Transferring files off of most cameras to a Linux computer isn't all that +difficult. Normally I can rip out the SD card and transfer files or just use a +USB data transfer of some kind. The exception is my GoPro Hero 4 Black. For 4th +of July week I took a bunch of video with the GoPro, approximately 20 MP4 +files, about 3GB each. The annoying thing about the GoPros USB interface is +you need an app to download everything this way. The camera doesn't just show +up as a USB device that you can mount. The GoPro does have a micro-SD card but +I'm away from home and didn't have any dongles or adapters. + +The solution? GoPro cameras, after the Hero 3, can open up an ad-hoc wireless +network that lets you browse the GoPros onboard files through an HTTP server. +This means you can open your browser and scroll through the files on the camera +at a intranet address, `10.5.5.9`, and download them one by one. Well if you +have like two dozen videos on there it kinda sucks. + +> *Smiles warmly* + +So, I opened up the manual for `wget`. I'm sure you could get really fancy with +some of the options but the only thing I cared about was downloading every +single MP4 video off of the camera, automatically. I did not want to download +any of the small video formats or actual HTML files. So here's what I did: + +```sh +$ wget --recursive --accept "*.MP4" http://10.5.5.9:8080/ +``` + +Now I've got a directory tree with all of my videos in it. And the best part is +I didn't have to install the dinky GoPro app on my laptop. Hopefully this helps +if you're looking for an easy way to migrate lots of footage without manually +clicking through the web interface or installing additional software. |