Time lapse video over several months taking one image each day at 9:00 AM

[oliver0541]

I have a GoPro Hero 10 Black and would like to make a time lapse video running from February till October. Each day the GoPro should take one picture at 9:00 AM. Would that be possible with the help of GoPro Labs? (The GoPro is powered via USB cable)

[dnewman-gpsw]

Yes, Labs does this, although HERO10 is not the most reliable for this. If is a critical project use either a HERO12 or 13.

The Labs command for this very simple.

!09:00NmP!S!2R

As the chatbot explains (from https://chatgpt.com/g/g-67536eaf01d08191a9685f688ed3aeb7-gp-labs-script-assistant):

The command !09:00NmP!S!2R can be broken down as follows:

!09:00N: This instructs the camera to sleep until 9:00 AM.
mP: This sets the camera mode to Photo mode.
!S: This starts the capture (takes a photo) immediately after waking at 9:00 AM.
!2R: This repeats the entire command sequence after 2 seconds.

This issue will HERO10 is sometime forgets to wake up. For HERO10 is might be easier just to use timelapse photo with a one hour interval, and start on the hour (then delete the extra photos in post.)

[oliver0541]

Thanks a lot. That sounds like a plan. To run a continous time lapse with one hour interval would result in a lot of manual work in the postprocessing. To avoid possible problems with wake up: Wouldn't it be advisable to keep the camera awake all the time?

[dnewman-gpsw]

No, not a lot of manual work, maybe a couple of minutes. Just ask your favorite LLM generate a python script to do it.

For HERO10 yes, must be on all the time. Labs doesn't have a pause one day that doesn't shutdown the camera, you could try building a script for that, just seems weird.

[oliver0541]

Now I have a problem here: The command worked, however, I can no longer control the GoPro with the GoPro App Quik. Also, I am not able to remove or replace the current command. Please advise.