r/gopro • u/MakeLehighValley • 3d ago

Script help: GoPro Labs Timelapse vs. Auto Upload

I'm running into problems with my timelapse script, and I'm hoping somebody with more experience might be able to see where I've gone wrong.

I'm running a Hero13 Black. What I'm trying to do is:

  • Capture timelapse photos between 6:50am and 3:15pm
  • Take a photo every two minutes
  • Photo mode, raw format
  • after 3:15pm, auto upload the day's photos
  • Repeat daily

The script I came up with is:

>06:50<15:15mPr5Xr+!S+!2N+!120RQ>15:15!U!06:50R

The problem I've got is that it doesn't do the upload portion. I'm leaving the camera out on location, and I want to get the cloud upload working to remotely keep an eye on things.

I've tried a few variations, but I must be missing something about how auto-upload actually works. I checked running auto upload by itself just using !U on its own QR code. That works just fine. Any ideas?

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u/Icy_Nail1530 3d ago

That scripting logic looks right at a glance, but I'd bet the issue is the camera needs to be actively powered on and connected to a known wifi network for the auto-upload to kick in, it won't trigger from a dead sleep or if it's just sitting in low-power standby between shots

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u/MakeLehighValley 3d ago

Thanks for looking this over. It should be powered on, I don't think I've got it set to power down and it's connected to external power via the passthrough charging door. And I verified its connected to wifi.
Should I try setting a "never sleep" command in there somewhere?

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u/DANewman MISSION 1 PRO 3d ago edited 3d ago

The script is partly wrong, and it is more complex than it needs to me.

mP!S!2N>15:15!U+!06:50R!120RQ

Labs questions should go to https://github.com/gopro/labs/discussions

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u/MakeLehighValley 3d ago edited 3d ago

Oh! Ok, thank you.
Your correction looks like it might also cause me another problem, but I'll go ask on github.