Gopro 4 Silver + Drift Mic. Should Work Yeah ?? Mine Doesn't

[Cobba_Dan]

New gopro 4 silver
New Drift HD ghost / ghost s external mic
I've tried three different mic adapters, none of them get it to work. I should have just bought the bloody genuine one, I've spent more than it would have cost now anyway.

The mic works in my laptop so it's not faulty.
I know people use the drift mic's with gopro's, did I buy the wrong kind of drift mic, or do the drift mic's not work with the gopro 4 ?

Anyone got any info ?

 

[cb500f]

Have you checked to see if the adaptor itself is functioning properly? I was doing some research myself on this (I'm currenly using my drift ghost HD but bought a Hero 4 Black. I have come across more then 1 post indicating that the usb to mic converter has been faulty. Just my suggestion.

I will be getting the adaptor and trying to leave my drift mic in my helmet. If you do indeed find out if the two are not playing friendly, please let me know

 

[Cobba_Dan]

Yeah I'm hearing ya.
The problem I have is not being able to test the components individually. What I need is someone with a 4 silver and a working external mic setup, so I can plug my mic into their adapter and camera and see if it works, If it doesn't, the mic isn't compatible, If it does, then my adapter isn't compatible.
If I can't do that, then it's buy another mic and hope for the best, then if that doesn't work, go and buy the genuine gopro adapter.
If I get lucky I'll find a store where I can test some other mics, doesn't seem likely though.
I'll keep you posted If I find out anything

 

[Runnin1ife]

some of the mic adapters that work with the hero3's do not work with the hero 4's.

 

[Cobba_Dan]

truedat , the three I've tried all say they are compatible with the 4. I won't know for sure until I get one of them to work.

 

[Cobba_Dan]

I found a store that let me test mics with my camera, tested three different mics with no go, so on the way home I bit the bullet and did what I should have done from the start, I coughed up the cash for the genuine adapter cable $34 AUD.

My drift mic works perfectly now.

 

[SwissMotard]

I always thing it's worth having the official adapter for the GoPro, even though I detest that they removed the mic port for no reason.

 

[i64X]

Dang $34!? I tried a cheap Amazon adapter for $6US, which didn't work. Reviews were all either 1 star or 5 stars, which I didn't see because I bought it on my phone using the mobile version of the site. Waste of $6. MSRP for the first party adapter is $20 here, which I thought was a little ridiculous, but Best Buy had them on sale for $10US so I picked one up and it works great.