Gopro Hero 5 Black & Hero 5 Session External Mic Fix

[Hippo-Drones]

How to fix the one-touch record issue when running an external microphone....

 

[SighBored]

I'm still iffy about the Hero5, I still lean more towards Hero4, just got myself another Hero4 not long ago.

 

[Hippo-Drones]

aye, the mic adaptor on the 5 is ridiculously huge

 

[Jafnhaar]

This has stopped me buying a hero5... will stick with the 4 abit longer...

 

[Hippo-Drones]

I believe the fix I demonstrated in the first video still works

 

[Panotaker]

I have the Sony FDR-X3000 and the one touch recording doesn't work that well on that either. Most of the time, if the camera is off, you can hit the record button, and the camera will turn on and start recording. But every once in a while, if the camera is off, and you hit the record button, the camera will turn on, but it won't start recording. So I still have to look in the mirror, to make sure the record light came on. Another thing it does is, if you are recording, and you hit the record button to stop recording, the camera will stop recording, but the camera stays on. It would be a lot better if you hit the record button to stop the recording, and have the camera turn off too, but the camera stays on, which defeats the whole purpose of one touch recording. So I still have to look in the mirror to make sure the record light is either on or off, and I still have to turn off the camera manually. You would think the beta testers would catch all these flaws before releasing these cameras to the general public. Or maybe they know about the problems, but they don't know how to fix it.

 

[Hippo-Drones]

You would think the beta testers would catch all these flaws before releasing these cameras to the general public. Or maybe they know about the problems, but they don't know how to fix it.

I think that is the nail on the head!
The annoying thing is that the one-touch record used to work fine until they updated the firmware earlier this year.

 

[Hippo-Drones]

Damn the USB-C connectors, been out on the bike all day recording and come home to find no external audio again. This time however was my own fault as I hadn't pushed in the connector far enough and all I had was camera audio which meant wind noise central!

 

[Hippo-Drones]

... I got the day off tomorrow so can re-record some of the bits if it is dry

 

[2WV]

Oohh, gopro acting shady with the 5.. dodgey :/

 

[Hippo-Drones]

The link below shows my helmet setup as it is currently:

https://motovlog.com/threads/helmet-setup-for-gopro-hero-5-hero-6-black.16732/

 

[Hippo-Drones]

Well it looks like GoPro have now nerfed the Hero 6 Black too and taken away our ability to use Quick Capture/one touch record when using an external mic :-(

 

[Hippo-Drones]

I am now gonna go see if I can find the old firmware for the 6....

 

[R-Rated]

Well it looks like GoPro have now nerfed the Hero 6 Black too and taken away our ability to use Quick Capture/one touch record when using an external mic :-(

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Powered mics. Man I have used one of those since my former career to increase sensitivity when recording with a microcassette recorder!

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