QR Control
Classic QR Commands for Labs Enabled Cameras
- Set most camera modes with the Customizable QR Code Creator
- Precisely setup your cameras with Local Date and Time or UTC Time
- Personalize your cameras with Owner Information
- Capture only the interesting moments with Motion Detection
- Start a 24-hour long time-lapse or greater with Extra Long Time-lapses
- Use your GoPro to time-lapse Construction Projects
- Schedule your camera to automatically Time-lapse Sunsets and Sunrises
- HERO8/9 and MAX Only Experiment with larger chapter sizes with 12 GB Chapters
- HERO8/9 and MAX Only For teaching and security applications add Video ‘Burn-in’ Overlays
- HERO8/9 and MAX Only Multi-camera users, label you media with Altered File Naming
Latest Labs QR Commands (requires 2021 firmware)
- Start capture using IMU Motion Triggers for detecting camera movement
- Use the USB Power Trigger to start and stop the camera (dash-cam mode)
- Set the Maximum Shutter Angle for greater control over stabilization in low light
- Set the Exposure Lock via QR Code
- Enable Archive Mode, a video only capture mode for loaned cameras
- Many more extensions via QR Code
- HERO8/9 Only - Configure your camera for Live-streaming via QR Code
- HERO9 Only - Sync multiple cameras’ timecode via GPS Time Synchronization
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The Commands Under The Hood
On QR Control Instructions page, one of the first demo QR Code was surfing example, using 1440p and 60fps with some custom Protune settings. The QR Code used this command string: mVr1440p60tw55x.5. While some of that seems like 1440p60, here is a full breakdown of how that command works:
- mV - is shorthand for mode Video - this is the same a swiping the camera to use video mode.
- r1440 - set resolution to 1440 - same as using the LCD to set 1440p
- p60 - set fps to 60
- t - Protune on
- w55 - white balance to 5500K
- x.5 - exposure compensation is set to 0.5
Any of these can be used on their own, or in different order, however the order can have meaning. If I enable protune with a ‘t’ command, while in the Photo mode, then switched to video, the video will be in whatever mode setting you had previously. The individual commands within a QR Code are performed in order, just like you would when using the touch LCD.
All setting commands start with a lowercase character, followed by either uppercase or numbers for the parameters, the next lowercase character is the next setting command. Below are some additional setting commands with their range of parameters.