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Camera Suite allows you to control action cameras such as GoPro Hero 2/3/3+/4 models over Wifi/WLAN. It supports full control over the camera, live preview, media browsing, script- and server based remote control, and changing of camera settings. The Linux, MacOS and Windows versions of Camera Suite have the same features and a similar user interface.

Connecting GoPro Hero 2, 3, and 3+ camerasThe following steps are necessary to connect GoPro Hero 2, 3, and 3+ cameras over Wifi:
Watch TV on the go with some of your favorite shows and networks available, anytime, anywhere there is an internet connection. Getting started is easy. First, click on a network you would like to watch or download the Optimum App on your mobile device. Then, follow these steps if you can't turn on Wi-Fi Calling or make a Wi-Fi call. Wait two minutes before you go from one step to the next. Go to Settings  Phone  Wi-Fi Calling and make sure that Wi-Fi Calling is on. Restart your iPhone. Connect to a different Wi-Fi network. Not all Wi-Fi networks work with Wi-Fi Calling. Xfinity® WiFi by Comcast offers wireless internet service at millions of hotspots. Enjoy the fastest hotspots with the most Internet on the Go coverage. Everyone can now access 1.5 million out-of-home Xfinity WiFi hotspots for free: These hotspots are normally located in business areas, retail locations and transit areas. Secure Wi-Fi networks are password-protected and have by their names. Click in the menu bar. If Wi-Fi is off, click, then choose Turn Wi-Fi On. Choose a network. Enter the password, then click Join. If you don't know the password to the Wi-Fi network, contact the network administrator. This feature was added in Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, which added quite a few great new features. One of these new features, which hasn't gotten a lot of coverage is the ability to hide and show the menu bar, a mainstay not just in OS X, but Macs in general dating back to the earliest versions of the Mac System.
Enable Wifi on the GoPro camera and set it to 'App' (or 'phone+tablet' on some models) mode.
Connect your Mac or Windows machine to the GoPro Wifi network. The default Wifi password if you have not previously changed it is 'goprohero'.
Start the Camera Suite app and select the 'GoPro Hero 2/3/3+' entry in the connection dialog.
Press the 'Connect to camera' button. A connection dialog appears which will immediately disappear when your GoPro is correctly connected. 
Connecting GoPro Hero 4 camerasGoPro Hero 4 cameras have introduced an additional one timepairing step which is required once for each device (and has to be redone if the GoPro is resetted):
Turn on the GoPro Hero 4 camera and go to Settings → Wireless → GoPro App → New on the GoPro camera. A PIN code will be shown.
Connect your Mac or Windows machine to the GoPro Wifi network (the SSID of the network looks like 'GPxxxxx'). The default Wifi password if you have not previously changed it is 'goprohero'.
Start the Camera Suite app and select the 'Pair camera' button.
Go to the 'Pair' tab.
Enter the 6 digit pairing code displayed on the GoPro camera.
If you want to change the Wifi password then enter a SSID and password into the appropriate fields. Note: the SSID and password have to be each at least 8 characters long.
Press the 'Pair camera now' button.
After pairing, the camera can be connected with the following steps:
Enable Wifi on the GoPro camera and set it to 'App' mode.
Connect your Mac or Windows machine to the GoPro Wifi network using the SSID and Wifi password entered during the pairing process.
Start the Camera Suite app and select the 'GoPro Hero 4' entry in the connection dialog.
Press the 'Connect to camera' button. A connection dialog appears which will immediately disappear when your GoPro is correctly connected. 
General app usageThe main app screen consisting of the camera settings and the download manager is shown after connecting to a camera. 
FunctionsThe top bar ('Connect', 'Camera browser', ...) opens main functions of the app.
Poll camera status: If checked then the camera status is regulary checked. For long lasting operations (e.g. time-lapse) it is recommended to uncheck this option to save energy.
Settings: Opens a dialog with general app settings.
General SettingsDownload thumbnails in file browser: If checked then thumbnails are downloaded for each media file. If not checked, then only media information (filename, etc.) are retrieved.
Show audio levels in live preview: If checked then the audio levels (meter) of the left and right channel are shown. Generally it is recommended to disable this option because it slows down preview.
Media browsing and managementThe media browser supports viewing, streaming, download, and deleting of media files from the camera. 
Functions:Refresh: Reloads the list of media files from the camera.
Clear cache: Clears the local cache of thumbnails.
Select all/video/images and deselect: Selects and deselects items.
Delete from camera: Deletes the selected files from the camera. Note: Some media types (such as time-lapse, burst, some video formats) cannot be deleted over Wifi on GoPro Hero cameras. This is a restriction of the current camera firmware.
Get download links: Shows a list of download links for the selected files. These links can for instance be copied into another download manager app.
Download selected: Adds the selected files to the internal download manager. As an alternative, files can be directly dragged into the download manager window using drag&drop.
Toggle view: Switches between grid and list view.
Options: Show camera specific options.
Hints: Double click on a thumbnail to open the full resolution version. Right click on a thumbnail to open a popup menu with more options.
GoPro Hero camera browsing optionsUse legacy media downloader: The legacy media downloader supports downloading of all media files (it has not the limitations of the 'normal' downloader which uses the official camera functions). The download is slower than the 'normal' downloader.
Live preview and streaming serverThe Camera Suite offers a built in preview which can be opened with 'Live preview' button in the top menu bar. 
If the preview does not start or an error message is shown then try the following:
Make sure that the firewall is not blocking the camera.
Restart the camera (e.g. remove both the USB cable and the battery).
Close and re-open the live preview window.
Close and re-open the Camera Suite app.
Streaming serverThe streaming server converts live camera video and audio streams into an MPEGTS UDP stream which can be easily played back with many players (such as VLC, mPlayer, ffplay, ...). 
Options:Camera model: The camera model from which the data should be streamed. Note: GoPro Hero 3+ cameras work with both models 'Hero 2/3' and 'Hero 3+'.
Enable UDP streaming server: If checked then the video and audio stream is converted and sent by UDP. Unchecking this option is useful to convert the raw camera stream data on your own (for instance with ffmpeg). 
UDP server port: The port where the video and audio data is streamed to.
Local IP: The local IP address of the Wifi interface. The IP is automatically detected but can be changed if the detection fails.
VLC Player url: The address with which the stream can be opened in another video player. Note: on some players the '@' sign has to be replaced with '127.0.0.1' or 'localhost'.
Copy player url into clipboard: Copies the player url into the clipboard.
Start: Starts the streaming server.
Stop: Stops the streaming server.
Status: Shows status messages and errors.
Note: It is highly recommended to explicitely stop the streaming server before exiting the app.
Scripting and command serverThe scripting tool and command server can be reached over the menu 'Advanced' - 'Script processor'.
The scripting tool allows to control the camera using a Javascript based language. 
The command server sets up an HTTP server which can receive commands by HTTP (for instance from a webbrowser) to control a camera.
More details about the scripting language can be found here.
More details about the command server commands can be found here.
If you've followed the steps to connect your Mac to a Wi-Fi network, but the connection to your network or the Internet isn't reliable, the steps in this article might help.
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Connecting GoPro Hero 2, 3, and 3+ camerasThe following steps are necessary to connect GoPro Hero 2, 3, and 3+ cameras over Wifi:
Watch TV on the go with some of your favorite shows and networks available, anytime, anywhere there is an internet connection. Getting started is easy. First, click on a network you would like to watch or download the Optimum App on your mobile device. Then, follow these steps if you can't turn on Wi-Fi Calling or make a Wi-Fi call. Wait two minutes before you go from one step to the next. Go to Settings  Phone  Wi-Fi Calling and make sure that Wi-Fi Calling is on. Restart your iPhone. Connect to a different Wi-Fi network. Not all Wi-Fi networks work with Wi-Fi Calling. Xfinity® WiFi by Comcast offers wireless internet service at millions of hotspots. Enjoy the fastest hotspots with the most Internet on the Go coverage. Everyone can now access 1.5 million out-of-home Xfinity WiFi hotspots for free: These hotspots are normally located in business areas, retail locations and transit areas. Secure Wi-Fi networks are password-protected and have by their names. Click in the menu bar. If Wi-Fi is off, click, then choose Turn Wi-Fi On. Choose a network. Enter the password, then click Join. If you don't know the password to the Wi-Fi network, contact the network administrator. This feature was added in Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, which added quite a few great new features. One of these new features, which hasn't gotten a lot of coverage is the ability to hide and show the menu bar, a mainstay not just in OS X, but Macs in general dating back to the earliest versions of the Mac System.
Enable Wifi on the GoPro camera and set it to 'App' (or 'phone+tablet' on some models) mode.
Connect your Mac or Windows machine to the GoPro Wifi network. The default Wifi password if you have not previously changed it is 'goprohero'.
Start the Camera Suite app and select the 'GoPro Hero 2/3/3+' entry in the connection dialog.
Press the 'Connect to camera' button. A connection dialog appears which will immediately disappear when your GoPro is correctly connected. 
Connecting GoPro Hero 4 camerasGoPro Hero 4 cameras have introduced an additional one timepairing step which is required once for each device (and has to be redone if the GoPro is resetted):
Turn on the GoPro Hero 4 camera and go to Settings → Wireless → GoPro App → New on the GoPro camera. A PIN code will be shown.
Connect your Mac or Windows machine to the GoPro Wifi network (the SSID of the network looks like 'GPxxxxx'). The default Wifi password if you have not previously changed it is 'goprohero'.
Start the Camera Suite app and select the 'Pair camera' button.
Go to the 'Pair' tab.
Enter the 6 digit pairing code displayed on the GoPro camera.
If you want to change the Wifi password then enter a SSID and password into the appropriate fields. Note: the SSID and password have to be each at least 8 characters long.
Press the 'Pair camera now' button.
After pairing, the camera can be connected with the following steps:
Enable Wifi on the GoPro camera and set it to 'App' mode.
Connect your Mac or Windows machine to the GoPro Wifi network using the SSID and Wifi password entered during the pairing process.
Start the Camera Suite app and select the 'GoPro Hero 4' entry in the connection dialog.
Press the 'Connect to camera' button. A connection dialog appears which will immediately disappear when your GoPro is correctly connected. 
General app usageThe main app screen consisting of the camera settings and the download manager is shown after connecting to a camera. 
FunctionsThe top bar ('Connect', 'Camera browser', ...) opens main functions of the app.
Poll camera status: If checked then the camera status is regulary checked. For long lasting operations (e.g. time-lapse) it is recommended to uncheck this option to save energy.
Settings: Opens a dialog with general app settings.
General SettingsDownload thumbnails in file browser: If checked then thumbnails are downloaded for each media file. If not checked, then only media information (filename, etc.) are retrieved.
Show audio levels in live preview: If checked then the audio levels (meter) of the left and right channel are shown. Generally it is recommended to disable this option because it slows down preview.
Media browsing and managementThe media browser supports viewing, streaming, download, and deleting of media files from the camera. 
Functions:Refresh: Reloads the list of media files from the camera.
Clear cache: Clears the local cache of thumbnails.
Select all/video/images and deselect: Selects and deselects items.
Delete from camera: Deletes the selected files from the camera. Note: Some media types (such as time-lapse, burst, some video formats) cannot be deleted over Wifi on GoPro Hero cameras. This is a restriction of the current camera firmware.
Get download links: Shows a list of download links for the selected files. These links can for instance be copied into another download manager app.
Download selected: Adds the selected files to the internal download manager. As an alternative, files can be directly dragged into the download manager window using drag&drop.
Toggle view: Switches between grid and list view.
Options: Show camera specific options.
Hints: Double click on a thumbnail to open the full resolution version. Right click on a thumbnail to open a popup menu with more options.
GoPro Hero camera browsing optionsUse legacy media downloader: The legacy media downloader supports downloading of all media files (it has not the limitations of the 'normal' downloader which uses the official camera functions). The download is slower than the 'normal' downloader.
Live preview and streaming serverThe Camera Suite offers a built in preview which can be opened with 'Live preview' button in the top menu bar. 
If the preview does not start or an error message is shown then try the following:
Make sure that the firewall is not blocking the camera.
Restart the camera (e.g. remove both the USB cable and the battery).
Close and re-open the live preview window.
Close and re-open the Camera Suite app.
Streaming serverThe streaming server converts live camera video and audio streams into an MPEGTS UDP stream which can be easily played back with many players (such as VLC, mPlayer, ffplay, ...). 
Options:Camera model: The camera model from which the data should be streamed. Note: GoPro Hero 3+ cameras work with both models 'Hero 2/3' and 'Hero 3+'.
Enable UDP streaming server: If checked then the video and audio stream is converted and sent by UDP. Unchecking this option is useful to convert the raw camera stream data on your own (for instance with ffmpeg). 
UDP server port: The port where the video and audio data is streamed to.
Local IP: The local IP address of the Wifi interface. The IP is automatically detected but can be changed if the detection fails.
VLC Player url: The address with which the stream can be opened in another video player. Note: on some players the '@' sign has to be replaced with '127.0.0.1' or 'localhost'.
Copy player url into clipboard: Copies the player url into the clipboard.
Start: Starts the streaming server.
Stop: Stops the streaming server.
Status: Shows status messages and errors.
Note: It is highly recommended to explicitely stop the streaming server before exiting the app.
Scripting and command serverThe scripting tool and command server can be reached over the menu 'Advanced' - 'Script processor'.
The scripting tool allows to control the camera using a Javascript based language. 
The command server sets up an HTTP server which can receive commands by HTTP (for instance from a webbrowser) to control a camera.
More details about the scripting language can be found here.
More details about the command server commands can be found here.
If you've followed the steps to connect your Mac to a Wi-Fi network, but the connection to your network or the Internet isn't reliable, the steps in this article might help.
Check for Wi-Fi recommendationsSlow Wifi On MacWhen your Mac tries to connect to a Wi-Fi network, it checks for issues that affect its ability to create a fast, stable, and secure connection. If an issue is detected, the Wi-Fi status menu in the menu bar shows a new item: Wi-Fi Recommendations. Choose it to see recommended solutions.
Wi-Fi recommendations are available in macOS Sierra or later.
Analyze your wireless environmentYour Mac can use Wireless Diagnostics to perform additional analysis. 
Quit any apps that are open, and connect to your Wi-Fi network, if possible.
Press and hold Option (Alt) ⌥ key, then choose Open Wireless Diagnostics from the Wi-Fi status menu .
Enter your administrator name and password when prompted.
Wireless Diagnostics begins analyzing your wireless environment:
If the issue is intermittent, you can choose to monitor your Wi-Fi connection:

When you're ready to see recommendations, continue to the summary. Wireless Diagnostics asks for optional information about your base station or other router, so that it can include that in the report it saves to your Mac.
Click the info button next to each item in the summary to see details about that item. Wi-Fi best practices are tips that apply to most Wi-Fi networks.

Back up or make note of your network or router settings before changing them based on these recommendations—in case you need to use those settings again.
Monitor your Wi-Fi connectionYour Mac can monitor your Wi-Fi connection for intermittent issues, such as dropped connections. Follow the steps to analyze your wireless environment, but choose 'Monitor my Wi-Fi connection' when prompted.
During monitoring, a window shows that monitoring is in progress. Monitoring continues as long as this window is open and you're on the same Wi-Fi network, even when your Mac is asleep.
If Wireless Diagnostics finds an issue, it stops monitoring and shows a brief description of the issue. You can then resume monitoring or continue to the summary for details and recommendations.
Create a diagnostics reportWireless Diagnostics automatically saves a diagnostics report before it displays its summary. You can create the same report at any time: press and hold the Option key, then choose Create Diagnostics Report from the Wi-Fi status menu . It can take your Mac several minutes to create the report.
macOS Sierra and later saves the report to the /var/tmp folder of your startup drive, then opens that folder for you.
To open the folder manually, choose Go > Go to Folder from the Finder menu bar, then enter /var/tmp.
OS X El Capitan or earlier saves the report to your desktop.
The report is a compressed file with a name that begins 'WirelessDiagnostics.' It contains many files that describe your wireless environment in detail. A network specialist can examine them for further analysis.
Use other diagnostics utilitiesWireless Diagnostics includes additional utilities for network specialists. Open them from the Window menu in the Wireless Diagnostics menu bar: 
Info gathers key details about your current network connections.
Logs enables background logging for Wi-Fi and other system components. The result is saved to a .log file in the diagnostics report location on your Mac. Logging continues even when you quit the app or restart your Mac, so remember to disable logging when you're done.
Scan finds Wi-Fi routers in your environment and gathers key details about them.
Performance uses live graphs to show the performance of your Wi-Fi connection:Rate shows the transmit rate over time in megabits per second.
Quality shows the signal-to-noise ratio over time. When the quality is too low, your device disconnects from the Wi-Fi router. Factors that affect quality include the distance between your device and the router, and objects such as walls that impede the signal from your router. Learn more.
Signal shows both signal (RSSI) and noise measurements over time. You want RSSI to be high and noise to be low, so the bigger the gap between RSSI and noise, the better. 
Sniffer captures traffic on your Wi-Fi connection, which can be useful when diagnosing a reproducible issue. Select a channel and width, then click Start to begin capturing traffic on that channel. When you click Stop, a .wcap file is saved to the diagnostics report location on your Mac.
Learn moreAdditional recommendations for best Wi-Fi performance:
Keep your router up to date. For AirPort Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme, or AirPort Express Base Station, check for the latest firmware using AirPort Utility. For non-Apple routers, check the manufacturer's website. 
Set up your router using Apple's recommended settings, and make sure that all Wi–Fi routers on the same network use similar settings. If you're using a dual-band Wi-Fi router, make sure that both bands use the same network name.
Learn about potential sources of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth interference.
On The Go Wifi For Mac OsLearn about other ways to connect to the Internet.