Gopro12 timeout error when downloading media to host via USB

[robertobaratheon]

What is the bug in?

• Demos (python sdk, etc)

I'm testing the 'video.py' demo.
I set it to record, say, for 10 seconds (I've tried multiple durations), and the script successfully exits automatically after downloading the video.
After a few loops, it will crash with:

ERROR 12:18:36.832 ConnectionError(ReadTimeoutError("HTTPConnectionPool(host='172.27.154.51', port=8080): Read timed out."))

This is random, it can happen after 2 or 3 loops, or after 3+ hours of loops without crashing.
When adding more logging for debugging, I've even found out this error:

WARNING  17:47:12.624 ConnectionError(MaxRetryError("HTTPConnectionPool(host='172.27.154.51', port=8080): Max retries exceeded with url: /gopro/camera/control/wired_usb?p=1 (Caused by            gopro_base.py:391
NewConnectionError('<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x1055a0ec0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 64] Host is down'))"))

These are very small video files I'm testing with, since the camera is static, shooting at 1080p. They are usually less than 2MB in size. Generally speaking they will download in less than a second.

I also found that when it times out, it's always after having already downloaded more than 90% of the file.

This is a full error output:

INFO     12:18:31.688                                                                                                                                                                              gopro_base.py:380
         <<<<<<<<--------------
             "id" : "Media List",
             "protocol" : "Protocol.HTTP",
             "endpoint" : "gopro/media/list",
         <<<<<<<<--------------

INFO     12:18:31.706                                                                                                                                                                              gopro_base.py:400
         -------------->>>>>>>>
             "id" : "http://172.27.154.51:8080/gopro/media/list",
             "status" : "ErrorCode.SUCCESS",
             "protocol" : "Protocol.HTTP",
             "data" : {
                 "identifier" : "2391561004809514755",
                 "media" : [
                     {
                         "directory" : "100GOPRO",
                         "file_system" : [
                             {
                                 "filename" : "100GOPRO/GX011325.MP4",
                                 "creation_timestamp" : "1741954696",
                                 "modified_time" : "1741954696",
                                 "low_res_video_size" : "1130887",
                                 "lrv_file_size" : "-1",
                             }
                         ],
                     }
                 ],
             },
         -------------->>>>>>>>

Downloading 100GOPRO/GX011325.MP4...
INFO     12:18:31.708                                                                                                                                                                              gopro_base.py:380
         <<<<<<<<--------------
             "id" : "Camera State",
             "protocol" : "Protocol.HTTP",
             "endpoint" : "gopro/camera/state",
         <<<<<<<<--------------

INFO     12:18:31.751                                                                                                                                                                              gopro_base.py:400
         -------------->>>>>>>>
             "id" : "http://172.27.154.51:8080/gopro/camera/state",
             "status" : "ErrorCode.SUCCESS",
             "protocol" : "Protocol.HTTP",
             "data" : {
                 "StatusId.BATTERY_PRESENT" : "False",
                 "StatusId.INTERNAL_BATTERY_BARS" : "InternalBatteryBars.ZERO",
                 "StatusId.OVERHEATING" : "False",
                 "StatusId.BUSY" : "False",
                 "StatusId.QUICK_CAPTURE" : "False",
                 "StatusId.ENCODING" : "False",
                 "StatusId.LCD_LOCK" : "False",
                 "StatusId.VIDEO_ENCODING_DURATION" : "0",
                 "StatusId.WIRELESS_CONNECTIONS_ENABLED" : "True",
                 "StatusId.PAIRING_STATE" : "PairingState.NEVER_STARTED",
                 "StatusId.LAST_PAIRING_TYPE" : "LastPairingType.NOT_PAIRING",
                 "StatusId.WIFI_SCAN_STATE" : "WifiScanState.NEVER_STARTED",
                 "StatusId.LAST_WIFI_SCAN_SUCCESS" : "0",
                 "StatusId.WIFI_PROVISIONING_STATE" : "WifiProvisioningState.NEVER_STARTED",
                 "StatusId.REMOTE_CONNECTED" : "False",
                 "StatusId.CONNECTED_WIFI_SSID" : "",
                 "StatusId.ACCESS_POINT_SSID" : "Mauro cam",
                 "StatusId.CONNECTED_DEVICES" : "0",
                 "StatusId.PREVIEW_STREAM" : "False",
                 "StatusId.PRIMARY_STORAGE" : "PrimaryStorage.OK",
                 "StatusId.REMAINING_PHOTOS" : "3755",
                 "StatusId.REMAINING_VIDEO_TIME" : "19386",
                 "StatusId.PHOTOS" : "0",
                 "StatusId.VIDEOS" : "1",
                 "StatusId.OTA" : "Ota.IDLE",
                 "StatusId.PENDING_FW_UPDATE_CANCEL" : "False",
                 "StatusId.LOCATE" : "False",
                 "StatusId.TIMELAPSE_INTERVAL_COUNTDOWN" : "0",
                 "StatusId.SD_CARD_REMAINING" : "63781601",
                 "StatusId.PREVIEW_STREAM_AVAILABLE" : "True",
                 "StatusId.WIFI_BARS" : "4",
                 "StatusId.ACTIVE_HILIGHTS" : "0",
                 "StatusId.TIME_SINCE_LAST_HILIGHT" : "0",
                 "StatusId.MINIMUM_STATUS_POLL_PERIOD" : "500",
                 "StatusId.LIVEVIEW_EXPOSURE_SELECT_MODE" : "LiveviewExposureSelectMode.DISABLED",
                 "StatusId.LIVEVIEW_Y" : "0",
                 "StatusId.LIVEVIEW_X" : "0",
                 "StatusId.GPS_LOCK" : "False",
                 "StatusId.AP_MODE" : "False",
                 "StatusId.INTERNAL_BATTERY_PERCENTAGE" : "0",
                 "StatusId.MICROPHONE_ACCESSORY" : "MicrophoneAccessory.ACCESSORY_NOT_CONNECTED",
                 "StatusId.ZOOM_LEVEL" : "0",
                 "StatusId.WIRELESS_BAND" : "WirelessBand.NUM_5_GHZ",
                 "StatusId.ZOOM_AVAILABLE" : "False",
                 "StatusId.MOBILE_FRIENDLY" : "False",
                 "StatusId.NUM_5GHZ_AVAILABLE" : "True",
                 "StatusId.READY" : "True",
                 "StatusId.OTA_CHARGED" : "False",
                 "StatusId.COLD" : "False",
                 "StatusId.ROTATION" : "Rotation.NUM_90_DEGREES_LAYING_ON_RIGHT_SIDE_",
                 "StatusId.ZOOM_WHILE_ENCODING" : "False",
                 "StatusId.FLATMODE" : "12",
                 "StatusId.VIDEO_PRESET" : "8",
                 "StatusId.PHOTO_PRESET" : "65536",
                 "StatusId.TIMELAPSE_PRESET" : "131072",
                 "StatusId.PRESET_GROUP" : "1000",
                 "StatusId.PRESET" : "8",
                 "StatusId.PRESET_MODIFIED" : "100663304",
                 "StatusId.CAPTURE_DELAY_ACTIVE" : "False",
                 "StatusId.MEDIA_MOD_STATE" : "MediaModState.MICROPHONE_REMOVED",
                 "StatusId.TIME_WARP_SPEED" : "TimeWarpSpeed.NUM_15X",
                 "StatusId.LENS_TYPE" : "LensType.DEFAULT",
                 "StatusId.HINDSIGHT" : "False",
                 "StatusId.SCHEDULED_CAPTURE_PRESET_ID" : "4294967295",
                 "StatusId.SCHEDULED_CAPTURE" : "False",
                 "StatusId.DISPLAY_MOD_STATUS" : "DisplayModStatus.NUM_000_DISPLAY_MOD_0_HDMI_0_DISPLAY_MOD_CONNECTED_FALSE",
                 "StatusId.SD_CARD_WRITE_SPEED_ERROR" : "False",
                 "StatusId.SD_CARD_ERRORS" : "0",
                 "StatusId.TURBO_TRANSFER" : "False",
                 "StatusId.CAMERA_CONTROL_ID" : "CameraControlId.CAMERA_IDLE_NO_ONE_IS_ATTEMPTING_TO_CHANGE_CAMERA_SETTINGS",
                 "StatusId.USB_CONNECTED" : "False",
                 "StatusId.USB_CONTROLLED" : "UsbControlled.ENABLED",
                 "StatusId.SD_CARD_CAPACITY" : "63854084",
                 "StatusId.PHOTO_INTERVAL_CAPTURE_COUNT" : "0",
                 "SettingId.VIDEO_RESOLUTION" : "VideoResolution.NUM_1080",
                 "SettingId.FRAMES_PER_SECOND" : "FramesPerSecond.NUM_30_0",
                 "SettingId.VIDEO_TIMELAPSE_RATE" : "VideoTimelapseRate.NUM_0_5_SECONDS",
                 "SettingId.PHOTO_TIMELAPSE_RATE" : "PhotoTimelapseRate.NUM_0_5_SECONDS",
                 "SettingId.NIGHTLAPSE_RATE" : "NightlapseRate.NUM_10_SECONDS",
                 "SettingId.WEBCAM_DIGITAL_LENSES" : "WebcamDigitalLenses.LINEAR",
                 "SettingId.AUTO_POWER_DOWN" : "AutoPowerDown.NEVER",
                 "SettingId.LED" : "Led.ALL_ON",
                 "SettingId.VIDEO_ASPECT_RATIO" : "VideoAspectRatio.NUM_16_9",
                 "SettingId.VIDEO_LENS" : "VideoLens.SUPERVIEW",
                 "SettingId.PHOTO_LENS" : "PhotoLens.WIDE",
                 "SettingId.TIME_LAPSE_DIGITAL_LENSES" : "TimeLapseDigitalLenses.WIDE",
                 "SettingId.PHOTO_OUTPUT" : "PhotoOutput.STANDARD",
                 "SettingId.MEDIA_FORMAT" : "MediaFormat.TIME_LAPSE_VIDEO",
                 "SettingId.ANTI_FLICKER" : "Anti_Flicker.NUM_60HZ",
                 "SettingId.HYPERSMOOTH" : "Hypersmooth.AUTO_BOOST",
                 "SettingId.HINDSIGHT" : "Hindsight.OFF",
                 "SettingId.PHOTO_SINGLE_INTERVAL" : "PhotoSingleInterval.OFF",
                 "SettingId.PHOTO_INTERVAL_DURATION" : "PhotoIntervalDuration.OFF",
                 "SettingId.CONTROLS" : "Controls.PRO",
                 "SettingId.EASY_MODE_SPEED" : "EasyModeSpeed.NUM_1X_SPEED_LONG_BATT_LOW_LIGHT_V2_",
                 "SettingId.WIRELESS_BAND" : "WirelessBand.NUM_5GHZ",
                 "SettingId.STAR_TRAILS_LENGTH" : "StarTrailsLength.MAX",
                 "SettingId.VIDEO_BIT_RATE" : "VideoBitRate.STANDARD",
                 "SettingId.BIT_DEPTH" : "BitDepth.NUM_8_BIT",
                 "SettingId.PROFILES" : "Profiles.STANDARD",
                 "SettingId.VIDEO_EASY_MODE" : "VideoEasyMode.HIGHEST_QUALITY",
                 "SettingId.LAPSE_MODE" : "LapseMode.TIMEWARP",
                 "SettingId.MAX_LENS_MOD" : "MaxLensMod.NONE",
                 "SettingId.MAX_LENS_MOD_ENABLE" : "MaxLensModEnable.OFF",
                 "SettingId.EASY_NIGHT_PHOTO" : "EasyNightPhoto.SUPER_PHOTO",
                 "SettingId.MULTI_SHOT_ASPECT_RATIO" : "MultiShotAspectRatio.NUM_16_9",
                 "SettingId.FRAMING" : "Framing.WIDESCREEN",
             },
         -------------->>>>>>>>

ERROR    12:18:36.832 ConnectionError(ReadTimeoutError("HTTPConnectionPool(host='172.27.154.51', port=8080): Read timed out."))                                                                          video.py:68

I've recreated the error in 2 different Gopro 12 cameras.

Steps to reproduce the behavior:
I run the script with this loop:

python3 video.py --wired -r 10
  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "Python script crashed. Exiting loop."
    break
  fi
  echo 'sleeping for 3'
  sleep 3
done

Hardware
2 different Gopro 12 cameras.
Tested on macOS Sequoia 15.3.1 and 2 different Raspberry pi 5.
Tried with several different cables, both USB-C and USB-C to USB-A.

[viktor76525]

I think I'm experiencing the same thing. The GoPro randomly stops responding to requests over USB network.
Here's an example script (dependencies: curl, ip, jq in path). It's meant to take photos in a loop, download them and remove them from the camera. The GoPro will continuously take periods of rest where it won't respond to anything. This is on a GoPro 13 btw.
gopro2.sh.txt

[isa8ell4]

I am having a similar issue. I have two laptops, two gopro hero 13 cameras. One laptop works with the CLI commands below and the other does not. Same versions of open-gopro (0.19.4) and python. I am controlling the gopros via CLI. Here are some of the responses from the laptop that is having issues:

CLI: gopro-photo --wired

INFO 09:02:46.093 Querying mDNS to find _gopro-web._tcp.local.... mdns_scanner.py:69
ERROR 09:02:56.109 FailedToFindDevice('A scan timed out without finding a device') photo.py:51

CLI: gopro-photo --output image.jpg --wired --identifier .*7576 --log 7576.txt

INFO 09:15:05.829 gopro_base.py:380
<<<<<<<<--------------
"id" : "Camera Control Wired Usb",
"protocol" : "Protocol.HTTP",
"endpoint" : "gopro/camera/control/wired_usb",
"p" : "Toggle.ENABLE",
<<<<<<<<--------------

WARNING 09:15:10.859 ConnectTimeout(MaxRetryError("HTTPConnectionPool(host='172.25.176.51', gopro_base.py:391
port=8080): Max retries exceeded with url: /gopro/camera/control/wired_usb?p=1 (Caused by
ConnectTimeoutError(<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x0000020A8BBCCEF0>,
'Connection to 172.25.176.51 timed out. (connect timeout=5)'))"))
WARNING 09:15:12.874 Retrying #1 to send the command... gopro_base.py:396
WARNING 09:15:17.888 ConnectTimeout(MaxRetryError("HTTPConnectionPool(host='172.25.176.51', gopro_base.py:391
port=8080): Max retries exceeded with url: /gopro/camera/control/wired_usb?p=1 (Caused by
ConnectTimeoutError(<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x0000020A8BBCE030>,
'Connection to 172.25.176.51 timed out. (connect timeout=5)'))"))
WARNING 09:15:19.903 Retrying #2 to send the command... gopro_base.py:396
WARNING 09:15:24.912 ConnectTimeout(MaxRetryError("HTTPConnectionPool(host='172.25.176.51', gopro_base.py:391
port=8080): Max retries exceeded with url: /gopro/camera/control/wired_usb?p=1 (Caused by
ConnectTimeoutError(<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x0000020A8BBCECC0>,
'Connection to 172.25.176.51 timed out. (connect timeout=5)'))"))
WARNING 09:15:26.927 Retrying #3 to send the command... gopro_base.py:396
WARNING 09:15:31.929 ConnectTimeout(MaxRetryError("HTTPConnectionPool(host='172.25.176.51', gopro_base.py:391
port=8080): Max retries exceeded with url: /gopro/camera/control/wired_usb?p=1 (Caused by
ConnectTimeoutError(<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x0000020A8BBCF890>,
'Connection to 172.25.176.51 timed out. (connect timeout=5)'))"))
WARNING 09:15:33.944 Retrying #4 to send the command... gopro_base.py:396
WARNING 09:15:38.959 ConnectTimeout(MaxRetryError("HTTPConnectionPool(host='172.25.176.51', gopro_base.py:391
port=8080): Max retries exceeded with url: /gopro/camera/control/wired_usb?p=1 (Caused by
ConnectTimeoutError(<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x0000020A8BBCD820>,
'Connection to 172.25.176.51 timed out. (connect timeout=5)'))"))
WARNING 09:15:40.974 Retrying #5 to send the command... gopro_base.py:396
ERROR 09:15:40.974 ResponseTimeout('Response timeout occurred of 5 seconds') photo.py:51

This happens immediately as opposed to running it for hours. If anyone has any debugging suggestions I am all-ears :)

EDIT / SOLUTION: Turns out I did not have the drivers installed on the second laptop. On the first laptop I had downloaded the GoPro Webcam Utility for something else a couple weeks ago, which had installed the drivers for my laptop to communicate with the GoPro.

[tcamise-gpsw]

I am having a similar issue. I have two laptops, two gopro hero 13 cameras. One laptop works with the CLI commands below and the other does not. Same versions of open-gopro (0.19.4) and python. I am controlling the gopros via CLI. Here are some of the responses from the laptop that is having issues:

CLI: gopro-photo --wired

INFO 09:02:46.093 Querying mDNS to find _gopro-web._tcp.local.... mdns_scanner.py:69 ERROR 09:02:56.109 FailedToFindDevice('A scan timed out without finding a device') photo.py:51

CLI: gopro-photo --output image.jpg --wired --identifier .*7576 --log 7576.txt

INFO 09:15:05.829 gopro_base.py:380 <<<<<<<<-------------- "id" : "Camera Control Wired Usb", "protocol" : "Protocol.HTTP", "endpoint" : "gopro/camera/control/wired_usb", "p" : "Toggle.ENABLE", <<<<<<<<--------------

WARNING 09:15:10.859 ConnectTimeout(MaxRetryError("HTTPConnectionPool(host='172.25.176.51', gopro_base.py:391 port=8080): Max retries exceeded with url: /gopro/camera/control/wired_usb?p=1 (Caused by ConnectTimeoutError(<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x0000020A8BBCCEF0>, 'Connection to 172.25.176.51 timed out. (connect timeout=5)'))")) WARNING 09:15:12.874 Retrying #1 to send the command... gopro_base.py:396 WARNING 09:15:17.888 ConnectTimeout(MaxRetryError("HTTPConnectionPool(host='172.25.176.51', gopro_base.py:391 port=8080): Max retries exceeded with url: /gopro/camera/control/wired_usb?p=1 (Caused by ConnectTimeoutError(<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x0000020A8BBCE030>, 'Connection to 172.25.176.51 timed out. (connect timeout=5)'))")) WARNING 09:15:19.903 Retrying #2 to send the command... gopro_base.py:396 WARNING 09:15:24.912 ConnectTimeout(MaxRetryError("HTTPConnectionPool(host='172.25.176.51', gopro_base.py:391 port=8080): Max retries exceeded with url: /gopro/camera/control/wired_usb?p=1 (Caused by ConnectTimeoutError(<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x0000020A8BBCECC0>, 'Connection to 172.25.176.51 timed out. (connect timeout=5)'))")) WARNING 09:15:26.927 Retrying #3 to send the command... gopro_base.py:396 WARNING 09:15:31.929 ConnectTimeout(MaxRetryError("HTTPConnectionPool(host='172.25.176.51', gopro_base.py:391 port=8080): Max retries exceeded with url: /gopro/camera/control/wired_usb?p=1 (Caused by ConnectTimeoutError(<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x0000020A8BBCF890>, 'Connection to 172.25.176.51 timed out. (connect timeout=5)'))")) WARNING 09:15:33.944 Retrying #4 to send the command... gopro_base.py:396 WARNING 09:15:38.959 ConnectTimeout(MaxRetryError("HTTPConnectionPool(host='172.25.176.51', gopro_base.py:391 port=8080): Max retries exceeded with url: /gopro/camera/control/wired_usb?p=1 (Caused by ConnectTimeoutError(<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x0000020A8BBCD820>, 'Connection to 172.25.176.51 timed out. (connect timeout=5)'))")) WARNING 09:15:40.974 Retrying #5 to send the command... gopro_base.py:396 ERROR 09:15:40.974 ResponseTimeout('Response timeout occurred of 5 seconds') photo.py:51

This happens immediately as opposed to running it for hours. If anyone has any debugging suggestions I am all-ears :)

EDIT / SOLUTION: Turns out I did not have the drivers installed on the second laptop. On the first laptop I had downloaded the GoPro Webcam Utility for something else a couple weeks ago, which had installed the drivers for my laptop to communicate with the GoPro.

We do have that mentioned in the docs but its definitely understandable that you missed it. Unfortunately I'm not sure how to improve visibility here since I have no way of knowing programmatically whether the drivers are installed.

[tcamise-gpsw]

In regards to the original ticket, I think this all just falls under the fact that the camera is not currently robustly tested for this type of continuous operation. See also:

• Advice Request: GoPro in Unattended Location #639
• Media list request over WiFi intermittently returns HTTP 404 #592
• GoPro Wifi sometimes stops responding during long sessions #519
• Camera Stuck In Buggy State - Commands Broken 500 Internal Server Error #184

I'll try to carve out some time to perform this type of testing

[robertobaratheon]

Hi @tcamise-gpsw
Thanks for the reply. I understand what you mean about robustness.
I have to say, however, that this issue doesn't only happen when testing on a loop continuously.
Sometimes it happens straight away, on the very first try.
I posted the script with the loop I was testing, so that it would be easy to reproduce the error, since sometimes trying a single time or a couple of times, it wouldn't manifest.
But as I say, sometimes, the timeout error will happen straight away.
If I would have to guess, I would say it could potentially be a firmware bug where the camera server times out?
But I'm just talking without really knowing enough here.

[tcamise-gpsw]

I'm kind of confused here. I would expect the following to always work:

1. Pull battery
2. Put battery back in
3. Run video script

If this does fail, then there might be some issue where the camera's HTTP server is not ready after connecting. I have seen this but the SDK should handle this since it continuously retries. I've also seen the retries eventually work.,

Any other type of continuous reconnection / redownloading while the camera has not be hard reset is going to fall under the robustness investigation.

[robertobaratheon]

@tcamise-gpsw
This is not using a battery, but powering the camera via USB.
I'm using the Gopro Labs firmware, with USB power trust override and Wake on Power.

[Nowbob]

If it is of any help, I am also running into very similar issues. However, I have a Hero 11 that works flawlessly and has never had this kind of issue while a Hero 13 regularly does.
My use case is taking roughly 4-5 minute long videos, between 2-10 videos per hour, for about 6 hours a day.
Script will start the camera recording in response to manual user input. Script will stop recording manually as well. Script then automatically attempts download immediately after verifying that the camera is no longer in a recording state after the stop command is issued.
Again, the Hero 11 hasn't had any issues after over a year of running this way, and it has run on a couple of different firmware versions during that time. When trying with a Hero 13, it's had issues since day 1, regardless of firmware versions or video settings, and after a few factory resets as well.

EDIT: Some more details as to the errors I see:

1. When the Hero13 can't download the video, the file always seems to be ~50KB "short". As in, my script will query the gopro for what the file size should be, then attempt download. If the downloaded file size is incorrect it reports it to me. These videos that fail are always smaller than they should be, by an amount that is almost always less than 100KB. I haven't noticed any pattern to the exact byte size discrepancy; it's never an even power of 2, or some obvious block size or something. But regardless of if the video is 10MB or 100MB, it's always the same ~50KB too small.
2. Subsequent download attempts that fail always report the exact same file size for that particular video; if it 63057 bytes short the first time, it's always 63057 bytes short.
3. Somewhere between 2-8 minutes later of just waiting, the video will be able to be downloaded just fine with no issue or corruption.
4. Other videos can be recorded and downloaded just fine during that "waiting" period. Some will be fine, others will run into their own separate waiting issue. Recording other videos has no impact on the original "failed" video's waiting time; i.e. I can record another video or two while the original one is still failing, and then if my 2-8 minutes have passed, I can go back and download that original one just fine.

This originally made me wonder if it was some SD card issue, but using the same SD card in both the 11 and 13 has no effect on results. Now I'm curious if it's the gopro not fully flushing the file or holding it open or doing some processing before closing it etc.