Originally Posted by
Morimorimori
- My camera lasts for about an hour, even with an average video quality settings and wireless interfaces switched off.
- Are there better solutions to ensure its continuous operation for 3+ hours?
- Is it possible to somehow connect a powerbank over a flexible USB cable to the camera, and make it record videos while taking power from that bank AND switch to its internal battery when it's depleted (or vice versa)?
- Can I damage the camera while doing something like this?
- That's correct, up to 90 minutes.
https://gopro.com/help/articles/bloc...ry-information
- yes
- yes
- only mechanical
Originally Posted by
Morimorimori
- Could you perhaps explain how exactly does the powerbank will work in conjunction with camera's own battery?
- Will it first deplete the latter, then automatically will switch to the former?
- Do I need a special powerbank and/or USB cable for that transition to work properly?
- Do I need to configure the camera somehow as well?
- May be you could suggest some specific powerbank which have been working best for you?
- Also, powerbank of what capacity would you suggest as an optimal solution?
- Powerbank first, battery second.
- charge and power through USB first
- no special, just an USB-C plug end for the Hero7
- no
- perfect are the ones with USB-C output and USB QC
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- 2-6 times the capacity of the battery (5,368Wh), means 10-30Wh / 3-8Ah.
If you use magnetic plug USB cables, nothing will break in case you pull the cable.
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