Recording audio from Bose to gopro
 

So, the hardware can do it (via Bluetooth), but is it actually possible?

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Cheers, Sam.

Hi Sam,
I knew your name rang a bell :-)

For recording audio using my iphone , I usually use the pre-bundled earphone's with microphone built in.
Simply pop the mic in the cup of your headset for a cheap and easy solution.

I see that the Bay of E and the Large River in South America both have these external small microphone attachments for GoPro's , so I would imagine your local electronics store may have them also.

that is the cheap and easy solution , a bluetooth headset I would again connect the device to the GoPro and pop the mic in the cup of a headset.

Better answers will come in time I am sure.

Have a great journey,

Fionn

I know this doesn't answer your exact question...

But my Lightspeed PFX have the bluetooth recording functionality thing. I've used it a couple of times to record to the iPhone / iPad then transfer that and dub it over the top of the video. A couple of times I've had glitches though where it's recorded me and not the ATC or just recorded nothing at all.

I was looking at those cable thingies that plug in to the audio jack in the plane then directly into the USB socket in the gopro (Nflightcam or something), but I don't know how that would affect the usual ambient noise. Plus it's £40 for a bit of wire.

I may just end up doing what this fella does.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbyclqtP46A

Should be easy enough to take a lead from your Bose but the Go-Pro might be a bit morre tempramental depending on which one you have, some info here

Here's the solution I use.

I bought a really cheap GoPro - like camera (£16). Video is pretty poor but I wouldn't be too upset at that price if I ruined it. I took it apart. There's a mic on the printed circuit board. I unsoldered this and soldered 2 wires to a 3.5mm mono jack I installed in the case. Next, I got a 1/4 inch headset plug and installed 2 resistors in the plug (to drop down the voltage from the headset), then wired a 3.5mm mono plug on a lead to this 1/4" plug. I then made up a headset splitter, so you can use the arrangement with a regular headset. The whole thing came to less than £20 and an evening's work. I use the camera on a mount facing the P1 so I can get lip sync with the other better camera in the cockpit. It works great. The earlier versions of GoPro do have a mic input but I think it's a mini USB (NOT micro!). Not sure about the latest Hero 5 (beyond the budget of a flying instructor!)

TOO

I have a jack splitter, and a big jack cable to GoPro's USB port.

Works pretty well overall - but I had to get an open shell case for the GoPro, and have a cable dangling to the camera. It also not possible to charge at the same time as record sound which is a little annoying.

Sound is pretty good quality - but remember that if you're plugging it in, in the back with nobody there - chances are that the sound may be too loud or too soft, so adjust it on your com panel, and test it before flight. I've had videos ruined by that!

Hope this helps!
Alex

I used a tie clip microphone, from Jaycar, tucked in the cup of my DC12's after experimenting with a direct jack (from the comms into the camera) and finding there was too much interference from the transponder. You may find there's not enough room in the bose headset though...

I am still waiting for the audio panel vendors to implement BT out. Until then I prefer a high Q cable solution with opto-coupler and connected to the crew channel - to be able to tune volume separately, to iso it and to mix sounds from inside the aircraft as well, one mic channel on intercom, the other on an Edutige mic in the cabin.