# Gopro9 to Rsapberry

**URL:** <https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/gopro9-to-rsapberry/20001>\
**Category:** QGroundControl\
**Created:** [April 7, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/gopro9-to-rsapberry/20001 "2025-04-07T04:58:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Rovjd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Rovjd](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/Rovjd)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/gopro9-to-rsapberry/20001/1 "2025-04-07T04:58:50Z")

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Hello everyone, I’m a beginner. After two weeks of building a simple ROV, I tested it underwater and found the camera quality very poor. I happen to own a GoPro Hero9. Could anyone explain how to connect the GoPro Hero9 to a Raspberry Pi 3B and display real-time video in QGroundControl (QGC)?

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**Author:** ![tony-white](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.bluerobotics.com/tony-white/32/18385_2.png) [@tony-white](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/tony-white)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/gopro9-to-rsapberry/20001/2 "2025-04-07T16:26:28Z")

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Hi @Rovjd -  
Welcome to the forums!  
While it is easy to imagine, accomplishing that is likely not (easily) possible! The Pi 3B is not a very powerful computer, and the GoPro Hero9 only has HDMI out. A USB capture card and Raspberry Pi 4/5 _might_ have enough CPU for this, but accommodating the camera and a connection to it underwater is also a (typically expensive) challenge!  
Blue Robotics R&D is hard at work on a major camera upgrade, that will launch sometime this year if all goes well…