Keep alive the GoPro Hero 4 Black/Silver Stream

GoProStreamKeepAlive.py

#Go to http://10.5.5.9:8080/gp/gpControl/execute?p1=gpStream&c1=restart before running this script
import socket
import sys
from time import sleep

def get_command_msg(id):
	return "_GPHD_:%u:%u:%d:%1lf\n" % (0, 0, 2, 0)

UDP_IP = "10.5.5.9"
UDP_PORT = 8554
KEEP_ALIVE_PERIOD = 2500
KEEP_ALIVE_CMD = 2
MESSAGE = get_command_msg(KEEP_ALIVE_CMD)

print("UDP target IP:", UDP_IP)
print("UDP target port:", UDP_PORT)
print("message:", MESSAGE)

if sys.version_info.major >= 3:
  MESSAGE = bytes(MESSAGE, "utf-8")

while True:
	sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
	sock.sendto(MESSAGE, (UDP_IP, UDP_PORT))
	sleep(KEEP_ALIVE_PERIOD/1000)