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B1W by Blueskysea https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0773FXVKL/?coliid=I19C9AXF5DOL2H&colid=QN6ZDL5RPQ22&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it I'm going to repost this camera because mine still working 100% after 3.5 years. I've bought 5 and gave them out as gifts to friends and family. All working as intended. Pros: - Very good video in daylight, serviceable at night. License plates can get washed out in direct headlights, but it's a universal dashcam problem. pretty sure there is a polarizing cap available - Capacitors, not batteries - Very small power draw, I've recorded 2 days straight while the car was parked and was still plenty of juice to start and drive. Leaving it on overnight should not be an issue - Tiny footprint, it's slightly bigger than my thumb. - Completely discreet, it blends with a mirror plastic and is smaller than mirror profile. You have to look hard to see it. And the tiny LED light is facing the cabin. Also, out of YOUR field of vision completely. Like it's not even there, and you can hide the wire under the headliner and pillar plastic - Cheap! $50-60 depending on current sale - Lens part is adjustable on Y axis - Removable from its base, ships with 2 bases. Can be easily transferred between 2 vehicles. - Wifi connection standard, GPS and collision sensor optional - Despite 16GB recommendation, it works with 256 class 10 cards no problem. Cons: - Microphone sucks. Very muted, so your conversation with a police officer is going to be very one sided on the recording - Ships with a short miniUSB cord and looong miniUSB/cigarette lighter. Should be the other way around - WiFi is a bit clunky and you have to turn off cellular connection on your phone in order to use it. Instructions do not mention this, and there are some negative reviews because of it - Firmware update is a convoluted process, luckily you don't need to do that - Collision and GPS are add ons and pain to setup, could have been just integrated into a different, more expensive model In conclusion, I haven't seen a better dashcam in the price range. If you want something that just works, this is it
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Nitrox posted:B1W by Blueskysea I have the same cam but connecting to it with my iPhone doesn’t require me to turn off the cellar connection. I just connect to it’s WiFi network and open the app. I agree on all the points you mentioned though. One con to me is that it’s slow transferring videos over WiFi IMO. SD card is super easy to remove though so I just go that route.
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Dash Cam Australia for Dec is up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YDNhwsm_5E
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The very last one in there is loving perfect.
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IOwnCalculus posted:The very last one in there is loving perfect. Roll coal! Headgasket go Brrrrrrr
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-Zydeco- posted:Dash Cam Australia for Dec is up So much quality content in there! 
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That's the biggest obstacle this Durango will ever climb https://i.imgur.com/Xs7MlDW.mp4 Getting takeout had the potential to be far more expensive than delivery thanks to this oblivious driver https://i.imgur.com/UdInASo.mp4
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Dallas is having A Day today, at least around me. Seems like I've seen more major fuckups since just before xmas, is that a thing? Not just traffic but driving in general gets worse around the holidays? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SETEdBjzQvc
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I had three close calls with people being impatient around my trains, so yeah, Dallas is having A Week. Bonus points to the lady driving down the tracks downtown, swerving around trains, oblivious to all the signs the train drivers were giving her that she shouldn't be there because she was talking to someone on Facetime.
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I need to fix my am/pm on my clock. Audio not featured: my horn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qp9SeUZSWM edit- forgot about this one. Please excuse the lovely zoom on the light. Does anyone have a better free windows editor than OpenShot? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZQ-CywO3L8 FogHelmut fucked around with this message at 01:31 on Jan 13, 2021 |
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I've been using Shotcut for a few years now, it's pretty good for basic chopping and cropping for dashcam videos and the like. Free, open source, all that good stuff, and a decent amount of tutorials on Youtube to get you started.
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Youtube own editing tools will let you crop video, add/remove sound and add text overlay while uploading.
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DaVinci Resolve is also free if you want to relive your days of pretending like you know what you're doing with that i.e. it's way overkill for what you need
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I've also had success trimming dashcam clips with the Photo program in Windows 10. It's built in and also lets you mute easily.
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if they're h.264 encoded mp4s, you can use something like gpac/mp4box to extract exactly the video you want it's a command line tool, but i think someone slapped together a basic gui for it
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-Zydeco- posted:Dash Cam Australia for Dec is up im the kid crashing his bike into a garbage can on an empty street
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Dashcam australia for january is up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39fC1EzAhbQ
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SlowBloke posted:Dashcam australia for january is up Some days I wish I could be that SUV at 10:53, just disappearing off into the bush without a care in the world (Also drat, I'd hate to be the guy who lost his wheel and hit a tree right at the start...poo poo)
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Major Isoor posted:(Also drat, I'd hate to be the guy who lost his wheel and hit a tree right at the start...poo poo)
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9:30 I thought that was a gun the first time. An old-timey pirate musket thing, which I did mark as odd, but still  e: Jesus Christ the wrong-way drivers... If I ever have to drive in Australia I'm getting something with a giant two-ton iron bumper so I can just gently brake and let nature take its course. Takes No Damage fucked around with this message at 03:55 on Feb 2, 2021 |
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Takes No Damage posted:9:30 I thought that was a gun the first time. An old-timey pirate musket thing, which I did mark as odd, but still I mean, you're not getting into completely unfamiliar territory. When I first moved out to almost the middle of nowhere from the big city, I heard some co-workers talking. One was telling the other that the bull bars he ordered had arrived, and he was going to weld them on this weekend, and they talked back and forth about the specs and where it was going to be welded on. I finally spoke up and asked what the hell bull bars are, and was told that they're reinforcement bars that go in front of the bumper and radiator on a pickup to prevent the vehicle from being totaled when you hit an elk or a deer, which I later learned happens all the drat time. I'd imagine you'd have to scale it up a little bit, but if you run it back far enough into the frame and get a good welder to do a full penetration weld along the entire length of the shank, you'd stand a far better chance of walking away from the crash. RIP to your wallet tho after you fill up the tank a couple of times a week
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Tex Avery posted:I mean, you're not getting into completely unfamiliar territory. When I first moved out to almost the middle of nowhere from the big city, I heard some co-workers talking. One was telling the other that the bull bars he ordered had arrived, and he was going to weld them on this weekend, and they talked back and forth about the specs and where it was going to be welded on. At that point you're basically making a cowcatcher.
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We did talk about taking the cowcatcher off of an old steam locomotive we worked on and putting it on an old F100 so... yeah.
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Since this is all taking place in Australia I can think of another "C" word we could call the catcher... That's right: Canctimonious Foreigner Catcher. Rolls right off the tongue it does  (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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This happened a few hours ago right in front of me. The last two thirds of the clip are just a lot of slomo in case the cop wants it you can skip it all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqlk_1wf0Lo Sorry about the video quality, the sun is in our face, the windshield wasn't very clean, and the water spray obscures everything really quickly, but you can still get the idea. Dude's left front wheel was entirely torn from the car on impact, tire destroyed and wheel landed off the road. I helped him get out of his seatbelt and escape the car, he didn't seem to be injured, CHP was on the scene in about one minute, and I've already linked the vid to the cop who followed up with me an hour ago. I think the driver may have been intoxicated, but I'm not sure. He didn't seem severely drunk or anything and he might have been blinded by the sun in his eyes and not seen that the jersey barriers were there. He hit a water barrel which probably saved him serious harm. He was also speeding, right at that point the speed limit drops to 45 (I pulled over right in front of the sign) but he was easily doing 70. All the other drivers in the left lane were also doing that speed, of course, because lol why slow down for a construction zone while the sun is right in your eyes at 4pm?
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Wow, you don't see a lot of first gen(?) Neons moving under their own power any more. That car is at least 20 years old.
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As long as the driver was OK I'm fine with one fewer Neon in the world
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He told the cop "drat I really loved this car." It did not look like he really loved it when I saw the interior, but you know, maybe some people really love the things they want to fill with random trash. e. oh yeah also this is California, cars last as long as you want them to here, unless you life within a mile of the ocean.
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Texas is also good to cars but a Neon of any description is still quite a rare sight. They're even rarer than Cavaliers/Sunfires
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Looks like a hearty number of crashes that could have been avoided had the driver with the camera hit the brakes for just a few seconds. Does Australia not have the "rearmost vehicle at fault" rule that seems to be prevalent in the US? The fellow who just let another driver merge into him confused the hell out of me.
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New Dash Cam Owners Australia crash compilation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qiFPg3DotE NWS for swearing
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Tex Avery posted:Looks like a hearty number of crashes that could have been avoided had the driver with the camera hit the brakes for just a few seconds. Does Australia not have the "rearmost vehicle at fault" rule that seems to be prevalent in the US? The fellow who just let another driver merge into him confused the hell out of me. Depends if it's a real merge or a "change lanes" merge that the powers that be have recently decided is betterer.
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SlowBloke posted:New Australian dashcam I love the people who can clearly see someone merging into their lane and do absolutely nothing to prevent it. I have the ROW! I'd rather deal with a crash than apply the brakes!
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Tex Avery posted:Looks like a hearty number of crashes that could have been avoided had the driver with the camera hit the brakes for just a few seconds. Does Australia not have the "rearmost vehicle at fault" rule that seems to be prevalent in the US? The fellow who just let another driver merge into him confused the hell out of me. Rearmost vehicle at fault is the law in a good chunk of Europe too, I am perplexed too at some of these rear endings which are mind boggingly odd compared to the average driver here.
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Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:I love the people who can clearly see someone merging into their lane and do absolutely nothing to prevent it. I have the ROW! I'd rather deal with a crash than apply the brakes! I have been wondering about that for quite some time. I have come to the conclusion that many of them are just as oblivious as those they show on cam.
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Flint Ironstag posted:I have been wondering about that for quite some time. There are legitimately people who will take no action to avoid an accident because they have the ROW. I’ve dealt with a number of them over the years in the insurance world. They’re always surprised when they get hit with some degree of fault after just telling you they saw the guy merging and didn’t try to avoid it in any way, or even accelerated to close the gap.
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