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I've wanted a dash cam for years but the technology just wasn't there. In the late 90s I drove around with my JVC GR-DVM70U miniDV camcorder on a tripod lashed
by dhughes 14y ago
I've wanted a dash cam for years but the technology just wasn't there.
In the late 90s I drove around with my JVC GR-DVM70U miniDV camcorder on a tripod lashed into my back seat.
No I can have 1080p video from my cellphone mounted on a windshield mount. I have lots of video but it's pretty limited due to storage limitations I choose the highest quality because my reasoning is if something goes wrong there's no point in have video that's so bad that everything is blurry. A video overlay of speed, brakes, compass, GPS would be nice too.
I'd love to have a small camera always on with the option to dump the video to a safe storage area such as Dropbox or several places.
- honestcoyote 14y agoA better option might using a service like UStream. Download their app, set your channel to private, and when you drive places, start your broadcast. I believe they automatically archive anything you livestream, so if something happens and the phone is destroyed, there's still a record of what happened. And it wouldn't fill up local storage. With an Android phone, this might even be scriptable using something like Tasker. Set it up to automatically start the streaming application as soon as the GPS records you travelling a speed over a certain limit, say 10 mph/20 kph.
- dhughes 14y agoI did use an app called iOnRoad they even sent me a free windshield mount for my phone. It doesn't record video but will take a picture when it's senses some danger such as a sudden stop i.e. trying to avoid the car in front of you stopping. I thought about UStream but I am lucky to get a signal even here in the capital city; GPS or cell. Maybe a RaspberryPi, a small webcam and solar panel.