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Dash cam saves your ass (no Roundabout stuff please :)

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  • #632
    allthedoyles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,891 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFoBqfpSz80


    A black cat runs out under the car around the 28 second mark


  • #633
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,209 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    ^^^warning to animal lovers:eek:
    allthedoyles wrote: »
    A black cat runs out under the car around the 28 second mark


    Did you do the auto fix thing on youtube? It seems to make the camera float around like that.:confused:


  • #634
    allthedoyles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,891 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


    Nissan doctor wrote: »
    ^^^warning to animal lovers:eek:


    Did you do the auto fix thing on youtube? It seems to make the camera float around like that.:confused:

    Yep- thats the youtube auto fix -


  • #635
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    allthedoyles wrote: »
    A black cat runs out under the car around the 28 second mark
    did your dashcam save it's ass, or were you just posting it as a kitty a snuff movie? :pac:


  • #636
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,536 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Nissan doctor wrote: »
    Good job the opposite side of the road was clear as there was a gobsh1te in an A4 driving up my ar5e:rolleyes:

    Could you see the road behind the van before you swerved out onto the wrong side?


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  • #637
    Tea drinker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,818 ✭✭✭Tea drinker


    Limerick man wrote: »
    Could you see the road behind the van before you swerved out onto the wrong side?
    It looks like he could according to what I see. I think the van driver was partially missighted by the artic which drove ahead. Seems like a fast stretch of road and this added some drama. Not a good situation.


  • #638
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,209 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    Limerick man wrote: »
    Could you see the road behind the van before you swerved out onto the wrong side?

    Of course:eek: Given the situation I figured just driving around the van was the best option to avoid any issues from behind me if I braked hard.

    If there had been traffic coming the other way it would certainly have been a bit more dramatic.


  • #639
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,536 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Nissan doctor wrote: »
    Of course:eek: Given the situation I figured just driving around the van was the best option to avoid any issues from behind me if I braked hard.

    If there had been traffic coming the other way it would certainly have been a bit more dramatic.

    It's either a dash cam or a front grill for the Jag...

    Hmmm


  • #640
    franksm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭franksm


    Limerick man wrote: »
    It's either a dash cam or a front grill for the Jag...

    Hmmm

    Damn... and we know that chrome always wins.

    Okay, how about this:

    [man maths]
    if you spend EUR300 on a proper dash cam, and EUR50 on a 32gb card, and you get 5 years out of the thing. That equals 20 cents per day. Surely you can afford that (and the chrome upgrade)
    [/man maths]


  • #641
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,536 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    I'll start putting away the 20 cent now ;)


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  • #642
    franksm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭franksm


    Speaking of retards... what do you make of this Fiesta in Chapelizod ?

    Uses the buslane to undertake one car immediately before traffic lights, then moves to the right-turn-only lane, sits across the white line at the red light and tears through against the red as soon as he can (barely).#

    **BTW can't seem to ever upload to Youtube in HD

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4Iozr9JKNI


  • #643
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,653 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    Can't get over the quality of that Frank, truly amazing, might upgrade myself at some stage!


  • #644
    franksm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭franksm


    It's worth it the extra €€

    That vid ^ doesn't do the Blackvue justice, the original vid is pin-sharp. I just can get Youtube to upload and display it properly, even with the 1080p settings enable


  • #645
    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,951 ✭✭✭Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime


    I've being on the prowl for one of these until i got a smartphone and downloaded daily road app

    https://www.adverts.ie/car-parts-accessories/road-hawk-rh-2-in-car-camera-system/1285229

    but yer man here seems to be having trouble shifting this yoke even though its great value
    if i didnt have the phone id have this :eek:


  • #646
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,209 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »
    I've being on the prowl for one of these until i got a smartphone and downloaded daily road app

    https://www.adverts.ie/car-parts-accessories/road-hawk-rh-2-in-car-camera-system/1285229

    but yer man here seems to be having trouble shifting this yoke even though its great value
    if i didnt have the phone id have this :eek:


    ;)


  • #647
    keithclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,157 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM8bqxdbzSM


    I posted this before but have been testing out Torque for a while now, seems pretty good and logs the GPS data too.

    That youtube anti shake thing is annoying !

    I'd worry long term about the battery in the phone though. :D


  • #648
    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    How are you recording video with the Torque overlay? I've used Torque for a while, but never knew this was possible...


  • #649
    keithclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,157 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    Kenny Logins wrote: »
    How are you recording video with the Torque overlay? I've used Torque for a while, but never knew this was possible...

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.prowl.recorder&hl=en

    Install that and you'll get the option in Torque ;)

    Supposedly for Track days but works fine as a Dash cam.


  • #650
    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    keithclancy wrote: »
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.prowl.recorder&hl=en

    Install that and you'll get the option in Torque ;)

    Supposedly for Track days but works fine as a Dash cam.

    Excellent. Thanks. :D


  • #651
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,209 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    This evening just after work I came across this.

    Description of what happened is in the Audio...I work with the guy in the red Focus.



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  • #652
    housetypeb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭housetypeb




    As a recent convert to dash cam (and uploading videos to youtube as well) I can already see the benefits.
    Moron brakes and cuts into my lane at around 1.07 without any indicators as he owns the road.


  • #653
    CyberGhost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,580 ✭✭✭CyberGhost


    Voodoomelon wrote: »
    Can't get over the quality of that Frank, truly amazing, might upgrade myself at some stage!

    Sweet lizard, that looks amazing indeed!

    What model is it Frank? I'm too lazy to go through this thread.
    franksm wrote: »
    It's worth it the extra €€

    That vid ^ doesn't do the Blackvue justice, the original vid is pin-sharp. I just can get Youtube to upload and display it properly, even with the 1080p settings enable

    Can you try Vimeo? They have a much better compression, or you could just host the original video on sendspace.com


  • #654
    mullingar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,338 ✭✭✭mullingar


    About 50 secs in

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpD_JI23h-8


  • #655
    franksm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭franksm


    That's a Blackvue DR400G
    Amazingly discrete wee device. And uses the same power connector as the Roadhawk it replaced, so was plug & play !
    CyberGhost wrote: »
    Sweet lizard, that looks amazing indeed!

    What model is it Frank? I'm too lazy to go through this thread.

    Can you try Vimeo? They have a much better compression, or you could just host the original video on sendspace.com


  • #656
    housetypeb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭housetypeb


    franksm wrote: »
    That's a Blackvue DR400G
    Amazingly discrete wee device

    I have the same model.
    Because I though the grey color stood out behind the black back of the rear view mirror I put black masking tape over the front of the Blackvue(not the lens,of course)to make it even less noticeable .


  • #657
    CyberGhost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,580 ✭✭✭CyberGhost


    franksm wrote: »
    That's a Blackvue DR400G
    Amazingly discrete wee device. And uses the same power connector as the Roadhawk it replaced, so was plug & play !

    Thanks! Very impressive quality.


  • #658
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,299 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Here is another video with a different holder from my other sample video from DailyRoads on SGS3.

    Still a bit of shake, but I'll live with that. If it seems it's going too fast, I discovered I had frame rate set to low, after recording the footage earlier (set to HQ now). The quality is set to 720p, as I don't have enough memory to support full 1080p as for longish drives (this was nearing the end of a 40 min drive). I lost some quality when I edited it in Movie Maker.

    This time the video starts with the usual shíte from Irish roads, someone who doesn't know how to use a roundabout or indicators...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83GryEAWjIE


  • #659
    CyberGhost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,580 ✭✭✭CyberGhost


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Here is another video with a different holder from my other sample video from DailyRoads on SGS3.

    Still a bit of shake, but I'll live with that. If it seems it's going too fast, I discovered I had frame rate set to low, after recording the footage earlier (set to HQ now). The quality is set to 720p, as I don't have enough memory to support full 1080p as for longish drives (this was nearing the end of a 40 min drive). I lost some quality when I edited it in Movie Maker.

    This time the video starts with the usual shíte from Irish roads, someone who doesn't know how to use a roundabout or indicators...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83GryEAWjIE

    That's a lot of shaking there,

    Look at Herbert Richter mounts and holders for some high quality stuff that won't rattle. Made in Germany.

    Variety of holders, mounts, cradles that are cross compatible so you can make a combo that best fits your requirements.

    http://www.holdersandmounts.co.uk/Herbert-Richter-holders-and-windscreen-mounts/index2.html


  • #660
    dharn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭dharn


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvuOg8_2RZk


    As a recent convert to dash cam (and uploading videos to youtube as well) I can already see the benefits.
    Moron brakes and cuts into my lane at around 1.07 without any indicators as he owns the road.

    you ran a red light at 2:43:mad:


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  • #661
    housetypeb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭housetypeb


    Mea culpa. http://b-static.net/vbulletin/images/smilies/redface.gif


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