UBUYGAS
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Where did you get the power for the rear one?
Is it on 24 hours a day or only when the Leaf is on?
Is it on 24 hours a day or only when the Leaf is on?
Lasareath said:The only difference for me is I want the ability to keep the cameras on while parking on the street in NYC. So I'm going to run a separate line from the battery with a kill switch in the CD holder under the center arm rest.
Then I can get video if people bashing into me while they attempt to parallel park. On the 3rd day I owned the LEAF some a-hole put a dime sized gouge in my back bumper. I filled it in with paint but it's still noticeable.
shortcircuit said:Thanks to the OP, I bought one of these dashcam and installed it behind the mirror. It works great! I ran an extra long cable along the headliner, down the A-pillar, across the dash, under the steering console, and into the cigarette lighter (using USB adapter). The only place you can see the wire is along the dash, but only if you are looking.
Shameless plug: The Mini 0801 did not come with Mac OS X compatible player software, so I wrote my own (I develop software in my "day job"). It's called Dashcam Viewer (http://earthshinesw.com/mac-dashcam-viewer/).
Here are a couple of movies showing Dashcam Viewer in action with this camera:
Basic capabilities:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx0O_da1cqE[/youtube]
Latest features:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkFPzJyc8gY[/youtube]
Lasareath said:Thanks John for posting these Videos and Links to your software, I have a mac as well and I will check it out!
Couple Questions:
Does the software allow easy cropping of the 1 minute segments?
Or does it have the ability to scale down the file to a lower rez?
I needed to clip out a 25 second segment a couple weeks ago and it was a royal pain.
shortcircuit said:Lasareath, the software will help you isolate which 1-min clip the event occurred on but it does not do video editing. For editing like you described the best results will be with a dedicated editor, such as Quicktime Player (Pro).
John
GlennD said:For those of you powering the camera full time I measured the current drain through the 5V cigarette plug. My unit draws around .06A (60MA) with the display timed off and about .18A (180MA) with the display active. This means that it is unlikely to drain the 12V battery even if left on parked for several days.
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