Scruit Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 [ame= ] [/ame] A BMW coming from the opposite direction rear-ends a car in front of him and is pushed into my lane. I managed to avoid a secondary collision, but it was pretty close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnAWD Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 I'm curious as to why you have a camera in the car? LEO? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim1969 Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 film porn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starhm Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 evidence for later legal defense...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted December 8, 2007 Author Share Posted December 8, 2007 I'm curious as to why you have a camera in the car? LEO? This video is a perfect example of why. If I had hit the guy then he could easily claim I drifted into his lane, or I was speeding or not paying attention or didn't brake quickly enough. Wouldn't be the first time the other driver lied to the police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTlegacy06 Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 This video is a perfect example of why. If I had hit the guy then he could easily claim I drifted into his lane, or I was speeding or not paying attention or didn't brake quickly enough. Wouldn't be the first time the other driver lied to the police. Good job avoiding! Ya one day I want to film what I see driving... so much crazy shit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandman Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Ultimate Driving Machine, but not Ultimate Stopping Machine.... Who Dares Wins スバル Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbc84 Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 what are you using for the dash cam, I would like to get one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSFW Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 what are you using for the dash cam, I would like to get one too. I was wondering the same... What kind of camera, where is it mounted, where is the recording stored, is there more than one, etc, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laz Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Very nice. How much video can you store? I think in some other post he has the specs, and it is a DVR system. X --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted December 9, 2007 Author Share Posted December 9, 2007 There are 3 cameras: Front, Rear and Driver-facing. The front camera is a Toshiba IK6410 that cost about $200. The video is stored on an AverDigi EB1304MOB 4ch DVR ($400) that has a 250GB hard drive. I can store several weeks of driving and it automatically overwrites the oldest video. The DVR is installed in the trunk, and the cameras are mounted using custom brackts that attach to the windshield. I'm working on a GPS overlay that will put speed etc on the screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Glad you avoided that accident. ~off topic~ you have some interesting videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tocsin Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 i'm working on a GPS overlay that will put speed etc on the screen. My uncle has something like that for his motorcycle. it's really a cool thing to have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted December 10, 2007 Author Share Posted December 10, 2007 Glad you avoided that accident. ~off topic~ you have some interesting videos. Did you see the mailman video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted December 10, 2007 Author Share Posted December 10, 2007 My uncle has something like that for his motorcycle. it's really a cool thing to have Here's the first test: http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m159/Scruit/GPSOverlay.jpg Problem is the speed is read direct fromt eh GPS NMEA $GPRMC sentence, so it's in knots instead of MPH. I'm working on a Zilog Z8 based circuit with a serial in and a serial out that will convert the speed to MPH, the heading from degrees to cardinal direction (N, NW etc), and the time from UTC to local time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Looks like a cop's dashcam. And yes, that mail carrier is disgusting. Gonna have to show that to my mom. She is a mail carrier in denver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari_OutbackWagon Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Nice cam setup. I've always thought you could make some decent scratch selling a consumer car cam set up and wondered why there are no 'out-of-the-box' solutions available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted December 11, 2007 Author Share Posted December 11, 2007 Nice cam setup. I've always thought you could make some decent scratch selling a consumer car cam set up and wondered why there are no 'out-of-the-box' solutions available. Well, for this setup the hardware alone runs close to $1k, and the installation requires some pretty major wiring front to back (if you're gonna do it right, ie run the wires through the factory conduit instead of just tucking them behind panels) Plus the wiring is RG59 or RG6 which is difficult to route. I'm looing at how much it woudl cost to put together a single or dual camera version with cat5 for the wires instead of coax. It would require baluns at each end, but you can run power + 2 cams on ONE wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 There are 3 cameras: Front, Rear and Driver-facing. The front camera is a Toshiba IK6410 that cost about $200. The video is stored on an AverDigi EB1304MOB 4ch DVR ($400) that has a 250GB hard drive. I can store several weeks of driving and it automatically overwrites the oldest video. The DVR is installed in the trunk, and the cameras are mounted using custom brackts that attach to the windshield. I'm working on a GPS overlay that will put speed etc on the screen. Man, I love that! I was thinking about such a setup, but it's been far down on my todo list. I'd absolutely love to replicate your setup. Can you provide more details? Where to get the equipment, etc? :wub::wub: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted December 11, 2007 Author Share Posted December 11, 2007 I'm pretty close to a 'final' configuration here. (This has been evolving for 5 years, and newer technology always comes out and makes me say; "That's cool!") Most of the evolution has been from using the wrong types of cameras/lenses etc. I'm going to so a full writeup on the installation in a few weeks. For now, the main components are the AverDigi EB1304MOB 4ch Mobile DVR ($400) and the Toshiba IK-6410 front camera with auto-iris lens ($200). The video overlay is from ICircuits.com (GPS OSD ID, $120) and the GPS is a Garmin GPS18PC ($70). You could get everything via Pricegrabber except the icircuits device - but I would not recommend the GPS OSD ID because the speed overlay is taken direct fro the GPS and is in knots - other devices on the market convert to MPH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 That's great! In meantime I actually found your thread on mp3car.com. This rocks! I will most definately set up something like this, likely following your info. When you post the update please post it here or provide link!!! Great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tocsin Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Here's the first test: http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m159/Scruit/GPSOverlay.jpg Problem is the speed is read direct fromt eh GPS NMEA $GPRMC sentence, so it's in knots instead of MPH. I'm working on a Zilog Z8 based circuit with a serial in and a serial out that will convert the speed to MPH, the heading from degrees to cardinal direction (N, NW etc), and the time from UTC to local time. Nice! It does remind me of a cop camera. The one my uncle has speed, distance, elapsed time, and top speed... which on his bike gets scary. Having the current time is good idea too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanger Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 WTH was that "HMMMMMMM" sound after you said "i gotta... i gotta..." when you came to a stop? anyways, great idea in having a dash cam, i'm gonna get me one of that... too much ass drivers in Socal ○ ○ ○ Instagram: itshangertime :spin: ○ ○ ○ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted December 11, 2007 Author Share Posted December 11, 2007 WTH was that "HMMMMMMM" sound after you said "i gotta... i gotta..." when you came to a stop? anyways, great idea in having a dash cam, i'm gonna get me one of that... too much ass drivers in Socal I was thinking "I'm gonna have to (hit him)" otherwise I'd be blamed for any damange (ie if I went into the ditch). The long OOOOOO! was because I missed him by only a couple of inches... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawdaddy79 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I want a dash cam now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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