Re: Dash cams

On 2/23/2021 9:36 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
> Cameo <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> VanguardLH wrote:
>>
>>> Cameo <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Smartphones don't have the video looping feature dash cams have. On the
>>>> other hand, it seems that even the oldest phones can record better
>>>> videos, especially in the dark, than most dash cams I've seen. I never
>>>> figured why a dash cam costing a couple hundred $s can't be made with
>>>> better lenses. The incremental cost couldn't be that much.
>>>
>>> That wouldn't be a limitation of the smartphone, but of the app.  The
>>> ones I looked at had looping (i.e., continuous recording with a
>>> user-configurable length based on available memory and resolution).
>>> They also would upload the videos to online storage instead of hope the
>>> phone with it's internal SD card or a USB drive survived a crash, and
>>> obviously provided access to video after theft of the device.
>>
>> What mobile app could do that?
> 
> Already mentioned in my 2nd reply, but not an exhaustive list.

Oh, sorry. I missed it. I'll take a look at it.