Anybody here use a dash cam for their car?

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DramaLLama

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Feb 12, 2012

• #1

I'm looking for a dash cam and any of the decent one's I see aren't compatible with OS X.. is it easy to make windows only programs work on OS X?

Also, if any of you use or have used a dash cam, which one would you recommend?

 

simsaladimbamba

Guest

• Feb 12, 2012

• #2

If the video is stored on an SD card, you can import the footage into iMovie, depending what format the dash cam records to.
What is your budget?

Booting Windows on the Mac

 

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InternetDude08

macrumors regular

• Feb 12, 2012

• #3

I have a gopro with suction cup mount but I don't use it much. The files are stored on the SD card.

 

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DramaLLama

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Feb 12, 2012

• #4

No more than $300 but that's kind of pushing it.. I'm looking at this: http://www.amazon.com/Itronics-ITB-...MDA8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329070984&sr=8-1

But it only works on windows and I'm still not sure if that's the best one out there anyways.. but I do love the look of that one compared to most the others

edit: Also, this is for just insurance/idiot driver purposes, not some track driving or anything

 

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mdignen

macrumors newbie

• Feb 12, 2012

• #5

I've also looked into the itronics camera, and it appears that only the initial setup requires a PC, but the video files should still work fine with a Mac.

 

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bkushner

macrumors regular

• Feb 16, 2012

• #6

I'm going to try using my touch for this. any apps or just the camera app?

 

gngan

macrumors 68000

• Feb 17, 2012

• #7

I am using those from China and it takes 1080p in avi format. It saves in SD card and i just put it in my MBP's card reader and transfer it there. It's will automatically delete the first file (video) when your SD card is full.

 

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gjb11

macrumors regular

• Feb 17, 2012

• #8

I'd recommend a go pro

 

BreakGuy

macrumors 6502a

• Feb 17, 2012

• #9

http://dash-camera.com/shop/

Most, if not, all of their dash cams record to micro SD.

 

ucfgrad93

macrumors Core

• Feb 17, 2012

• #10

Ok, I'm curious. Why would you use a dash cam in your personal car?

 

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interrobang

macrumors 6502

• Feb 17, 2012

• #11

ucfgrad93 said:

Ok, I'm curious. Why would you use a dash cam in your personal car?

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Depending on the legal situation in your area (which you should def. check out, if you're unsure) a video record can prove you weren't liable for an accident.
Especially in some countries, where deliberately causing an accident is a common scam.

 

ucfgrad93

macrumors Core

• Feb 17, 2012

• #12

interrobang said:

Depending on the legal situation in your area (which you should def. check out, if you're unsure) a video record can prove you weren't liable for an accident.
Especially in some countries, where deliberately causing an accident is a common scam.

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Interesting. Thanks.

 

iJohnHenry

macrumors P6

• Feb 17, 2012

• #13

interrobang said:

Depending on the legal situation in your area (which you should def. check out, if you're unsure) a video record can prove you weren't liable for an accident.

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I have toyed with the idea of having a cam in the car too, but pointing the other way.

When you deal with the public, you soon find that some people have "issues".

If I lived in the Litigious States of America, I most certainly would have one. 😉