I confess I've rather taken my 412GW dashcam for granted so was a bit miffed a few months back when I had a "near miss" and when I reviewed the footage found it hadn't started recording until more than a hour after I'd set off. Consequently the incident wasn't recorded. I put this down to the fact that I hadn't re-formatted the card for several years although I wasn't entirely convinced that was the cause.
However, having re-formatted, after the next long(ish) trip I decided to download the files using a USB cable to my desktop PC. This gave me 33 files of which 5 were unplayable by any of my programs capable of handling .MOV files. When I checked their properties they were all smaller in size, by varying amounts, than the playable files which were all comparable in size. This suggests they were cut short before they could be properly closed. A further problem is that some of the playable files stutter and freeze on playback.
The SD card is a 16GB Nextbase branded one, purchased with the cam in July 2017. How likely is it that the card is the guilty party in all these situations? Do these cards deteriorate after many write cycles? Could my failure to re-format the card have caused the delay in starting to record? I can't see how that could happen.
Another, albeit less significant, problem is that the battery goes flat shortly after being taken off charge even though it's turned off. Since this is only meant to keep the camera running for short periods and the cam gets it's date & time from the GPS signal I can live with that.
I should be most grateful for any thoughts and/or advice.
However, having re-formatted, after the next long(ish) trip I decided to download the files using a USB cable to my desktop PC. This gave me 33 files of which 5 were unplayable by any of my programs capable of handling .MOV files. When I checked their properties they were all smaller in size, by varying amounts, than the playable files which were all comparable in size. This suggests they were cut short before they could be properly closed. A further problem is that some of the playable files stutter and freeze on playback.
The SD card is a 16GB Nextbase branded one, purchased with the cam in July 2017. How likely is it that the card is the guilty party in all these situations? Do these cards deteriorate after many write cycles? Could my failure to re-format the card have caused the delay in starting to record? I can't see how that could happen.
Another, albeit less significant, problem is that the battery goes flat shortly after being taken off charge even though it's turned off. Since this is only meant to keep the camera running for short periods and the cam gets it's date & time from the GPS signal I can live with that.
I should be most grateful for any thoughts and/or advice.
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