VIOFO A129 non-IR 1080p Modified Firmware MODs Archive

[BCHobbyist]

I have tried to put the two mods 4Rf and 4Ra into one video for comparison: They are 40 minutes apart timewise for the journey, and I tried to keep the same sort of time (traffic allowing) Mod 4Ra on the left and 4Rf to the right.

RAW file: HERE


Paul.

Thanks for the comparison setup, very useful. The 70 to 90 range doesn't seem wide enough, what is your opinion of the difference?

 

[TvCristi]

This happening both 60 or 30 frames. In night is not ok for screen to show up when motion detected. I'm also now use 2 wire parking mode and after aprox 90 sec from parking, screen lights up.
Tomorrow i will try rg firmware, or last one if you put another, and maybe post some video samples.

 

[Paul Iddon]

I don't see much difference tbh Steve - I think my lack of the CPL gets a little in the way for me though. Still waiting on Bill for that.

 

[BCHobbyist]

I don't see much difference tbh Steve - I think my lack of the CPL gets a little in the way for me though. Still waiting on Bill for that.

The video quality is very close between sharp 70 & 90, only the A129 uses this much wider sharpness range providing much more fine adjustments, its double the other models.

 

[TonyM]

A collection of parking and driving video frames, comparing Viofo's latest beta parking FW to MOD-4Rf.

 

[BCHobbyist]

A collection of parking and driving video frames, comparing Viofo's latest beta parking FW to MOD-4Rf.

Excellent 4Rf vs 1.42 stock, great comparison work. Those photos confirm Sharp 90 isn't the high limit, possibly the medium. Obvious the official firmware is over-sharpened to the extreme.
Can you perform similar using 4Rh sharp120 ?

 

[TonyM]

As requested: here is extreme Saturation with Hue tuned for blue tone.

FWA119S_MOD-6Nm_v4.02+26Mbps+Sharp435363+Edge138+Hue138+Sat36+Audio22+DCTEAM.bin
Download > https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kjbB1pKcVPvZ9dQ6_f7rQEOl4d0Hiu1y

wrong thread?

 

[TonyM]

Can you perform similar using 4Rh sharp120 ?

I'll see what I can do tomorrow

 

[BCHobbyist]

wrong thread?

just a little cross-thread MOD promotion confusion, its too bad all 4 Dash Cams can't use the same firmware, would make things much easier, even the sharpness tables are all different.

 

[TonyM]

just a little cross-thread MOD promotion confusion, its too bad all 4 Dash Cams can't use the same firmware, would make things much easier, even the sharpness tables are all different.

I imagine it's keeping you busy....

 

[TonyM]

Excellent 4Rf vs 1.42 stock, great comparison work. Those photos confirm Sharp 90 isn't the high limit, possibly the medium. Obvious the official firmware is over-sharpened to the extreme.
Can you perform similar using 4Rh sharp120 ?

MOD-4Rh vs Viofo FW1.42
FWA129_MOD-4Rh_v1.42+24Mbps+Sharp120+Edge138+Audio22+DCTEAM.bin
- changed Sharpness from 128 to 120 to set High/Strong value.
Both cameras: 1080p, 60fps, High bitrate (no rear camera), No CPL

I don't think I would want to go much higher than this with the sharpness.

 

[BCHobbyist]

MOD-4Rh vs Viofo FW1.42
FWA129_MOD-4Rh_v1.42+24Mbps+Sharp120+Edge138+Audio22+DCTEAM.bin
- changed Sharpness from 128 to 120 to set High/Strong value.
Both cameras: 1080p, 60fps, High bitrate (no rear camera), No CPL

I don't think I would want to go much higher than this with the sharpness.

Excellent comparison, good choice of clips, thanks for taking the time to help. Sharp120 is near high limit. Would like to try Sharp124-130.
Determining the Low/Soft sharpness level remains, its somewhere between 60-80.

 

[TonyM]

I moved my pre-production A129 to become a side facing camera. Previously it would not go into parking mode when running the MOD firmware. For a better install I moved the power cable from the GPS mount to the side port on the camera. Now the camera goes into parking mode just fine.

EDIT: Note - parking mode for me starts after 30 seconds of no car movement, not 90.

 

[TonyM]

Note - parking mode for me starts after 30 seconds of no car movement, not 90.

Sorry, my mistake. I get a 1min file followed by a 30 second clip (i.e. 90 seconds) before parking mode starts.

 

[TonyM]

A129 MOD-4Rh 5fps timelapse parking mode (Front camera)
A129 MOD-4Rf low bitrate parking mode (Side camera)

 

[BCHobbyist]

STABLE A129Duo version 4Ue released from Beta Testing with High Sharpness level. Full ChangeLog details available on post #1 of this thread.

FWA129_MOD-4Ue_v1.42+24Mbps+Sharp123+Edge132+Hue136+DCTeam.bin
Download > https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qZ-9HGaIPB0Tj9mxQBU0mHxei2DpU9ur

 

[TvCristi]

Thank's, i'll give it a try. Screen wake up when changing mode is fixed?

 

[Arium]

STABLE A129Duo version 4Ue released from Beta Testing with High Sharpness level. Full ChangeLog details available on post #1 of this thread.

FWA129_MOD-4Ue_v1.42+24Mbps+Sharp123+Edge132+Hue136+Audio22+DCTeam.bin
Download > https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QuRoQXSqprEZe-j67xOYpLntEpZUf5Z_

thank you Im keen to try it when I get home - I have 2 wire hardwire Power Magic pro. Would you recommend Low Bitrate park mode with this firmware so I dont miss any footage? Is it true when selecting movement detection that camera can miss footage due to lag/have gaps? Currently running v1.3 have 128GB sd card. thanks,

 

[BCHobbyist]

Thank's, i'll give it a try. Screen wake up when changing mode is fixed?

Couldn't replicate the Parking Mode issue with screen waking up for each visual detection event since I don't have older or newer A129 Hardwire Kits. Possibly caused by this new v1.42 voltage detection trigger and your older 2-wire kit. VIOFO planned to modify the V2 3-wire kit but no idea what changes were made, but it could be related to voltage detection and possibly affect screen wake up. Suggest you get the newest 3-wire kit.
Once the next official firmware is released test for same issue and let me know the results.

 

[BCHobbyist]

thank you Im keen to try it when I get home - I have 2 wire hardwire Power Magic pro. Would you recommend Low Bitrate park mode with this firmware so I dont miss any footage? Is it true when selecting movement detection that camera can miss footage due to lag/have gaps? Currently running v1.3 have 128GB sd card. thanks,

Your Power Magic Pro should work, but keep in mind VIOFO can include voltage trigger events only detected using their proprietary 3-wire voltage regulator hardwire kit. This means one or more Parking Mode options may or may not work as expected but others function normally. VIOFO is still testing these features, my STABLE release is mainly to improve Image Quality.

Great question about Parking Mode Bit Rate, in my opinion it's always better to lower chipset load and power drain while Parking Mode is active. This includes lower resolution from 4k/2k to 1080, 60fps to 15fps or less, longer screen off durations, and by default lower bit rate from 27/26/25/24/20 to 16Mbps or less all to reduce power drain to extend Parking Mode protection time when using vehicle battery or power bank.

The Motion Detection feature isn't buffered enough to capture 2 seconds before the event so it will always miss those valuable seconds, but the benefit is capturing other evidence or later scenes. End Users should have as many options as possible to record motion, impact, both, time lapse, or all of the above. End User should have option to decide Parking Mode clip file size and quantity. VIOFO is working on improving these options. Owner preferences differ greatly on this feature, some want continuous 15fps video, others 5fps time lapse continuous, or motion detection triggered 15fps time lapse. It will all be available in A129 Parking Mode menu and hopefully filter down to all other dash cam models.