benjos
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- Dash Cam
- SJ8 Pro, Rexing V1P Max, Dome D201, Xiaomi Yi
I just got mine today but haven't had much time to play with it. It supports 2.4GHz or 5GHz wireless. The back screen is touchscreen. Resolutions with max FPS: 4K at 60fps, 1440p at 60fps (no 120 fps), 1080p at 120fps, 720p at 240fps. There are two "Ultra" resolutions for 4K at 30fps and 1080p at 60fps; I don't know what the "Ultra" resolution does; there is a separate quality menu for Economy, Normal, and Fine. The recording modes are: Video, Video Laps, Slow Re, Photo, Photo Lapse, Burst Mode, Video/photo, and Car Mode. The default encoding mode was h264 but you can change it to h265; however, when using 4K at 60fps, then the encoding option is dimmed (and default setting said it was h264) and I am not sure if it is using h264 or h265 because if I changed it to 4K 30fps and h265 then go back to 4K 60fps, the encoding mode will be dimmed but show h265.
The instruction manual says when using Car Mode, "Camera will switch on automatically when the car is started while connected to a car charger." I will test this out later and see if it works without the battery installed.
I did see a "slow card speed" warning while recording at 4K at 60fps while using a U1 instead of U3 micro SD card.
On Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, the operating system does not recognize the SJ8 as a storage device (or as any device that I can direct to a Windows 10 Virtual Machine).
I installed the "SJCam Zone" android app from APKPure but Comodo Antivirus thinks that is is malware so I uninstalled it. Amazon App Store doesn't have the app available and so the only source to download from may be from Google Play which isn't available or functional on my Android phone. I'll figure out the app situation another time.
The instruction manual says when using Car Mode, "Camera will switch on automatically when the car is started while connected to a car charger." I will test this out later and see if it works without the battery installed.
I did see a "slow card speed" warning while recording at 4K at 60fps while using a U1 instead of U3 micro SD card.
On Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, the operating system does not recognize the SJ8 as a storage device (or as any device that I can direct to a Windows 10 Virtual Machine).
I installed the "SJCam Zone" android app from APKPure but Comodo Antivirus thinks that is is malware so I uninstalled it. Amazon App Store doesn't have the app available and so the only source to download from may be from Google Play which isn't available or functional on my Android phone. I'll figure out the app situation another time.