Z Zandt Member Joined Jan 17, 2015 Messages 36 Reaction score 31 Country United States Feb 24, 2015 #1 Is there a benefit to turning the bitrate and/or brightness to low while in parking mode? Anyone know if it reduces battery consumption?
Is there a benefit to turning the bitrate and/or brightness to low while in parking mode? Anyone know if it reduces battery consumption?
Street Guardian USA Well-Known Member Retailer Joined May 14, 2013 Messages 11,976 Reaction score 8,442 Location Oakland Park, Florida (USA) Country United States Dash Cam StreetGuardian.CAM Amazon.com Feb 24, 2015 #2 bitrate will effect how the amount of video clips you can fit on the microSD card(s) before recycling begins. (deleted oldest with newest file) 12Mbps or 15Mbps (higher = more detail, less compression blocks) https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/link-forums/recording-time-calculator.50/ Brightness is for low light, will increase details. You can manually increase details levels on your computer as well though: https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/threa...h-more-details-from-night-video-footage.8255/ Neither one of these would affect battery / power draw.
bitrate will effect how the amount of video clips you can fit on the microSD card(s) before recycling begins. (deleted oldest with newest file) 12Mbps or 15Mbps (higher = more detail, less compression blocks) https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/link-forums/recording-time-calculator.50/ Brightness is for low light, will increase details. You can manually increase details levels on your computer as well though: https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/threa...h-more-details-from-night-video-footage.8255/ Neither one of these would affect battery / power draw.