clip write-protection

[Obormot]

hello!

The current clip can be write-protected by pressing the Mode button while recording.

i think will be better, if when M button pressed, write-protection enabling for 2 clips, current and previous.

becouse high resolution clips are short, and there is a possibility that when you press M button, previous clip will be ended and new clip will begin, and you will store wrong clip.

and also will be good to have saved 3-5 min. of road situation prior the accident.

in many dashcam recorders this function working like this - storing begins from about 1 min. before pressing "save" button.

what do you think?

 

[Usually Unfocused]

I agree!

 

[Grimm]

Hell, 2 before and 2 after would be nice.

Usually when I mark something I'll take everything off the card and look for the mark and get the clip or 2 before it and after it anyway since what happened before the incident, and after, may be just as important.

I also think the Mobius should just know what I want to keep and mark thing on its own. Maybe the Mobius II?

 

[russ331]

I don't know how anyone can safely find & press the 'M' button while driving a car. If I want to save a clip, I make a mental note of the time then, if the clip is at risk of being overwritten before I reach my destination, I stop the car when convenient to do so & swap the memory card with the spare one that I keep in the car.

 

[xreyuk]

I find it fairly easy to click the M button, because it's easy to feel for.

However, on the off chance I forget to do that, and I believe the camera may be on the next clip, I have a spare memory card in the car like Russ.

 

[GJHS]

there is a possibility that when you press M button, previous clip will be ended and new clip will begin, and you will store wrong clip.

True it has happened yet most of those clicks are to save the bad driver in front of us, so we can thank God that we don't drive like that and show our friends and family why we have a dash cam.

I think if anything really important happened, keeping those clips would be easy. With a 32gb card recording 4 hours before looping, I think it's easy to get somewhere to copy the files, or put the card in your phone and copy them before they're overwritten. If it's an all day trip, just go buy another card if you don't have a spare.

I have gotten good at hitting the button now, though sometimes I look at them later and forgot why I hit the button Now I mark the clip by putting my hand in front of the camera after I save. This way I can go home and fast forward through the 5 min clip and quickly know why I saved it

 

[Dashmellow]

I don't know how anyone can safely find & press the 'M' button while driving a car. If I want to save a clip, I make a mental note of the time then, if the clip is at risk of being overwritten before I reach my destination, I stop the car when convenient to do so & swap the memory card with the spare one that I keep in the car.

I agree. While I have indeed leaned over and fiddled with the buttons on the Mobius while driving, the fact is that this is an unsafe distraction. Of course, if you're involved in a traffic accident or some other kind of incident you've got other things to be paying attention to at that moment. Like Russ, I just look at my clock and note the time so I can easily navigate to the particular clip (or general time period) when I review the footage.

You know, for the life of me I don't really understand the intense paranoia about losing the last clip. It's just never happened to me in several years of using a variety of different dash cams. Indeed, I've lost footage because a dash cam stopped functioning altogether and I didn't discover this until later but I've never had a camera crap out on me during or just after an incident. If something happens you can be darned sure I'm not going to allow it to get recorded over. For the most part, the cameras that lock clips with a G-sensor have been more of a pain in the ass than anything else. Just the other day I found a whole memory wasting folder on my card (GTt300W) when I reviewed it on my computer. Let's see...here's one locked file of me taking the lens cap off.....here's another of me adjusting the angle of the camera....here's another that got locked just because I pressed the button to activate the screen with the lowest sensitivity set.

 

[sludgeguts]

Because I'm driving all day, some days I can have many, many incidents - other days zero.
I find it easier to simply have a slip of stickynote paper by my side window. Whenever anything happens, I note the time on the paper as soon as I can (or approx. time). If I've had events in the morning, I slip in a new card at lunchtime. If not, the card is good for about 6 hours' footage.
Because I know where I am when each event occurs, the noting of time is simply a memory aide & helps me locate the correct clip quickly. I view the footage off the card & decide if it's worth keeping & if I need the clips before &/or after.

 

[Dashmellow]

Because I'm driving all day, some days I can have many, many incidents - other days zero.
I find it easier to simply have a slip of stickynote paper by my side window. Whenever anything happens, I note the time on the paper as soon as I can (or approx. time). If I've had events in the morning, I slip in a new card at lunchtime. If not, the card is good for about 6 hours' footage.

I do this too. I always have a small notebook and pen in my console and if something happens that I really want to document I make a note of the time. I also have a gadget with me most days that looks (and is) a USB thumb drive but is also a voice recorder. (One of these) Sometimes rather than get distracted by trying to write something down I'll just voice record a memo of the time and incident.

 

[Grimm]

Do you guys not know about black magic skateboard grip tape?

Cut a tiny piece and adhere it to the M. Easy for the clumsiest fumbler to find the M with a finger without taking his eyes off the road.

Works well for everything. That one key you always need, attach some grip tape to both sides and you will always find it. Grandmother cant feel the wall switch in the dark even with 3 nightlights going, attach some grip tape to it and she will find it right away. Hands fumbling in the rain for a new cartridge to load into your M-16? Grip tape the bottom and you'll be fine...

 

[jokiin]

Hands fumbling in the rain for a new cartridge to load into your M-16? Grip tape the bottom and you'll be fine...

you always have the most helpful hints, this is something I've struggled with, finally an answer

 

[Grimm]

A friend of mine turned me on to grip tape. That's what he used it for when serving in Afghanistan though I dont know what gun(s) he used.

 

[sludgeguts]

A friend of mine turned me on to grip tape.

Yes, there are 'specialist' websites for people like you

Hands fumbling in the rain for a new cartridge to load into your M-16?

The wife NEVER has problems reloading. In fact, she can reload quicker than I can run

 

[leftlanehog]

How do you know if the clip has been locked? does the mobius indicate the clip has been protected?(led blinks/anything?)

Also, should the file look different or indicate it is "locked" when I hook it up to a PC? (they are all looking the same...I know which one I locked, but, it is not indicating it....maybe in "Properties"?)


I tried locking/protecting a clip, and I have no indication that it is protected....

 

[BioHazarD]

If you'll check the properties of the clip in windows, "read-only" is ticked.

 

[Grimm]

How do you know if the clip has been locked? does the mobius indicate the clip has been protected?(led blinks/anything?)

Also, should the file look different or indicate it is "locked" when I hook it up to a PC? (they are all looking the same...I know which one I locked, but, it is not indicating it....maybe in "Properties"?)


I tried locking/protecting a clip, and I have no indication that it is protected....

If you use a viewing program for dash cam use like Registrator Viewer (free) there will be a lock icon next to all your locked clips which is much easier then checking the properties tab.

 

[FlyingPanMan]

My solution to finding the "M" button while driving is to put a blob of glue on it. I used EvoStik "Serious" glue which is flexible and clear. Very good stuff - sticks well, seals nicely, and can be removed fairly easily from paint and other smooth surfaces by rubbing/peeling. I doesn't dissolve paint or plastics. I use it for securing the rubber sucker type window mountings, gluing camera mounting plates to my crash helmet, and velcro patches to things, including my motorcycle jacket.

The trick was to put a blob carefully on the button and immediately suspend it upside down and leave to set. The tail of glue on the blob can then be snipped off with a pair of nail clippers. This creates a nice sharp-edged, grippy button that is easily located while driving.

A word of warning, I put my Mobius in the cradle upside down and knocked the glue off while sliding it in. No big problem to repeat the operation though.