creedcooking
Member
I notice that at least every couple days, the dashcam has seemed to lose track of time and start at 2018-01-01. It quickly fixes itself by synchronizing with GPS, but the first 5 minute clip ends up being saved as 2018_0101_******_****.MP4.
This is a problem because those 2018_0101* files end up appearing as the oldest files on the card and are deleted pretty much immediately to make room for the next recording.
Here you can see that the files that should have ended in 099A and 100B are both missing:
![missing_files.png missing_files.png](https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/data/attachments/40/40396-6cc5feaf506df4bcbadec383a625112f.jpg?hash=bMX-r1Bt9L)
So,
1) Why does the clock reset so often?
2) Can the firmware handle this better? Perhaps... if the time had been lost, then find the newest recording on card and set the time to be after that point.
3) Why have the "099A" counter in the last section if it doesn't help avoid situations like this?
Today I thought I had good footage of a biker running a red light and almost hitting me, but it was during the first file, so I have no footage of this instance. This sucks.![Frown :( :(](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png)
This is a problem because those 2018_0101* files end up appearing as the oldest files on the card and are deleted pretty much immediately to make room for the next recording.
Here you can see that the files that should have ended in 099A and 100B are both missing:
![missing_files.png missing_files.png](https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/data/attachments/40/40396-6cc5feaf506df4bcbadec383a625112f.jpg?hash=bMX-r1Bt9L)
So,
1) Why does the clock reset so often?
2) Can the firmware handle this better? Perhaps... if the time had been lost, then find the newest recording on card and set the time to be after that point.
3) Why have the "099A" counter in the last section if it doesn't help avoid situations like this?
Today I thought I had good footage of a biker running a red light and almost hitting me, but it was during the first file, so I have no footage of this instance. This sucks.
![Frown :( :(](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png)