VIOFO A119 (production) feature requests and bug reports

[jackkk]

Less distortion is similar as 1.1 digital ZOOM.

Which means? How come I don't understand that answer? (Hey @viofo , can you guys do something about the barrel (fish eye) distortion?)

 

[jokiin]

There's only so much adjustment that can be done in firmware before having a negative impact on image quality, a narrower lens would be needed to get what you want

 

[Barqs]

@viofo Can you add the & symbol to the license plate text?

 

[jackkk]

There's only so much adjustment that can be done in firmware before having a negative impact on image quality, a narrower lens would be needed to get what you want

understood with your explanation thanks

 

[lacibaci]

There's only so much adjustment that can be done in firmware before having a negative impact on image quality, a narrower lens would be needed to get what you want

Is this a limitation of Novatek? I noticed Ambarella based cams usually don't have this problem.

 

[CaptureYourAction]

There's only so much adjustment that can be done in firmware before having a negative impact on image quality, a narrower lens would be needed to get what you want

Dome has a dewarping feature in some of their dash cameras that seems to work pretty well. Are you familiar with this at all. I assume it's done in the firmware. Maybe only possible with Ambarella chipset?

 

[CaptureYourAction]

Is this a limitation of Novatek? I noticed Ambarella based cams usually don't have this problem.

Ha, you beat me to it!

 

[Bernard Maltais]

Which means? How come I don't understand that answer? (Hey @viofo , can you guys do something about the barrel (fish eye) distortion?)

You can always remove it in post processing:

 

[Sunny]

The format prompt hasn't come up since I loaded the A119 805 firmware.
I haven't checked if the date time etc... are reset or not thought.
Will do sometime.

 

[Koubiacz]

Small review for 1 week with the beta firmware, everything seems to work

 

[ketchupfreak]

Any news on the CPL filter?

 

[jokiin]

Is this a limitation of Novatek? I noticed Ambarella based cams usually don't have this problem.

Ambarella has a dewarp function, there are limits to how much you can adjust before it has a negative impact, images that have not been dewarped are sharper on Ambarella also

 

[viofo]

@viofo Can you add the & symbol to the license plate text?

What kind of Symbol do you want to add?

 

[Barqs]

What kind of Symbol do you want to add?

An ampersand (&)

 

[lacibaci]

@viofo is it possible to increase mic sensitivity (recorded audio volume?)

 

[Serge_NY]

Is there any plans to add settings for bitrate/quality? With 20Mbit/s picture looks overcompressed. Sometimes hard to read even road signs, car plates I can see just when both cars are standing still and the distance is no more than 3 feet.

 

[Bernard Maltais]

Here is an idea to allow to save video of interest. At the moment a user has to press the button to save a copy of the video... but if the camera is behing the read view mirror it is rather difficult and distracting/dangerous to do while driving.

Given the camera has a g force sensor would it be possible to implement a firmware feature that would save the video if, say, the driver "knock" 3 times on the camera within 2 seconds? It could emit a beep to acknowledge that the video was indeed marked as interesting.

What do you think?

 

[jokiin]

What do you think?

I think pressing the button is easier

 

[Agie]

I also have another idea as I didn't know the LDWS and other systems can't be used in 1440p mode.

Perhaps add a warning on the screen that the feature isn't available when you select it in 1440p mode, because at the moment it doesn't let you know that it doesn't work...

 

[WA3PNT]

Here is an idea to allow to save video of interest. At the moment a user has to press the button to save a copy of the video... but if the camera is behing the read view mirror it is rather difficult and distracting/dangerous to do while driving.

Given the camera has a g force sensor would it be possible to implement a firmware feature that would save the video if, say, the driver "knock" 3 times on the camera within 2 seconds? It could emit a beep to acknowledge that the video was indeed marked as interesting.

What do you think?

The A119 has a G-Sensor.
You need only to tap the A119 and it will record an Event.

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