Both! If you use the manual method using the SYSCFG.TXT you can set the date and time but it will never be very accurate. With experience you'll be able to obtain a 1-5 second accuracy.Is it manually put into SYSCFG.TXT or installed from MSetup.exe?
Both! If you use the manual method using the SYSCFG.TXT you can set the date and time but it will never be very accurate. With experience you'll be able to obtain a 1-5 second accuracy.
If you use mSetup (or the Android app) you'll be able to set the real time clock very accurately because the program communicates directly with the camera. mSetup will normally synchronize the clock to within 100ms (1/10 sec.) but the actual value depends on the idle state of the PC and the number of background jobs running.
I update my Mobius through the firmware update programme (currently 3.0.5.1) and find that the timestamp never agrees with anything else. Whenever I come across something I may wish to put on YT, I make a note of the time as soon as it is safe to do so & noted a discrepancy. So now, when I start the camera, I call out the time on my phone & again as soon as it rolls over to the next minute. Friday's footage was stamped 3 minutes later than my phone.Both! If you use the manual method using the SYSCFG.TXT you can set the date and time but it will never be very accurate. With experience you'll be able to obtain a 1-5 second accuracy.
If you use mSetup (or the Android app) you'll be able to set the real time clock very accurately because the program communicates directly with the camera. mSetup will normally synchronize the clock to within 100ms (1/10 sec.) but the actual value depends on the idle state of the PC and the number of background jobs running.
...it could prove vital if footage was needed as evidence (lawyers will look for any discrepancies to get a case thrown out).
I'm not expecting the cam to keep perfect time though. The cam uses a capacitor as its own power source & it's used every day - so externally powered for a good 9hrs with a break evenings and weekends. It doesn't gain or lose any time over these down times.Setting the time and the ability to keep good time are two different things
It doesn't matter whether the video has a time stamp or not. The video footage is all that matters. Don't worry about it.
The date and time will not be updated unless you specifically tell the camera you want to do so. Updating the firmware will not update the time. Just connecting the camera to your PC will not update the time.I'm not expecting the cam to keep perfect time though. The cam uses a capacitor as its own power source & it's used every day - so externally powered for a good 9hrs with a break evenings and weekends. It doesn't gain or lose any time over these down times.
I just find it strange that, even after plugging into the PC and doing all the updates, it's still getting the wrong time. I could understand if it was an hour adrift, so not coping with the summer/winter change, but always 3 mins!
AHhhhhhhh.The date and time will not be updated unless you specifically tell the camera you want to do so. Updating the firmware will not update the time. Just connecting the camera to your PC will not update the time.
To update the time you must run mSetup, select the camera, make sure Sync Date/Time is set to Yes, and then click Set Parameters. At this moment the internal clock will be set as accurate as possible (normally within a few milliseconds) to your PC's date and time - guaranteed!
The Sync Date/Time is set to yes by default. I suggest you take a picture or short video after setting the time just to re-assure yourself that the time has been set correctly.AHhhhhhhh.
I see. That explains it - although I assumed I was already doing this as when I go away on hols for a week, the capacitor dies & the cam reverts to default time when powered so I always make sure to link to pc & run msetup etc. I'll be very careful to check that sync date/time is set to yes.
Cheers.
Amazingly, for a camera that relies on a capacitor for power, it never seems to drift. When I switched on first thing, I would announce the time on my phone & again as soon as the minute rolled over. I used this to calculate the difference & that difference would stay throughout the day & be there the next morning at the time check.have you kept track to see if it actually keeps time though, is it constantly 3 minutes out and stays that way, or does it drift?quite a lot of camera don't keep time well without the aid of GPS to keep things in sync
Well, the hours & minutes coincide with what my phone says & they both seem to roll over at about the same time.Don't want to state the obvious but if you're using mSetup to sync the Mobius time with the PC, you need to make sure that the time on the PC is accurate
We just had an accident, and my file is 5 years off. Is this a problem for insurance people, or do they know this is common? Can I fix the time stamp somehow before I hand it over to insurance people?