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Looking for 3 camera setup

Discussion in 'Trucking Electronics, Gadgets and Software Forum' started by Hick, Jan 14, 2018.

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  1. Jan 14, 2018 #1
    Hick

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    I'm looking for a 3 camera setup with some specific settings on it.

    The problem I have with most of the ones I've found (FalconEye etc) is that they all seem to use pretty much the same firmware and have a similar problem: when you hit the record button or an event sets it off, and let's say you have the recording time set to 5 minutes and it gets set off at 4:59 into one recording, then you end up with a 5 minute video of things that happened before it starting saving - up to and including that 1 minute from 4:59 to 5:00, and then it doesn't save the next 5 minutes. Am I making sense? What crack baby dreamed this up? Can't they at least save 2:30 before and 2:30 after into 1 file and call it a day?

    So does anyone know of a system that when you start recording a 5 minute clips, it actually saves the 5 minutes before and the 5 minutes after (or 2:30 before and 2:30 after) when you have it set to 5 minute recordings? Or is that just too logical for firmware developers?
     
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  3. Jan 14, 2018 #2
    Banker

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    This is the system I have. I have 4 cameras with mine and since I own my trailer I have a camera on the back of it also. It is not cheap, but their are similar systems on Amazon that are. I record 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Mine has an SD card of 32gb that saves about 7 days worth of files before it deletes the oldest. If you don’t own your truck it probably wouldn’t be a good system because it is a several hour install. BE47052D-FFE1-477F-8C72-16619AAA1C58.png 212765DC-6D9D-49AB-B188-9CFC3A1B041C.png
     
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  4. Jan 18, 2018 #3
    Hick

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    Yea there's no way they are going to let me wire something like that up in a co truck :)

    But I'm curious though... you get a week recording 24/7 on a 32gb card with that 4 camera system? FalconEyes only claims 32-40 Hrs with 128GB cards on their 3 camera setup (2 micro SD cards, main camera records to 1 card and the satellite cameras record to the other). Do you record in 1080?
     
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  5. Jan 18, 2018 #4
    Banker

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    It has been almost a year since I set it up and I don’t remember what setting it is. I was told that the files are compressed to allow for the long length of recording time, not sure how it works. Next time I get a chance I will look at the settings and see exactly how many days of recording it has on file.
     
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  7. Jan 18, 2018 #5
    Banker

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    I do know that with the same size card in my GoPro I only got 7 hours. Maybe it has something to do with the recording device that allows for longer memory.
     
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  8. Jan 18, 2018 #6
    Hick

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    It's probably just whatever codec it's using to compress the video. Raw avi can eat some storage. Do you record sound with the video?
     
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  9. Jan 19, 2018 #7
    Banker

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    It can but I don’t choose to.
     
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  10. Jan 24, 2018 #8
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    Yeah so...

    There is no way to get a week of 24/7 video onto a 32 GB card unless you were recording in extremely low resolution at 5 or less frames per second. There is no Codec that does that. If it is in 1080, you will get anywhere from 5 hours to 10 hours on a 32 GB card depending on frame rate and compression.
     
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  11. Jan 24, 2018 #9
    Banker

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    All I can tell you is what is saved on my system. But I have viewd multiple days worth of footage that was saved on this card. It was resolution good enough that it appears the same as what is live on the monitor. I am not trying to sell you or anyone because I only need it to work for me. So far it has.
     
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  12. Jan 25, 2018 #10
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    And that is what counts. If any device is doing what you want it to, then you have won. It was a worthwhile purchase.

    I was stating a technical fact about camera systems because I build them. There is no technological way to store a week of "continuous" footage on a 32 GB storage medium unless the maker were to drop the resolution and frame rate to very low levels. It IS however, quite easy to store a week worth of what you would call "incident" video on a 32 GB card, and not "continuous" video 24/7.

    Sounds like yours is working great for your purposes.
     
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