Setup for a dash cam.

[Doug]

On 09/23/2017 09:42 PM, Owen Thomas wrote:
> I want to ask this question now, before I purchase a dash cam, because 
> I don't want to purchase one and find that it won't play with Ubuntu 
> because of flimsy bespoke compatibility minutiae.
>
> Does anyone know a good hardware/software set up? I would think a dash 
> cam that recorded to a well known video format on a USB device that I 
> could mount simply by plugging it in is all I could ever need. Editing 
> the footage may be a concern at a later stage, but if it was, I would 
> want to worry about this at that later stage.
>
> Anything like this?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
Not an answer, but a related note: In some states, like New York, it is 
illegal to connect anything to the windshield that could block vision.
You could be ticketed for that. (The cops would just as soon not have 
their flag-down recorded.)
OTOH, it is not illegal to put some device on the dashboard that can 
look out the window. So think about the local law, and how a camera
might mount on your dashboard.

--doug, from NY State.
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