Viewing dash cam footage with GPS

neilmcl

Santa kindly dropped off my first dash cam, a Viofo A119 which I'll be installing once the weather improves a bit.

Anyone know which is the best/recommended viewing software (Windows) to view dash cam video files?

TadleyBaggie

What format are the files?

With my dash cam there is a specific viewer that displays the footage and also extracts the GPS metadata to show on a map where the vehicle is at any point, and the total journey.

Edit: Looked at their website and information is very sketchy, it tells you how to extract the files from the device but nothing about their format.

Neil_Jones

Website says .mp4 for the video files. (http://www.viofo.com/home/30-a119-1080p-60fps-dash-cam.html and click on Technical Specs).

If that's the case any Media Player will play the files. Like VLC for example. The GPS data, according to the quick start guide:

Please use “Dashcam Viewer” to playback videos and to visualize yourposition and speed on your computer

Presumably on a CD that comes with it.

neilmcl

TadleyBaggie wrote: »

What format are the files?

With my dash cam there is a specific viewer that displays the footage and also extracts the GPS metadata to show on a map where the vehicle is at any point, and the total journey.

Edit: Looked at their website and information is very sketchy, it tells you how to extract the files from the device but nothing about their format.

As above the files are mp4 format. I was aware that the VLC player can play the files but it wont extract the GPS data. I'll have a look at Dashcam Viewer.

TadleyBaggie

Found the one I use, its called RegistratorViewer, download here:http://www.registratorviewer.com/download_en.html

forgotmyname

Always virus scan the discs and software that come with the dashcams. Found some nice backdoor stuff on some.

Ant555

I have a nextbase and also a cheapo ebay dashcam.

The software for the nextbase allows me to view the files from either - the nextbase files shows the gps data and the cheapo non-gps one just the video.

It might be worth a go as the format could be the same
https://www.nextbase.co.uk/help-and-support/in-car-cameras-series/

Hope this helps

Johno100

Another alternative (and free) that I use.

http://contour.com/storyteller