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Old 05-07-2023, 09:49 AM
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Which flash-driver should I use for MBUX dashcam?

I’ve been reading some articles. Some say 128gb more than enough, some 1tb. Don’t know who the hell should I listen to lol. All i know so far is I need SSD and sandisk is the best in terms of brand quality. Please help me out here. Thanks!! MB for the win.
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More storage is usually better. A 128GB Sandisk Extreme mSDXC costs about $18, a 512GB $57 and 1TB costs about $110. First you need to decide what the video resolution will be and the frame rate (usually 30 fps or 60 fps). From that you can calculate the storage requirement for 1 minute of video. For example video at 1920 x 720 @30 fps uses about 740MB per minute. There are several calculators you can use once you know what the recording specs are. Recording specs vary based on camera settings.
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you don't really need a big card if you only need footage of an incident (which you then pull from the card on the spot)
bigger card are mainly handy if you have a dashcam with parkmode
I have a thinkware U1000 and 128gb does the job (even with parkmode on)

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More storage is usually better. A 128GB Sandisk Extreme mSDXC costs about $18, a 512GB $57 and 1TB costs about $110. First you need to decide what the video resolution will be and the frame rate (usually 30 fps or 60 fps). From that you can calculate the storage requirement for 1 minute of video. For example video at 1920 x 720 @30 fps uses about 740MB per minute. There are several calculators you can use once you know what the recording specs are. Recording specs vary based on camera settings.
yeah but i need usb c stick to put it in center console. I don’t know what is the vid resolution either.. it doesn’t say or can’t seem to find. And do I need flash drive (read only) or thumb drive (read & write)?
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I use mSD cards exclusively and adapters for USB and SD in the car. Sometimes they come free with the mSD purchase. Adapters are very cheap, if not free.


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Originally Posted by Ryan’s
I’ve been reading some articles. Some say 128gb more than enough, some 1tb. Don’t know who the hell should I listen to lol. All i know so far is I need SSD and sandisk is the best in terms of brand quality. Please help me out here. Thanks!! MB for the win.
I use a USB 8GB jump drive. Works great. One thing you should do no matter what you use is to format as a exFAT. Reason is because exFatdrives are faster at writing and reading data. As you can see I get 2 min clips.




VIEW OF GALLERY CLIPS

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I'm using this...1TB SanDisk Extreme SSD. WalMart, $79 (and they walk it out to your car).


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That's a bit bulky. Why not use a San Disk microSD in an adapter? It fits almost flush with the USB socket.
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That's a bit bulky. Why not use a San Disk microSD in an adapter? It fits almost flush with the USB socket.
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I hear you. It's 1TB running in loop mode and I tuck it into the inductive charging area since I almost never use it to charge my phone, so it doesn't appear so bulky.
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I hear you. It's 1TB running in loop mode and I tuck it into the inductive charging area since I almost never use it to charge my phone, so it doesn't appear so bulky.
​​​​​​1tb@ 1080p would probably record like 500hrs of driving time. Seems like overkill but to each their own. I'd recommend a high endurance micro SD card with around 128gb to 256gb which is already plenty of driving hours @ 1080p.

​​​example but you'll also need a card reader:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung...d-memory-card/

card reader:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung...c-memory-card/

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