FoxOffer Dome G90 Dashcam Review - A7LA30, OV4689 CMOS

reverend said:
I've just made a massive beginners error. Just done 90 minutes of driving and forgot I'd used the memory card in the 402G earlier so it was pretty much full - as the files were in a different folder the camera has been looping the same 750MB so it captured not a lot of footage! I forgot to format the card!!!!
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That has happened to me as well while switching between cameras.
Not that you would probably do this, but if you re name a file on the card at least on cameras I have worked with the loop will not overwrite is as well. I had renamed files while on the card, dragged them over to my PC and forgot to delete them and days later they were still there.

Thanks for more pictures. appreciate the in depth go through. Have you had some time to play around with locking files?
 
Where did you mount the dashcam?
 
I'll go through some of that tonight as just dropped the car off to try and fix another engine fault (they swapped the wrong part on Monday!!)

As we're not supposed to be able to see the screens here in the UK I mounted the camera high up so that the screen sits behind the rear view mirror, but so that I can just see the two LEDs on the left of the unit to see that it is recording ok.

Locking wise I'll try when I get the car back (I left the camera in there) - worst case it will be tomorrow (The England game is on tonight so wasn't too bothered about having it back just for this evening).
 
So what's the verdict?
G90 better than NT96650 based cameras?
 
My car is still in the workshop from Thursday mate with what appears to be a wiring loom fault so no updates - the camera is in there too so nothing at all to report since my last update.
 
Right my car is back along with the cameras so I'll get some footage today / tonight as I'm working until the early hours.

@billknow are there any firmware updates for this one yet please?
 
Bit of a strange one - I did a reset to defaults of all the settings which has turned the microphone off and there's no menu option I can see to turn it back on again!

Be careful with this as it will reset the camera back into Russian, although it's simple to get it back into English. As for the microphone not sure how I'll get that back on!

And if you notice the price of fuel on the pump yes we do pay $8.45 a gallon for gas here in the UK!

I've not updated the time since the reset which is why the timestamp is out but here's more footage from today:

YT:

Raw:
https://mega.co.nz/#!8EsS2bJJ!U7Q53dxSTEcBGcKOZnw_LeLKOYiQL7pJpr8Yjv-UR2U

This camera really needs a firmware update!
 
In case anybody's interested:

Here is a video comparing the Mobius Regular Lens to the G90 during the day:
 
Is it possible to upload the raw footage from the G90 please as I'd like to see how it compares to this one in terms of detail and chroma noise.

Also could you confirm the firmware version of that one? The G90 looks superior to me in that comparison but it is hard to tell at that size with a laptop screen.

Thanks in advance :)
 
Thanks - that looks excellent in the daytime! Is there anything else after that version bit please?

Mine is r93MP for example

I've just done a few hours driving to work and back and have some night time footage.

Here's a raw clip with total darkness plus city driving:

https://mega.co.nz/#!ARFinBzA!W4Te5K5tKj3ux-wdl67yZuc7kbQ02QlEF5SymqZjnB0

And the YT version:
 
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Finally popped the back open:

28m1bm0.jpg
 
Well I'm having a play around with the commands and got this list of files out of the camera via romfs list:

Code: 
logo.jpg    44534
C6000A_ON.jpg    89091
C6000A_OFF.jpg    57127
CASKA.jpg    54972
BLACKVIEW.jpg    24028
LINGDU_OFF.jpg    12797
LINGDU_ON.jpg    12835
start10.jpg    44534
invalid.jpg    14281
plist_effect_cut.jpg    2624
plist_effect_fade_black.jpg    1622
plist_effect_fade_gray.jpg    1625
poweron_12k.pcm    45600
poweroff_12k.pcm    28800
shutter_12k.pcm    6176
short_shutter_12k.pcm    1086
optone_12k.pcm    9300
error_12k.pcm    13920
poweron_11k.pcm    41896
poweroff_11k.pcm    26460
shutter_11k.pcm    5676
short_shutter_11k.pcm    1000
optone_11k.pcm    8546
error_11k.pcm    12790
poweron_8k.pcm    30402
poweroff_8k.pcm    19200
shutter_8k.pcm    4120
short_shutter_8k.pcm    724
optone_8k.pcm    6202
error_8k.pcm    9282
1_48k.aac    171
1_44k.aac    185
1_32k.aac    256
2_48k.aac    342
2_44k.aac    372
2_32k.aac    512
2_48k.ac3    768
2_44k.ac3    768
2_32k.ac3    768
6_48k.ac3    1536
6_44k.ac3    1536
6_32k.ac3    1536
dec_cc_3D    16384
dec_cc_in    2304
cour.ttf    4595228
bitmaps.bin    7961752
strings.bin    348736
A7L_CC_reg_1_1.bin    18752
calib6.bin    65536
calib16.bin    65536
A5S_CC_reg_ver_1_1.bin    18752
A5S_default_cc_3d_video.bin    17536
A5S_default_cc_3d_still.bin    17536
A5S_default_cc_3d_hiiso.bin    17536
param_image_param_release.bin    0
param_aaa_param_release.bin    0
param_adj_photo_preview_param_release.bin    0
param_adj_video_tv_param_release.bin    0
param_adj_video_pc_param_release.bin    0
param_de_still_param_release.bin    0
param_de_video_param_release.bin    0
param_de_still_multi_param_release.bin    0
param_de_video_multi_param_release.bin    0
param_adj_still_fast_param_release.bin    0
param_adj_still_low_iso_param_release.bin    0
param_adj_still_high_iso_param_release.bin    0
param_adj_still_mf_hiso_param_release.bin    0
param_adj_piv_low_iso_param_release.bin    0
param_adj_still_mid_iso_param_release.bin    0
param_adj_still_hdr_hiso_param_release.bin    0
param_adj_still_hdr_miso_param_release.bin    0
param_adj_still_sr_param_release.bin    0
param_set01_param_release.bin    0
param_set02_param_release.bin    0
param_set03_param_release.bin    0
param_set04_param_release.bin    0
param_set05_param_release.bin    0
A5S_CC_3d_color_0_video_0.bin    17536
A5S_CC_3d_color_0_video_1.bin    17536
A5S_CC_3d_color_0_video_2.bin    17536
A5S_CC_3d_color_0_video_3.bin    17536
A5S_CC_3d_color_0_video_4.bin    17536
A5S_CC_3d_color_0_still_0.bin    17536
A5S_CC_3d_color_0_still_1.bin    17536
A5S_CC_3d_color_0_still_2.bin    17536
A5S_CC_3d_color_0_still_3.bin    17536
A5S_CC_3d_color_0_still_4.bin    17536
A5S_CC_3d_color_1_video_0.bin    17536
A5S_CC_3d_color_1_video_1.bin    17536
A5S_CC_3d_color_1_video_2.bin    17536
A5S_CC_3d_color_1_video_3.bin    17536
A5S_CC_3d_color_1_video_4.bin    17536
A5S_CC_3d_color_1_still_0.bin    17536
A5S_CC_3d_color_1_still_1.bin    17536
A5S_CC_3d_color_1_still_2.bin    17536
A5S_CC_3d_color_1_still_3.bin    17536
A5S_CC_3d_color_1_still_4.bin    17536
A7L_high_iso/08_cc_reg_l4c_edge.bin    2304
A7L_high_iso/09_cc_3d_l4c_edge.bin    16384
A7L_high_iso/17_fir1_mix_4x.bin    256
A7L_high_iso/18_fir1_mix_2x.bin    256
A7L_high_iso/31_fir1_l4c_edge.bin    256
A7L_high_iso/32_coring_l4c_edge.bin    256
A7L_high_iso/35_alpha_unity.bin    512
file count    104
 
Been having a play to see what else you can do with these things - a bit more firmware info - some of this won't be of use to anyone but it's fun getting it!

Code: 
          prkapp: ykhe@ykhen Fri Apr 25 10:49:42     2014
                  93MP            trunk
           prkv4: kfchen@figaro Thu Mar 3 18:09:32 CST 2011
                                   
           prusb: yschen@ambtwubu1 Thu Dec 13 18:47:32 CST 2012
                                   
         bondopt: samurai@magpie Sat Jul 24 16:17:34 CST 2010
                                   
      middleware: binyang@szbuild2 Thu Apr 24 14:07:30 CST 2014

Looks like ykhe@ykhen and binyang@szbuild2 seem to have something to do with the firmware - whoever they may be!

Running processes:
Code: 
 ID  PRI      STAT ACT WUP SUS  NAME
  2    5   DELAYED   0   0   0  main_task
  3  120     READY   0   0   0  print_daemon_task
  4   16 WAIT_RDTQ   0   0   0  peri_task
  5   57 WAIT_RDTQ   0   0   0  button_task
  6   56 WAIT_RDTQ   0   0   0  scardmgr_task
  7   50 WAIT_RDTQ   0   0   0  stktask_func
  8   37 WAIT_RDTQ   0   0   0  debou_task
  9   17 WAIT_RDTQ   0   0   0  audio_init_task
 10   45  WAIT_FLG   0   0   0  Message Manager
 11   16  WAIT_FLG   0   0   0  adc
 12   36     SLEEP   0   0   0  udf_class_mng_tsk
 13   43   SUSPEND   0   0   1  Player thumb motion task
 14   51  WAIT_FLG   0   0   0  Host Control Manager
 15   15  WAIT_FLG   0   0   0  dsp_vdsp
 16   31 WAIT_RDTQ   0   0   0  audio_timer_task
 17   40 WAIT_RDTQ   0   0   0  audio_main_task
 18   34 WAIT_RDTQ   0   0   0  audio_beep_task
 19   32 WAIT_RDTQ   0   0   0  audio_input_process_task
 20   32 WAIT_RDTQ   0   0   0  audio_output_process_task
 21  110  WAIT_FLG   0   0   0  d:\autoexec.ash 
 23   78  WAIT_FLG   0   0   0  Graphics2 Command Handler
 24   22  WAIT_FLG   0   0   0  Image Algo Task
 25   17  WAIT_FLG   0   0   0  Image VIN Task
 26   63  WAIT_FLG   0   0   0  Image Adjust
 27   41  WAIT_FLG   0   0   0  Recorder State Transition Manager
 28   60   SUSPEND   0   0   1  Preview YUV Processor
 29   23  WAIT_FLG   0   0   0  Recorder Snapshot Shutter Controller
 30   92   DELAYED   0   0   0  Monitor By TimerBase
 31   26  WAIT_FLG   0   0   0  Framerate monitor (VDSP)
 32   48  WAIT_FLG   0   0   0  Graphics2 switch FCHAN vout task
 33   47  WAIT_FLG   0   0   0  Graphics2 switch DCHAN vout task
 34   50  WAIT_MBX   0   0   0  prfile2
 35   35  WAIT_FLG   0   0   0  udc_drv_tsk
 36   34  WAIT_FLG   0   0   0  UTMMalarmtsk
 37   81  WAIT_FLG   0   0   0  Recorder Mux Manager
 38   66 WAIT_RDTQ   0   0   0  audio_encode_task_0
 39   42  WAIT_FLG   0   0   0  Player FLOW CTRL Manager
 40   82  WAIT_FLG   0   0   0  Player DeMux Manager
 41   79  WAIT_FLG   0   0   0  AMBA Editor2 Command Manager
 42   83  WAIT_FLG   0   0   0  AMBA Editor2 Mux/Demux Manager
 43   66 WAIT_RDTQ   0   0   0  audio_decode_task_1
 44   88  WAIT_FLG   0   0   0  App Async Operation Manager
 45   58   DELAYED   0   0   0  App Button Manager
 46  110   RUNNING   0   0   0  ps

Commands available:
Code: 
supported built-in commands:
    addr2func    bp        cardmgr        cat   
    cd        chmod        config        cp   
    cpu        date        deletedir    dmesg   
    dramcfg        drives        dsputil        echo   
    eeprom        eval        false        ffuc   
    format        hal        help        history   
    hotboot        ioerr        jobs        kill   
    ls        md5        mesg        mkboot   
    mkdir        morph        mv        flashdb   
    nice        poweroff    pref        ps   
    pwd        ramdisk        readb        readl   
    readw        reboot        reset        resume   
    rm        rmdir        savebin        sleep   
    suspend        sysmon        t        test   
    time        touch        trap        true   
    vol        writeb        writel        writew   
    yyinfo        usbclass    ver        vin   
    sm        corefreq    dramfreq    idspfreq
    dll        cleandir    volcfg        firmfl   
    nvd        nftl        bbt        romfs

Drives
Code: 
3 drives present in system
drive 'A' - NFTL Media
drive 'D' - SD/MMC
drive 'Z' - ROMFS

Hardware clockspeeds:
Code: 
core freq: 156000000
ahb freq:  156000000
apb freq:  78000000
arm  freq: 600000000
 
Do you have Access to the console or do you print the commands with autoexec?
 
All through autoexec.ash and then piping out to files - had a look and there are no files in the A or Z drives that you can capture though :(
 
Oh and to confirm like the other A7 devices if you change the system mode from NTSC to PAL it changes the FPS captured from 30 to 25 - bitrate stays the same which you would think means that each frame has a slightly higher bitrate in PAL, although you don't capture as many.
 
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