Image taken by rear camera of dash cam is flipped

**bigT** · May 8th, 2019 12:02 PM

I have 2 mirror type dash cams, the images taken by the rear cameras of both dash cams are vertically flipped. no matter the car is moving forwards or backwards.

Is this normal in mirror type dash cams?

Does the rear camera of your dash cam also create a flipped image?

I tried to upload an screenshot, but the upload option did not work.

**oj88** · May 8th, 2019 12:55 PM

Just to be clear, when you say "flipped", does the monitor show the image to be upside down or left becoming right?

**_Qwerty_** · May 8th, 2019 01:42 PM

pag may words hindi mo mabasa?

**bigT** · May 8th, 2019 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by oj88

Just to be clear, when you say "flipped", does the monitor show the image to be upside down or left becoming right?

Left becomes right.

**oj88** · May 8th, 2019 01:55 PM

My observation with my own dashcam is that, the live view is mirrored. So left objects in relation to your vehicle appear on the left side of the screen as you view it using the built-in LCD display.

However, when playing back the file on an external device (PC, mobile phone), the image orientation is correct. The object to the left of your vehicle will appear on the right of your screen upon playback.... just as how the camera sees it.

This means that the mirroring only happens on the dashcam's live view display.

**bigT** · May 8th, 2019 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by oj88

My observation with my own dashcam is that, the live view is mirrored. So left objects in relation to your vehicle appear on the left side of the screen as you view it using the built-in LCD display.

However, when playing back the file on an external device (PC, mobile phone), the image orientation is correct. The object to the left of your vehicle will appear on the right of your screen upon playback.... just as how the camera sees it.

This means that the mirroring only happens on the dashcam's live view display.

I have been trying to upload a screeshot, but I can’t. I have posted a similar question in another forum, please open the link

Image taken by rear camera flipped | DashCamTalk

the screenshot was from a video taken by the rear camera of my dash cam, the car was behind my car and was moving in the same direction as mine. You can see the plate number was vertically flipped.

**oj88** · May 8th, 2019 03:16 PM

Upload the image on Imgur and post the BBCode here.

But anyway, if you haven't done so, you'll have to check the camera settings if it has the option to flip the rear camera image. Otherwise, there's nothing much that can be done other than use a video editing tool or player like VLC to flip it back to normal once the file has been extracted.

Worst case, you would only have to do this if you need the footage for something (ie. after an accident or reviewing a notable event).

**Walter** · May 12th, 2019 10:10 AM

It's quite possible he installed the dashcam upside down ...

**oj88** · May 12th, 2019 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by Walter

It's quite possible he installed the dashcam upside down ...

I highly doubt it. If it was, the image on the screen and the output file will also be upside down.

**benchph1** · May 12th, 2019 10:59 AM

Happened to two of my dashcams with rear cameras. There is a setting in the dashcam that solves this issue. Explore mo lang.

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