Re: Dash cams.
This entire discussion seems ridiculous TBH.
Here's the thing.
There exist and have always existed STANDARD video formats, be they MOV files, VID files, MPEG files and so on.
So the situation is very simple.
Either those NextBase cameras ARE producing proper standard video files in one of those accepted formats . . . . or they are not.
So which is it?
If they are producing video clips in standard formats then you should absolutely be able to play those clips on any computer regardless of whether it is Win 7,8 or 10, the caveat there being that the O/S DOES support that standard video format.
If you have video clips from the dashcam in say MOV format and they don't play properly, but then other MOV files produced elsewhere (maybe downloaded of the internet) DO work, then it's pretty clear that the dashcam is crap and is not recording to standard.
MOV files either work on your PC or they do not
MPEG files either work on your PC or they do not.
same for all video formats
My Mobius Dashcam uses a standard video format and the content I get from it runs perfectly on ANY video play software. My preference at the moment is to use the freely downloadable VLC Player to view any footage.
I have no idea why someone would want to use any "proprietary" software to view video files.
Just download VLC Player or similar defacto globally used video play software and use that to view footage.
A dashcam exists solely to capture footage
Once you move footage from the camera to the PC the dashcam should take no further part, nor should any of its software imo.
TBH having read 100s of bad reviews of NextBase dashcams I would never buy one.
I count myself fortunate to have done the proper research and to have bought the brilliant miniature Mobius Action cameras at roughly £55 each. One for front, one for back. Absolutely priceless things.