How we use videos

Dash Cam Owners Australia receives over 20,000 videos per year (roughly 400 per week) from people around Australia , This presents a challenge to us in regards to striking a balance between showing content that everyone enjoys and keeping people who have sent videos happy.

We endeavour to use submitted videos in some fashion however this is frankly not possible for a number of reasons. Please do not take it personally if we are not able to use your video.

While we ask for descriptions to be provided on submissions we usually view the videos “blind” – without reading descriptions. This helps us establish if what is shown is going to be obvious enough for most people to understand without any written context. Each day we will download the videos that are sent to us and sort them into categories.

Some will be put aside for the monthly compilation which is done once a month on our YouTube channel. Others may be put aside for special compilations further down the track (Instant Karma, Load Fails etc) Larger incidents (Crashes, very close calls etc) are generally posted to the Facebook page and then compiled and posted to the YouTube channel every few months.

Some other videos that arent used in the above scenarios are used in our Weekly livestream. Every Sunday night at 7PM Sydney time we stream live on twitch where we watch the videos live with viewers, this is usually in excess of 100 videos and takes about 1-2 hours. No subscription or account is required to view the stream however an account is required to chat along with the viewers. An edited version of this stream is uploaded to the Youtube channel on Tuesdays

There are many videos that we simply don’t use unfortunately, This can be for a variety of reasons including:

*Low video quality

*Video format issues

*Copyrighted music

*The video being edited excessively (Adding sound effects / arrows or text)

*The video not clearly showing any wrongdoing

*The video content violates the rules for YouTube / Facebook etc

*The video was filmed on a mobile phone

*The video was filmed off a monitor or screen (Please don’t even bother sending these they are deleted instantly)

*The event being difficult to make out / too far away

*Minor every day occurences

For best chances of your video being used it should:

*Include 5-10 seconds of lead up to the event and 5-10 second after although we understand not everyone has capability to edit.

*Be in 16:9 Landscape / Widescreen (Not vertical video or 4:3)

*Have clear, original audio.

*Be at least 50mb in size per 30 seconds of video. (Please don’t overcompress your videos or they become too blurry on larger screens and arent usable).