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Viewing Videos and Photos from a Garmin Dash Cam on the Computer

You can connect the Garmin Dash Cam to the computer to view, transfer, or delete videos and photos stored on the device's memory card.

To Locate the Video and Photo Files on a Windows Computer:

1. Plug the Garmin Dash Cam into your computer with the USB cable

2. Press the Windows key + E on the keyboard

3. Open the drive associated with the memory card in your Garmin Dash Cam. The drive letter pictured is an example. The memory card will not always be drive D. 

Remove the SD card from the device and see which drive disappears to determine which drive is the SD card

Insert the SD card again to continue

4. Open the DCIM folder

5. Open a Video or Snapshot folder

Note: MP4 files are high-quality videos for viewing on a computer. GLV files are lower quality videos for viewing on a phone or with the VIRB Mobile App. 

Select the MP4 file of the video in the following folders to view on your computer.

The videos and photos are sorted into several folders. 

  • 100EVENT
    • Contains videos saved automatically when the device detects and incident
  • 101PHOTO
    • Contains photos
  • 102SAVED
    • Contains videos saved manually by the user
  • 103PARKM
    • Contains videos saved while parked
  • 104TLPSE
    • Contains Travelapse videos
    • Not available on the Garmin Dash Cam Mini, Garmin Dash Cam Mini 2, Garmin Dash Cam Mini 3, or Garmin Dash Cam Tandem
  • 105UNSVD or 104UNSVD
    • Contains unsaved footage
    • The device overwrites the oldest unsaved video when the storage space for unsaved videos is full

Note on the Garmin Dash Cam Tandem:

  • Front-facing footage file names begin with "GC1"
  • Interior-facing footage files names begin with "GC2"
    • There is no GLV generated for interior-view since the static resolution will keep the MP4 file size low enough for streaming to mobile devices. 

For more info on GLV files see below.

To Locate the Video and Photo Files on a Mac Computer:

1. Plug the Garmin Dash Cam into your computer with the USB cable  

2. Click the Finder icon on the dock

3. Click Go in the menu bar at the top of your computer screen

4. Click Computer

5. Select the Dash Cam disk drive icon generally labeled GARMIN. 

6. Open the DCIM folder

7. Open a Video or Snapshot folder

Note: MP4 files are high-quality videos for viewing on a computer. GLV files are lower quality videos for viewing on a phone or with the VIRB Mobile App. 

Select the MP4 file of the video in the following folders to view on your computer.

The videos and photos are sorted into several folders.

    • 100EVENT
      • Contains videos saved automatically when the device detects and incident
    • 101PHOTO
      • Contains photos
    • 102SAVED
      • Contains videos saved manually by the user
    • 103PARKM
      • Contains videos saved while parked
    • 104TLPSE
      • Contains Travelapse videos
      • Not available on the Garmin Dash Cam Mini, Garmin Dash Cam Mini 2, Garmin Dash Cam Mini 3, or Garmin Dash Cam Tandem
    • 105UNSVD or 104UNSVD
      • Contains unsaved footage
      • The device overwrites the oldest unsaved video when the storage space for unsaved videos is full

Note on the Garmin Dash Cam Tandem:

  • Front-facing footage file names begin with "GC1"
  • Interior-facing footage files names begin with "GC2"
    • There is no GLV generated for interior-view since the static resolution will keep the MP4 file size low enough for streaming to mobile devices. 

For more info on GLV files see below.

Your device is not compatible with the Garmin Dash Cam Player. Most 3rd party video programs (Windows Media Player, VLC Player, Apple Video Programs, etc.) will work for viewing and listening to audio content.

NOTE: Some media players may not support high-resolution playback.

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