

The 10-minute clip is thus broken across 40 separate files, and combining them requires using a video editing tool of some sort. They're stored in a very strange manner, however: Each of the four cameras (front, both sides, and back) has its own movie track, and those tracks are only one minute long. When you save a clip from the dashcam, the last 10 minutes of footage are written to the drive. Zell Technologies Dashcam 3.1 Flash Drive for Tesla with Sentry Mode Pre-Configured, Extremely Fast Low Profile USB Drive for Tesla Model S/3/X/Y 64GB, Sept 2019 Model or Newer. The second app, tesla_dashcam, is a Python (command line) app that can run on macOS, Windows, or Linux, and it greatly simplifies dealing with Tesla's strange dashcam movie storage methods. USB 3.1 flash drive with backwards compatibility (USB 3.0, USB 2.0). With 210 megabytes a second write speed and selling for 39.95, this USB Drive is designed to store high quality video footage and is suitable for use in both Windows and Mac PCs.

The AltaWares USB Drive contains 128GB of storage and is pre-formatted and pre-configured for the Tesla dashcam. It's quite old, having been last updated two years ago, but it still works well-I prefer USB to streaming over Bluetooth from my phone, which is the other option. AltaWares Dashcam and Sentry Portable SSD USB Drive. I switched to a 'high endurance' type of micro SD, and its been just fine so far minus the software issues of the sentry cam not always recording properly. The first is a macOS app called Tesla Tunes that overcomes some limitations of Tesla's USB music player: It automatically converts Apple Lossless (which the Tesla can't play) into FLAC, which the Tesla can play, and it offers some rudimentary support for playlists, which aren't supported at all in Tesla's player. This happened to me with one of the cheap micro center USB drives. If you're a Tesla owner, perhaps you'll find these apps as useful as I have…
