TeslaCam/Sentry Reviewer

[toolman335]

Has anyone tried the third party apps to review Sentry mode video? I have only had my M3 for 2 weeks and I don't speak the Tesla language yet. Please keep your answers as simple as possible lol.
Is this an App where you don't need a USB drive and it somehow connects directly to the car's USB system?

I'm scared to download any third party apps without knowing if they're legit.

 

[krislayman]

I use Sentry Keeper to review the videos. It seems safe

You do require a USB drive in the car to record sentry/dashcam video. You then need to connect that USB drive to a Windows computer to review the videos using the Sentry Keeper software.

 

[boaterva]

Sentry View is also good since often you want to do it in your car and you can do it with the USBs it uses, the wifi or lightning ones. Look for SentryView on the iOS App Store. Not sure if there’s an Android version or not, only familiar with the iOS one.

 

[St☰v☰]

I haven't looked yet, but are any of them showing the rear view yet?

 

[Need]

Has anyone tried the third party apps to review Sentry mode video? I have only had my M3 for 2 weeks and I don't speak the Tesla language yet. Please keep your answers as simple as possible lol.
Is this an App where you don't need a USB drive and it somehow connects directly to the car's USB system?

I'm scared to download any third party apps without knowing if they're legit.

You need an OTG adapter. Most Samsung and Pixel phones come with it, or you could buy one on Amazon for like $5. You plug the USB into the adapter and plug it into the phone's USB-C port. The app TeslaCam Reviewer on Play store) would start and you just select the events sorted by date/time (no more decoding file names). Then you could play back all the cameras (including the rear one) at once in adjustable speed. It was created by a forum member here... huge thread on it so it should be pretty safe. I had been using it for months. I kept my OTG adapter in the car review the events in the car when I have nothing else to do.

 

[toolman335]

Thank you!

 

[gecko10x]

TeslaCam Video WebApp Player

 

[St☰v☰]

TeslaCam Video WebApp Player

The only issue with that viewer is that it seems you're uploading your videos to their site.

 

[MrBadger]

thats not the case

I am super impressed so made a small donation

tbh its got the makings of something, with a bit of assistance from Tesla (to make Teslacam available as a readonly mount from the browser), could work on the car web viewer.

 

[astrowunder]

I haven't looked yet, but are any of them showing the rear view yet?

I just uploaded a version that includes rear view this week.

 

[MrBadger]

The only issue with that viewer is that it seems you're uploading your videos to their site.

Try it without an internet connection once you loaded the main page and you will see it still works. No internet required, no site they are uploading to.

Thanks for disagreeing then deleting your post which didn't prove your point.

 

[St☰v☰]

thats not the case

I disagree. When I access that website it says that my files will be uploaded, not merely opened for viewing, but uploaded. Even though in a disclaimer it says none of my files will be uploaded. Furthermore, in the second screenshot below it once again uses the term "UPLOAD" and it further qualifies that statement by saying that it is going to "Upload 43 files to this site", and "Only do this if you trust this site".

If truly they are only using their site to enable us to view our mp4's, they need to change the terminology before I feel comfortable using their services.

Otherwise, why isn't it a windows 10 software program instead of a website.

BTW, I don't use any cloud service either.

 

[MrBadger]

You are uploading to the browser. You are probably finding that it is your browser adding those messages. I certainly do not see them. So the wording is outside the control of the website.

Start Here: Load Videos
Select Directory
Select "TeslaCam" or one of the subdirectories to load ALL saved events.

Some browsers may show an additional security prompt verifying you trust the site before "uploading". Files are not uploaded. Directory structure of any subdirectories are used for grouping events.

Great being in a browser as its cross platform and cross device types. If one day Tesla allows readonly access to the USB device from their browser, it would even work in the car.

 

[RobDickinson]

The only issue with that viewer is that it seems you're uploading your videos to their site.

it would take an age and murder bandwidth to upload these files, its juts uploading to the pages javascript so it can play them