Too dumb for dashcam

[sduck]

Given that the OP hasn't replied to some pretty simple questions, I'd guess he's lost interest, and is just waiting for that pre-formatted drive he ordered to arrive.

 

[Mrbrock]

Guess so

 

[yoimbrian]

Lots of conversations about the caps.

I did indeed try reformatting the drive and starting with the correct caps (I'd say 95% of my attempts over the past year were TeslaCam, not sure why i had it TESLACAM when I took the screenshot), and I have indeed "rebooted" the car / screen before inserting the drive. Many, many times.

The latest USB I purchased was directly recommended on these forums as one that people have used with success, so I highly doubt it was a fundamental problem with the USB I purchased - though its possible I bought the wrong one / it was broken somehow.

The error message said something along the lines of improper formatting and to put in a drive with the correct format, I don't recall the exact verbage.

I have not tried doing it on Mac, since I don't own one. It certainly would have been a top contender for me to try next, I'm sure one of my friends / coworkers would have been willing to help.

However, The PureTesla pre-formatted one worked like a charm! I have to admit I was skeptical, and I'm still very annoyed I had to resort to that and couldn't do it myself, and it's $50 more dollars than I should have had to spend (since I had already purchased some that SHOULD have worked), but in the end it is what it is and now I can just forget about it. So, thanks Dirty for the recommendation, and I hope you made a dollar or two off the referral.

 

[john5520]

The tech in me would grab that PureTesla USB stick and plug it into a Windows or Linux box to examine the file system / partition structure to see what's different about it. Also might be worth imaging it to another USB stick using DD or something similar to see if it would work.

 

[Mrbrock]

Lots of conversations about the caps.

I did indeed try reformatting the drive and starting with the correct caps (I'd say 95% of my attempts over the past year were TeslaCam, not sure why i had it TESLACAM when I took the screenshot), and I have indeed "rebooted" the car / screen before inserting the drive. Many, many times.

The latest USB I purchased was directly recommended on these forums as one that people have used with success, so I highly doubt it was a fundamental problem with the USB I purchased - though its possible I bought the wrong one / it was broken somehow.

The error message said something along the lines of improper formatting and to put in a drive with the correct format, I don't recall the exact verbage.

I have not tried doing it on Mac, since I don't own one. It certainly would have been a top contender for me to try next, I'm sure one of my friends / coworkers would have been willing to help.

However, The PureTesla pre-formatted one worked like a charm! I have to admit I was skeptical, and I'm still very annoyed I had to resort to that and couldn't do it myself, and it's $50 more dollars than I should have had to spend (since I had already purchased some that SHOULD have worked), but in the end it is what it is and now I can just forget about it. So, thanks Dirty for the recommendation, and I hope you made a dollar or two off the referral.

One thing I don’t think you mentioned was what exact drives you were using. There are lots of drives that could be considered USB drives. We all assume usb thumb drive or a USB hard drive. I think the type is crucial. Ssd if going with a hard drive and usb 3 preferred. It could be the drives you were using maybe didn’t have the right hardware so the Tesla system didn’t recognize them? If you did mention the exact drives I must have missed it and I apologize in advance. I didn’t see them mentioned in a quick scroll on my phone.

 

[Knightshade]

One thing I don’t think you mentioned was what exact drives you were using. There are lots of drives that could be considered USB drives. We all assume usb thumb drive or a USB hard drive. I think the type is crucial. Ssd if going with a hard drive and usb 3 preferred. It could be the drives you were using maybe didn’t have the right hardware so the Tesla system didn’t recognize them? If you did mention the exact drives I must have missed it and I apologize in advance. I didn’t see them mentioned in a quick scroll on my phone.

FWIW the ports in the car are USB 2, so there's no value to USB3 on that end... (I suppose if you mass up a TON of video you all want to transfer to a computer there'd be value in it though)

 

[BluestarE3]

I have not tried doing it on Mac, since I don't own one. It certainly would have been a top contender for me to try next, I'm sure one of my friends / coworkers would have been willing to help.

It would have been an interesting exercise to see if a Mac or a Linux computer would have formatted your drive correctly to work for TeslaCam. However, you've found a working solution now, so that's all that matters.

 

[FFR6288]

I had a similar problem with a fat32 drive on my Raspberry Pi. Turns out that when formatting, the cluster size is important, too:

https://www.techwalla.com/articles/...ld-be-used-when-making-large-fat32-partitions

If your formatting program allows you to adjust this setting, it might be worth a try.