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Would something like this be a good solution?
https://www.amazon.com/PNY-Elite-48...d+drive&qid=1553813685&s=gateway&sr=8-12&th=1
https://www.amazon.com/PNY-Elite-48...d+drive&qid=1553813685&s=gateway&sr=8-12&th=1
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This article gives some pretty specific recommendations on minimum write speeds for USB drives for the Dashcam. Can anyone either confirm or refute its recommendations?
USB Flash Drives for Tesla Dashcam | TeslaTap
Everyone fretting about resolution is over-complicating matters. A 5000x5000 pixel image can be stored in less than 200 bytes in some circumstances.
Work the problem that's in front of us: real life TeslaCam files with real image info shoved through real Tesla-chosen compression algorithms are about 30MB/minute, which is about 512KB/s. Three at a time is 1.5MB/s. File seek overhead, header rewrite, etc., should be negligible, but let's be pessimistic and call it 30%, which gives us a convenient 2MB/s.
The worst dimestore USB 2.0 flashdrives typically deliver triple that; ten times that is typical.
yep, should be, If you have a lot of FLAC music to put on there too you might need a larger SSD. I have 124GB of FLAC on my second partition.Would something like this be a good solution?
https://www.amazon.com/PNY-Elite-480GB-Portable-Solid/dp/B01GQPXBQC/ref=sr_1_12?keywords=usb+ssd+drive&qid=1553813685&s=gateway&sr=8-12&th=1
Just keep an eye on the price. These "endurance" cards are significantly more expensive than normal ones and may be overkill for many people. For example, Samsung claims that their 128GB endurance cards last up to 43800 hours of video recording at ~3.25MB/s. If you assume that your car is either driving or in Sentry mode for 8 hours every day, that would last about 15 years. A good quality cheaper card will probably be enough for most people ...It is worth noting that "high endurance" cards are a thing, for example microSD High Endurance Video Monitoring Card | SanDisk, which are specifically noted as intended for video surveillance systems.
Has anyone actually tested a variety of flash or ssd cards and been able to demonstrate that they either do or don’t make a difference? .
Just keep an eye on the price. These "endurance" cards are significantly more expensive than normal ones and may be overkill for many people. For example, Samsung claims that their 128GB endurance cards last up to 43800 hours of video recording at ~3.25MB/s. If you assume that your car is either driving or in Sentry mode for 8 hours every day, that would last about 15 years. A good quality cheaper card will probably be enough for most people ...
BTW, if you're looking for a solid MicroSD reader for the car, I love these:
Kingston MobileLite Duo 3C
Solid metal construction and very compact, so it isn't prone to losing contact if you rummage around in the front compartment or drive over a bump. If you have a phone or laptop with USB-C, it comes in handy for that too.
I pulled my flash drive out to analyze the data I've collected so far and can't make heads or tails of it. I have two folders: Recent Clips and Saved Clips.
Under recent clips all of the files are 595 bytes MPEG-4 Movie files that are unreadable.
Under saved clips I have subfolders for each day I've owned the car. I have used Sentry mode every day but the last recording it took was 5 days ago. All of the other subfolders have no files in them. I even have a subfolder dated "tomorrow at 12:55am". How can I have a file dated tomorrow? What does that even mean?
If it makes any difference, I pressed down on the dash cam icon for 2 seconds before ejecting the drive.
Amazon has 64gb for $10.50 SDCZ430-064G-G46
Amazon has 256gb for $35 SDCZ430-256G-G46
If you have prime now use code save10now to get the 256gb for $25
Looks like a great price but I was not able to get the promo code to work on the 256GB model. Did it work for you?
I'm using a Samsung 64GB microSD with a Rocketek USB Adapter. Got these on November 1, no issues since then.
Has anyone tried using a Samsung Pro Endurance MicroSD card for Dashcam/Sentry? Here is a link:
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Endu...4HJ5/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8&th=1
They are specifically marketed for Dashcam use and claim to be extremely reliable even in extreme temperature conditions. There is one review from someone who claimed they could not get a FAT32 partition larger than 32GB for the TeslaCam but I’m not sure why it didn’t work.
I’m just not sure how well these basic USB flash drives will hold up to the temperature extremes inside the car. In the summer when the car is sitting outside the temps can easily reach 140 degrees. What temperature are these inexpensive drives rated to withstand?