On version: 2018.50.5
Start TeslaCam Application
Inserting a memory stick starts TeslaCam application to record video. TeslaCam is a separate application from EAP (and likely the black box recordings). I know this because EAP remains active when the screen reboots, but TeslaCam is not active. TeslaCam is one of the first systems available at boot, though. In my video below, the screen reboots around 3m 52s. TeslaCam starts around 4m 18s, when the screen displays the Tesla logo.
Permanently Save Up to the Past 10 Minutes
Do not turn off Tesla.
At this time, the system is copying/renaming the past ten 1 minute increments to the memory stick as "saved-front-YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM.mp4". It takes time.
Observations
If you tap and hold Camera Recording icon for about 5 seconds, the camera turns off. This causes the system to save the recordings onto the memory card, but not permanently. The files are named "recent-front-YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM.mp4". This means they are susceptible to being overwritten by whatever application decides this.
Ripping out the memory stick stops TeslaCam. Anything downloaded to the memory card at this point remains. I'm not sure the increments at which TeslaCam decides to download files to the memory stick. I'll need to do more experimentation at longer durations; and also hope for no screen reboots.
TeslaCam doesn't appear to write files as soon as a minute has finished. I start TeslaCam at 5m 34s, then rip the memory stick out over a minute later at 6m 57s. There is a 0k "recent-front-YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM.mp4" file on the memory stick, but nothing else. Perhaps it takes over 23s to finish the file and download it to the memory stick?
Start TeslaCam Application
Inserting a memory stick starts TeslaCam application to record video. TeslaCam is a separate application from EAP (and likely the black box recordings). I know this because EAP remains active when the screen reboots, but TeslaCam is not active. TeslaCam is one of the first systems available at boot, though. In my video below, the screen reboots around 3m 52s. TeslaCam starts around 4m 18s, when the screen displays the Tesla logo.
Permanently Save Up to the Past 10 Minutes
- Tap the Camera Recording icon.
- Notice icon switch from Camera Recording icon to Downloading icon.
- Wait for Downloading Icon to switch back to Camera Recording icon.
Do not turn off Tesla.
At this time, the system is copying/renaming the past ten 1 minute increments to the memory stick as "saved-front-YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM.mp4". It takes time.
Observations
If you tap and hold Camera Recording icon for about 5 seconds, the camera turns off. This causes the system to save the recordings onto the memory card, but not permanently. The files are named "recent-front-YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM.mp4". This means they are susceptible to being overwritten by whatever application decides this.
Ripping out the memory stick stops TeslaCam. Anything downloaded to the memory card at this point remains. I'm not sure the increments at which TeslaCam decides to download files to the memory stick. I'll need to do more experimentation at longer durations; and also hope for no screen reboots.
TeslaCam doesn't appear to write files as soon as a minute has finished. I start TeslaCam at 5m 34s, then rip the memory stick out over a minute later at 6m 57s. There is a 0k "recent-front-YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM.mp4" file on the memory stick, but nothing else. Perhaps it takes over 23s to finish the file and download it to the memory stick?