Simplest way to get footage from TeslaUSB -> Mac? (via USB or SD card, not WiFi)

[joshghp]

Hi,

I've been using TeslaUSB installed on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W for the past few months - for the sole purpose of storing more than 1 hour of recent footage from the car. I live in an apartment with a valet garage, which sometimes damages cars (they've curbed my wheels three times now), so I wanted to monitor them - but I do not have a home wifi network for the car to connect to.

As such, the TeslaUSB Rpi is configured to automatically connect only to my iPhone's hotspot network, which does allow me to just barely view footage on my phone (data rate is too slow, so can't really do this effectively), but when I need to save footage, the phone solution is not anywhere near fast enough for practical transfers.

All I need to know now is how to transfer footage directly from the Rpi to my Mac? When I remove the microSD card and connect it to my computer, I can see the Rpi's "boot" drive, but can't seem to locate any folder containing the footage, and I do have hidden directories enabled. When I connect the Rpi directly via USB, I can't see to do much of anything (and yes, it's connected to the data port, and I see no option in network settings to connect either).

Furthermore, when I connect both my computer and the Rpi to the iPhone hotspot network, I can access the web interface (makes for choppy viewing due to the wireless bandwidth), but don't see any straightforward way to download more than one individual camera file at a time – I'd like to download a folder if possible, and ideally download a stitched-together version of the corresponding camera views per each date-timed segment. But let's get the basics of downloading down first.

Any advice on what should be a simple process would be much appreciated – Thanks!

[marcone]

When I connect the Rpi directly via USB, I can't see to do much of anything

What do you mean by that? When you connect the Pi via USB to a PC/Mac, then after the Pi boots a drive labeled "CAM" should appear on the attached PC.

[talldonkey]

Hi, so the "proper" way to get footage is to connect the Pi via USB to a computer? Vs taking out the SD card, putting it in a reader and plugging that into a computer?

[marcone]

Correct. If you plug the SD card into a PC you won't see the recordings.