bmaltais/teslacam-recovery

Analysis updated 2026-07-18 · repo last pushed 2021-02-11

Audience · developerComplexity · 3/5DormantSetup · moderate

Mindmap

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    What it does
      Scans USB drive
      Finds deleted MP4s
      Recovers old footage
    Tech stack
      Python
      Low level disk read
    Use cases
      Recover deleted dashcam clips
      Investigate past incidents
      Retrieve footage past one hour
    Audience
      Developers
      Tesla owners
    Setup
      Needs Python comfort
      Requires free disk space
      Tested macOS and Linux

mindmap root((teslacam-recovery)) What it does Scans USB drive Finds deleted MP4s Recovers old footage Tech stack Python Low level disk read Use cases Recover deleted dashcam clips Investigate past incidents Retrieve footage past one hour Audience Developers Tesla owners Setup Needs Python comfort Requires free disk space Tested macOS and Linux

What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Recover TeslaCam video clips that were deleted from the USB drive's file index.

USE CASE 2

Retrieve dashcam footage from further back than Tesla's default one-hour retention.

USE CASE 3

Narrow a recovery scan to a specific section of the drive to save time and disk space.

USE CASE 4

Investigate an incident by pulling deleted footage from a specific time window.

What is it built with?

Python

How does it compare?

	bmaltais/teslacam-recovery	00kaku/gallery-slider-block	04amanrajj/netwatch
Stars	—	—	0
Language	—	JavaScript	Rust
Last pushed	2021-02-11	2021-05-19	—
Maintenance	Dormant	Dormant	—
Setup difficulty	moderate	easy	moderate
Complexity	3/5	2/5	3/5
Audience	developer	general	ops devops

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you get it running?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 1h+

Requires comfort with Python and filesystems, plus free disk space up to double the USB drive size.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

Walk me through running teslacam-recovery on my TeslaCam USB drive to recover deleted videos.

Prompt 2

Help me find my USB drive's device name so I can use it with teslacam-recovery.

Prompt 3

Modify teslacam-recovery to scan only a specific section of the drive instead of the whole thing.

Prompt 4

Explain why some MP4s recovered by teslacam-recovery might not play, and how to work around fragmented files.

Frequently asked questions

What is teslacam-recovery?

A Python script that recovers deleted TeslaCam dashcam videos from a USB drive by scanning for leftover MP4 data.

Is teslacam-recovery actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2021-02-11).

How hard is teslacam-recovery to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 1h+ to a first successful run.

Who is teslacam-recovery for?

Mainly developer.

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