Try this:

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-convert-m4a-files-to-mp3-format/

 

Hi all,
At some point in the past, I must have allowed iTunes to convert my .mp3 collection to .m4a. Now I am trying to use music on a USB stick for the first time with the Model 3, and it appears Tesla does not support the .m4a format. Anyone know of a good tool for converting a crap-ton of m4As back to mp3? I see there are online tools, but man they are slow one file at a time. I am on an iMac.
Thanks!

I made a command line tool for the Mac that does exactly what you want. You will need to also download, unless you have them handy, additional programs: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fsvocsdmapwq21e/Convert Music to MP3?dl=0

 

Assuming you already have V9 (although it might not matter), has anyone successfully implemented NOMAD wireless charging with recording dash cam video and playing music from a USB stick USING ONLY THE FRONT USB PORTS? If so, what method did you use? (detailed specifics on usb sticks, hub options, formatting option, etc..)

 

I put this together - no music in my setup would be easy to include.

 

Not done it, but pretty much any decent USB hub will do the trick.

 

I have tested the 2 partition trick and it works perfectly. My Nomad pad doesn't come until November (supposed to ship 10/30), but I have my Y splitter and am ready to implement SoFlaModel3's solution. Will report back if/when I get it all working.

 

Thanks, my Nomad is coming in November as well but I want to use separate USB's for cam & music.. already received my hardware from Amazon, just waiting for my service appointment on the 24th to get the front USBs working (took delivery with them being nonfunctional).

 

I am happy with teslausb - a raspberry pi w setup that presents two partitions to the car. Takes about 30-40 seconds to be recognized by the car once powered up. When I pull into my garage, the pi connects to my wifi and copies any saved videos to my NAS automatically. Since I also have a Nomad charger, I ran an Anker 5 port USB charger from the cigarette lighter to the front. I plugged the Nomad into that and the pi into one of the now freed up ports as the Nomad requires both USB ports connected to power up. The only hiccup I've noticed is that the car won't start playing music where it left off - I assume it does with standard USB sticks but I've not tried any others. One time I had to remove/replug as the cam icon didn't appear on the screen. The pi with a case and short cable is $20 shipped from Adafruit, the Anker 5 port charger was another $24 and then pick up a microSD card of your choice if you don't already have one. Pretty solid setup for $50.

 

The only hiccup I've noticed is that the car won't start playing music where it left off - I assume it does with standard USB sticks but I've not tried any others.

In my experience, the car does not resume where you left off with a directly-connected USB stick, so this hiccup may not be specific to your solution.

 

Have a splitter that allows me to use DashCam and USB-C for Android, but won't work for Apple. Want to add controller for TeslAtari. Is there a hub that will do all this?

 

Get an actual USB HUB instead of one of these non-spec-compliant USB splitters.
Any USB HUB should work.

 

Yes, I have an Anker USB3 hub and have charger, game controller, and two USB sticks all plugged in and working well!

 

Is it the $9.99 version on Amazon... Anker 4-Port USB 3.0 Ultra Slim Data Hub for MacBook, Mac Pro/Mini, iMac, Surface Pro, XPS, Notebook PC, USB Flash Drives, Mobile HDD, and More

 

No issues with this, charges a phone and keep USB dashcam happy. This is basically the hub

 

Well....does anyone have a multi USB 3.0 port/hub that is reliable, doesn’t ‘catch fire and burn thru’ (the Anker), and just plain works? The reviews of these devices (I looked at many and got frustrated) are dismal. Jury is still out.
Also does everyone recommend a ‘powered’ or ‘unpowered’ device? All I’m looking to do is plug my splitter for the onboard dashcam usb into this and a PS4 type controller for my kids to play the Atari games. They hate using the screen!

Regards,

Ski

 

Well....does anyone have a multi USB 3.0 port/hub that is reliable, doesn't 'catch fire and burn thru' (the Anker), and just plain works? The reviews of these devices (I looked at many and got frustrated) are dismal. Jury is still out.
Also does everyone recommend a 'powered' or 'unpowered' device? All I'm looking to do is plug my splitter for the onboard dashcam usb into this and a PS4 type controller for my kids to play the Atari games. They hate using the screen!

Regards,

Ski

Yikes...that certainly isn't the case with the Anker, their products are top notch, though I wonder if there are now counterfeits out there.
Frankly for a $10 or less USB Hub, who cares if it dies in a few years.

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071JTSMVQ/?tag=model3ownersc-20

I have this hub with my phone cable, teslacam thumb drive, and the Amazon basics Xbox 360 controller AL working perfectly.

 

If it dies in flames, I'd care just a little bit.

I truly wonder how a USB hub could possibly catch on fire. Did someone our gasoline on it and light it with a flamethrower?
There is nothing int here that is flammable.

 

Might give this Anker hub a try myself.... I like the angled design and aluminum construction.

*UPDATE*

Just installed my USB hub last night...works great and very well built and compact. Includes a velcro strip too for a more secure mount.

Using it for my second phone dock, TeslaCam USB and Music USB, which are both Samsung FIT Plus series 32GB versions.

 

Might give this Anker hub a try myself.... I like the angled design and aluminum construction.

I'm gonna try the anker

 

How is Samsung compare to sandisk

 

No hard data, but Samsung makes some of the best SSD's and I have never had any failures in 20+ years with any of their other products including SSD's, flash drives, monitors, home electronics or otherwise.

 

following as im in need of a hub myself. whats the best solution that looks the cleanest in the console? dont want a huge mess down there

 

This might be what you're looking for...just saw this in a FB Tesla group.

Jeda USB Hub
The Tesla Model 3 USB Hub Designed For DashCam, Sentry Mode and More.

https://getjeda.com/tesla-model3-usb-hub/

 

Is anyone else noticing that their USB drives are dying early deaths when being used for dash cam videos?

I'm on my 2nd dead USB now, having only owned the car since November.

The first USB was older, so I wrote off its untimely demise as a fluke.

But I bought a brand new Kingston Digital DataTraveler SE9 32GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive from Amazon on Dec 1st and now this one is dead.

And when I say dead, I mean I put it into a Mac or a PC and neither sees the drive at all.

Is anyone else seeing this?

If you're not having this problem, what brand and size of USB drive are you using?

Thanks!

[MOD EDIT - updated thread title to include more of what thread has become.
original title: "USB drives dying early deaths when used for Tesla dash cam videos"]

 

Is anyone else noticing that their USB drives are dying early deaths when being used for dash cam videos?

I'm on my 2nd dead USB now, having only owned the car since November.

The first USB was older, so I wrote off its untimely demise as a fluke.

But I bought a brand new Kingston Digital DataTraveler SE9 32GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive from Amazon on Dec 1st and now this one is dead.

And when I say dead, I mean I put it into a Mac or a PC and neither sees the drive at all.

Is anyone else seeing this?

If you're not having this problem, what brand and size of USB drive are you using?

Thanks!

[MOD EDIT - updated thread title to include more of what thread has become.
original title: "USB drives dying early deaths when used for Tesla dash cam videos"]

I also have big problem with the flash drive not recording. I got it format it to fat 32 and 128 gb new drive too. It's the recent folder that's showing one clip and missing all driving clips.

Everytime I checked the recent folder and it always show 1 clip and it's always corrupt. When I pull out I always hold the camera button on the screen before unplugged. Did I didn't do something?

It's 128gb flash drive I format it to fat32 and created Teslacam folder.

It got recent and saved folder but missing and always never show driving videos.

Everytime I checked the recent folder and it always show 1 clip and it's always corrupt. When I pull out I always hold the camera button on the screen before unplugged. Did I didn't do something?

 

Looks like someone posted something on reddit

 

There's something wrong or bogus about this. I've had dashcams in my cars for many years, and I've never had any problems with the sd cards they use. And it's the same kind of memory, at least as far as I know.

 

Compare apples to apples. You said you don't have problems with SD Cards. That is not what this thread is about. OP is referral by to cheap USB drives. I will have to do some searching but I think I was one of the first to burn up a cheap USB back at Thanksgiving. It was blazing hot when I went to pull it out and it never worked in any device again.

SD cards are built for video recording. There are references her to some using SD cards in an adapter. YMMV.

 

I ordered a SanDisk 64GB UltraFit drive in October and noticed it was dead at the beginning of March. Same thing happened recently to this person and this person and this person. This person and this person and this person report their drives getting very hot. I think there is an issue here with Tesla's implementation.

 

Well sure. The issue is that standard, cheap USB flash drives are simply not designed to handle constant writes.

A traditional automaker would have specc'd a particular make & model of flash drive, re-branded it as their own, only allow you to use their branded drive, and sell it to you at 10x markup. It kind of sucks that we are on our own to figure out which makes/models of flash drives can handle this load, but I prefer that to being overcharged for a solution.

 

I’m using a old 8gb Sandisk USB drive once I have the dash cam feature, still working fine.
You might got a fake Kingston drive.

 

No writing 3 streams at once get a 3.0 USB drive.

 

I tends to be not The degradation of the flash tends not to be in the actual writing of the individual files, since they are pseudorandom sequential across the length of the drive...but in fact from the pounding that the file allocation table takes. Every file getting written causes a write to the File Table section of the drive. That part fails = no more drive. Definitely get a better quality drive (not necessarily a higher capacity) because it will have higher write count performance.
Someone on here has suggested using a usb to sata adapter with an SSD which is a great idea because for not a lot of money you can have WAY higher write count in conjunction with proper wear levelling.

 

I tends to be not writing of the files...

I agree with your post, but what the heck does that first part mean?

 

Go with a Solid State and you should not have an issue I had issues with your standard usb sticks like the author of this thread.

Really happy with this
Samsung T5 Portable SSD 500GB USB 3.1 (MU-PA500B/AM) [Canada Version]

it has been running now for 2 months without 1 issue.

 

^^^^ THIS ^^^^

With multiple camera streams, you need a SSD now. I bought one of these:

 

Great little unit. Anker quality and product support. Data transfer from all 4 ports. Will charge Qi pad and iOs devices as well. I have my iPhone charge cord and a 128gb USB 3 stick for the Tesla Cam plugged into it through the car's front right port.

I purchased both of these, Amazon Prime had them at the house yesterday. I wanted to partition the drive, but no matter what I did on the Mac I couldn't do so, will have to see what I can do with it on a PC. To say the least, it is reformatted and has the TeslaCam folder on it. It is in the car, plugged into the hub and recording away. Will see how it holds up long term and to the TX heat (I do use overheat protection though.)