Blackvue Downloader Script

Purpose

Automatically copies the days videos from your dashcam.

I have it scheduled to run every few minutes on my Synology NAS, if it finds my camera, it does the download. Should be equivalent functionality available on QNAP and other NAS systems, or any bash script host.

Configuration

Set the variables at the top of blackvue-downloader.sh:

• dashcam_host : Dashcam IP address
• download_dir : Path to save videos (videos will be placed in a subdir using vehicle_name)
• vehicle_name : Friendly name for this camera

How to use

1. Configure your dashcam to connect to your home wifi

BlackVue App > Firmware Settings > Cloud > Turn on, and add your wifi SSID settings

2. Set up a DHCP reservation for your camera on your router. This ensures that the camera will always have the same IP address.

3. Schedule blackvue-downloader.sh to run regularly and when your camera is in wifi range it will start downloading the videos.

4. Optional: Rather than a regular schedule, you may have the ability to run the script when the camera connects to the network. Check your router settings.

Testing

See testserver/README.md

Credits

This blog post for the URLs plus some of the sed scripts:

https://gadgetblogist.wordpress.com/2014/10/16/dashcam-hacking/