I was referring to dashcams being able to offer simple external storage/archiving through USB. They're connected to the car's 12V so should be able to supply current to 2.5" HDD or SDD and it's not like they don't know how to deal with file systems. As for your idea of running a job on the "server" side to poll the dashcam, that's one way, but the more efficient way would be for the dashcam to initiate contact. Using the Omnifi communication protocol example, you run a small application on the PC which listens on the network for connections. You get home and the dashcam sees the wifi network and connects. After it goes into parking mode, scheduled window or some other idle mode where constant write to the SD card isn't needed, it contacts the PC and begins to offload new recordings. The PC application handles file archiving, the dashcam just needs to tell it what files exist and the app decides what files are new and needs uploaded. With most home wifi networks on 802.11 g/n, it shouldn't be much of a problem to transfer an entire 64GB card in less than an evening if necessary. Smart programmers would include file resume and checksuming to deal with the occasional interruptions. This ofcourse, has to happen from the manufacturer level. Your concept can be implemented by anyone with the programming skills and a camera with a remotely accessible file system or wifi SD card.
KuoH
KuoH
are you still talking about PCs or dashcams? ...
unfortunately, i don't think any wifi cameras are set up to act as a wifi client; only a host.