How to use ThatTeslaLightshow

From your song to a show running on your Tesla in a few minutes. Build it here, put it on a USB drive, and play it in the car.

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1. Build2. Format USB3. Add song & copy4. Run it
In the app

1 · Build your show

A

Upload your song

Click + New Show, then upload any audio file (MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, OGG…). We automatically convert it to the Tesla-ready format and detect the beat for you.
B

Pick your Tesla & a vibe

Choose your model (Model 3, Y, S, X, or Cybertruck) and the engine choreographs the lights to your song automatically. It auto-detects a Music Vibe for the genre (EDM, Hip-Hop, Rock, Pop, Country, Cinematic, or Balanced), and you can switch it any time. Watch it animate live in 3D.
C

Customize (optional)

Switch to Edit mode to paint individual lights beat-by-beat in the timeline, or place closure commands (windows, doors, charge port). Then preview against your song.
D

Export

Click Export. You'll get a ZIP file (or a download link by email). Inside is a folder named LightShow containing lightshow.fseq (your choreography) and a short setup note. The song itself isn't included: you add your own copy of it in step 3, which keeps your show 100% legal and the music on the right side of the artists who made it.
⚡ Skip steps 2 & 3: we'll load your USB for you. In Chrome or Edge on a computer, plug in your USB stick and click 🔌 Write it to my USB drive for me right after exporting. We create the LightShow folder, write the show and your song with the exact names Tesla expects, and verify every byte. Most USB sticks work out of the box: no formatting, no unzipping, no file naming. (Nobody else does this.) On other browsers, the manual steps below work great.
On your computer

2 · Format a USB drive

Your USB drive must be exFAT or FAT32, not NTFS. It also must not contain a TeslaCam folder. Formatting erases the drive, so back up anything on it first.

On Windows

  1. Plug in the USB drive and open File Explorer.
  2. Right-click the drive → Format…
  3. Set File system to exFAT (or FAT32 for drives 32 GB or smaller).
  4. Leave Quick Format checked, click Start, then OK.

On macOS

  1. Plug in the USB drive and open Disk Utility (Applications → Utilities, or search with Spotlight).
  2. In the sidebar, click View → Show All Devices, then select the top-level drive (the device, not the volume under it).
  3. Click Erase.
  4. Format: ExFAT (or MS-DOS (FAT) for FAT32). Scheme: Master Boot Record.
  5. Click Erase, then Done.
On your computer

3 · Add your song & copy to the drive

A

Unzip the export

Double-click the ZIP you downloaded. You'll get a LightShow folder with lightshow.fseq and a short setup note inside.
B

Add your copy of the song

Find your copy of the song (the same file you uploaded works perfectly) and rename it to lightshow.wav or lightshow.mp3. Make sure it's 44.1 kHz so it stays perfectly in sync (most MP3s already are), then put it in the LightShow folder right next to lightshow.fseq. You can delete the setup note: your Tesla doesn't need it.
C

Drag the LightShow folder to the USB root

Copy the entire LightShow folder to the top level of the USB drive (not inside another folder). The folder name must be exactly LightShow (capital L, capital S).
D

Check the contents

Inside should be lightshow.fseq and your renamed song, and the names must match each other. You can keep multiple shows on one drive (e.g. summer.fseq + summer.wav).
In your Tesla

4 · Run it on your Tesla

A

Plug in the drive

Insert the USB into a front USB/USB-C port or the glovebox port, then wait a few seconds.
B

Open Light Show

On the screen, go to Toybox → Light Show and tap Schedule Show.
C

Select your show

Pick your show from the drop-down and enjoy. Put the car in Park with the doors closed for the full effect.
Troubleshooting: if the popup says "Light Show" instead of "Custom Light Show," the USB format or folder isn't right. Re-check the format (exFAT/FAT32), the LightShow folder name, and that there's no TeslaCam folder. Still stuck? The full troubleshooting guide walks every failure mode, and .fseq files explained covers the sequence format itself.
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