zeekr-shortcut-car

Zeekr Shortcut (Car Version) is an unofficial, experimental application for the ZEEKR 7X vehicle head unit. It works with the car maker's App Lab surround-view camera stream, which exposes four 1280×1280 camera views packed into one composite frame. The app splits that stream back into a usable 2×2 grid and builds three main features on top of it. First, it acts as a surround-view dash cam, recording all four camera views simultaneously using H.264 or H.265 encoding. Users can configure segment length from one to ten minutes, frame rate, bitrate, and layout, choosing either the corrected 2×2 grid or the raw composite strip. Recording can start on boot, continue while the screen is off, and keep running after the car is locked. Storage is directed to a USB drive by default to avoid wearing out the head unit's built-in flash memory; internal storage recording is hidden behind developer options. Old files are automatically cleaned up when disk space fills. Second, the app provides an electronic rear-view mirror. This is a floating, dockable window that can enlarge any one camera view. It supports pinch-to-zoom, swiping between cameras, vertical framing adjustment, fisheye correction, and adjustable field of view. The window can be resized without distorting the image and can be pushed partly off-screen to hide at the edge. Rear-view display is horizontally mirrored like a conventional mirror. Third, it includes a send-to-phone feature. While viewing a photo or video segment, the app can display a QR code; a phone browser on the same local network can then open and save that single file without installing anything. The file is served only while the dialog is open, from a temporary local address, and only that selected file is exposed. The project is distributed as an APK to sideload through App Lab and can also be built from source with JDK 17+ and the Android SDK. It is specifically designed for the ZEEKR 7X composite stream; other models or firmware layouts may fall back to a generic four-way split with possible offset. Factory camera features such as the built-in 360° view, reversing camera, and parking cameras retain priority and can reclaim camera access at any time. Continuous recording writes roughly 200 MB per minute, which is why USB storage is recommended. The code is licensed under GPL-3.0 and forked from EVCam by suyunkai. The repository notes that it uses only publicly documented interface facts from openavm-recorder regarding the composite stream format, with an independent implementation of grid splitting and rendering. The project explicitly states that it is not affiliated with or endorsed by ZEEKR and does not replace factory safety or camera systems.