topic Re: local recording recommendations in Arlo Pro 3

local recording recommendations

rwxrwx — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:26:50 GMT

I would like to start recording locally. Any recommendations as to what type of media storage device I should us?

Re: local recording recommendations

dcfox1 — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 18:22:11 GMT

Anything greater then 16 GB will work now. Some people have had problems with certain brands but I have a cheap Scandisk 32 GB thumb drive that works fine and is simpler then a usb hard drive. If you want more storage you can go bigger.

Re: local recording recommendations

rwxrwx — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 19:21:10 GMT

Thank you.

I know, for instance, drone manufacturers recommend a certain SD card so I was thinking maybe this would follow suit is why I asked the question.

Re: local recording recommendations

jguerdat — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 13:11:12 GMT

The drone issue may be related to the speed of the card so specifying certain brands/models help minimize support issues. Arlo uses USB2.x so there's really no need for anything "out there" although certain low-end drives could be an issue if the write speed is too slow. That can be checked on a computer by copying files to the drive and monitoring the speed. I'd say at least 5 megabytes per second should be plenty.

Re: local recording recommendations

rwxrwx — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 14:54:40 GMT

Exactly. If the recording speed of the card was not up to snuff for the drone it wouldn't work. I thought maybe the same applied here as well for the Pro 3 cams. Thanks for the heads up.