topic Snapshot without subscription in Arlo Pro 4

Snapshot without subscription

Bigwaves — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 17:47:51 GMT

I don't have a subscription to Arlo anymore and use the base station. There is no option to take a snapshot or record video. I did find the ability to take a camera snapshot using Samsung smartthings. No record video option but better than nothing.

Re: Snapshot without subscription

StephenB — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 19:39:56 GMT

@Bigwaves wrote:
I don't have a subscription to Arlo anymore and use the base station. There is no option to take a snapshot or record video.

You should be able to record video if you attach a flash drive (or microSD card with the VMB5000) to the base - at least 16GB. 128-256GB is a reasonable size. Note you won't be able to make manual recordings or take snapshots while livestreaming - but you will get motion-triggered or audio-triggered recordings.

You can see the videos by ejecting the storage and connecting it to a PC. If you have a VMB4540 or VMB5000 smarthub, you can also access the recordings from the app.

https://kb.arlo.com/000062337/What-is-Direct-Storage-Access-and-how-do-I-use-it

Re: Snapshot without subscription

Bigwaves — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 21:19:57 GMT

Thanks for the canned response. Again if you want to take a picture while live streaming without an Arlo subscription you can do it with smartthings but not using the Arlo app. A decent workaround.