topic Re: Local recordings not showing in "local" feed. Can only see current day recordings unde in Arlo Pro 5S 2K

Local recordings not showing in "local" feed. Can only see current day recordings under storage.

heroxoot — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 13:56:59 GMT

I have a set of Pro 5S cameras and a Smartbase VMB4540. I do not have a subscription. I do not want a subscription. My internet goes out all the time so having cloud based storage is worthless for me.

I can view my recordings for the current day under my base settings, but not previous days. Nothing shows in Feed under "local". I really like these cameras but they have been made extremely hindered without the subscription. I'm highly considering selling them at this point. All I want to do is view recordings from all days via the app. Why is this such a hardship?

Re: Local recordings not showing in "local" feed. Can only see current day recordings unde

alex_loo — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 14:03:09 GMT

you can try:

Devices >> your base >> Storage settings

Alex

Re: Local recordings not showing in "local" feed. Can only see current day recordings unde

heroxoot — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 14:07:36 GMT

It only shows the current day. Why do you have to go through extra steps when there is a "local feed". That's dumb.

Re: Local recordings not showing in "local" feed. Can only see current day recordings unde

alex_loo — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 14:10:54 GMT

@heroxoot wrote:
It only shows the current day. Why do you have to go through extra steps when there is a "local feed". That's dumb.

that's because ARLO is not smart enough to figure out a way to both:

showing recordings of ALL dates, AND
showing these recordings within 1-2 seconds

Hence, they figure out a compromised design, which shows only current day's recordings, quickly.

Alex

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heroxoot — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 14:13:10 GMT

That isn't the problem. I can only see the current day and then no recordings show up under the base storage. It only shows "Today". What's the point of this if I have to pull the USB every time I want to see a previous day? The whole setup wasn't cheap. To make such expensive cameras and then hide behind a subscription is crazy. When I looked up information on these I saw plenty say I could get around the subscription. I'd have stuck with Eufy or moved to Reolink had I know the great camera quality was locked behind $12 a month.

Re: Local recordings not showing in "local" feed. Can only see current day recordings unde

alex_loo — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 14:15:47 GMT

@heroxoot wrote:
That isn't the problem. I can only see the current day and then no recordings show up under the base storage. It only shows "Today". What's the point of this if I have to pull the USB every time I want to see a previous day?

I don't think you have to pull the usb. From the same screen, you can change the date by clicking the calendar on the upper right corner, for Android app. Not 100% sure about iPhone, but I am sure you can click something similar.

Alex

Re: Local recordings not showing in "local" feed. Can only see current day recordings unde

heroxoot — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 14:21:06 GMT

This is it! Thank you so much. All I need is to view recordings, the AI stuff isn't a big deal.