topic Re: Camera constantly records for 5mins in Arlo Ultra 2

Camera constantly records for 5mins

Raggles — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 00:59:17 GMT

One of my cameras constantly records for 5mins and depletes the battery quickly. I’ve removed and reinstalled the camera multiple times and it reverts back to 5min recordings every time. What can be done?

Re: Camera constantly records for 5mins

StephenB — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 14:59:18 GMT

@Raggles wrote:
I’ve removed and reinstalled the camera multiple times and it reverts back to 5min recordings every time. What can be done?

What recording time is set in the active mode? https://kb.arlo.com/42/What-are-modes-and-rules-and-how-does-Arlo-use-them

Re: Camera constantly records for 5mins

Raggles — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 20:17:13 GMT

Thanks for the response.

It’s just the default settings to “record until activity stops (up to 300 secs)” which is the same for my other cameras.

Re: Camera constantly records for 5mins

StephenB — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 22:14:39 GMT

@Raggles wrote:
It’s just the default settings to “record until activity stops (up to 300 secs)” which is the same for my other cameras.

One option is to change the setting for that camera to a fixed time.

Is there always some motion (or other changes) in the video? Or does it look still?

Re: Camera constantly records for 5mins

Raggles — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 01:10:48 GMT

There isn’t always motion and I’d prefer not to set a fixed period for recording. My sense this is more about the camera being faulty then any set up I’ve created. It never used to be like this.