topic arlo why arent my cameras in real time in Arlo

arlo why arent my cameras in real time

thirdwish — Thu, 18 May 2017 16:24:11 GMT

why arent my cameras in real time???? They are so far behind that i am not protected from an imediate threat..Is there a soloution for this??? Also...can my video stay on all of the time???

Re: arlo why arent my cameras in real time

manfredz — Thu, 18 May 2017 16:24:27 GMT

your recordings should start a few seconds after motion activates recording.

you can manually start recording but it'll stop 30 min in and 8-12 hours of that will deplete your batteries.

Re: arlo why arent my cameras in real time

steve_t — Thu, 18 May 2017 16:24:38 GMT

When your cameras record, they send the video data wirelessly to the base station, which sends the info to the Arlo cloud servers. When you watch the video it is sent from the cloud servers to your router to your phone/computer and played. Even with Live View, there's going to be some lag, especially if you have slower internet and live far away from the servers. But the lag should only be a matter of seconds, not minutes or hours. Alerts generally come through instantly first.
You have battery powered cameras. The batteries won't last long at all if they're recording or streaming constantly