topic Re: Speed up recording in Arlo

Speed up recording

Todd- — Wed, 10 May 2017 23:49:11 GMT

Hi,

I have an Arlo camera placed in the middle of the front of our property.

Problem is it's recordings are only capturing people when they have already walked halfway accross (say left to right of screen) the front of our property.

How can I get Arlo to start recording quicker?

There isnt really an option to put cameras closer to boundry.

Thanks in advance.

Re: Speed up recording

jguerdat — Thu, 11 May 2017 00:22:43 GMT

Positioning is key. Motion across the FOV works much better than directly at or from the sensor. Post screenshots for suggestions.

Re: Speed up recording

TomMac — Thu, 11 May 2017 00:43:24 GMT

Todd- wrote:

How can I get Arlo to start recording quicker?

That's hard to do , as mentioned placement and sense levels will help the best.

I ha a camera place at my front door and was getting people leaving..along the lines above, I moved it away from the door to face it. Now I manage to capture the people walking in and faces as they leave.

You say placement is hard, but try some temp locations to see if you can achieve a better response.

Re: Speed up recording

Estanger — Wed, 31 May 2017 21:43:53 GMT

I have the same problem. Time lag of 2 to 3 seconds. However, my Cheapy IP camera with suto tracking catches them every time. Would be nice to see them open the door and not the back of thier heads

Re: Speed up recording

steve_t — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 06:21:02 GMT

Have you turned your motion sensitivity up from 80?

Re: Speed up recording

Estanger — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 05:13:02 GMT

Yes, I took it up all the way up. Did not change the time to record but certainly eat the batteries....

Re: Speed up recording

steve_t — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 05:20:51 GMT

Sadly, the delay between motion and recording for the original camera is quite significant. The Arlo Pro and Arlo Pro 2 cameras are magnitudes better, like pretty much instantaneous. The Arlo Pro 2 can even, when AC powered, record 3 seconds of video before the motion event. I've got these cameras at the front of my house and have moved the original cameras to around the back, mostly just to see what the dog's up to but also in case any burglar decides to jump the fence