Time and Date Display on video (Timestamp)

[J_Benson]

Preface: The property management company I work for purchased 8 Arlo cameras to set up around the apartment complex I manage. 

The current system does not provide an easy way to tell the exact time a specific time that an image within a video clip was captured, nor does it provice an easy way to navigate to a specific time within a video. The only mention of an exact time is the time listed when the camera began recording each clip. To find out when a still image within the video was captured, you must mentally add up the amount of time you are into a video and the start time of the clip. Example: I want to find the time 6:32 within a video clip. The video clip states that it starts at 6:30, so I navigate two minutes into the video.

My suggestion is to either add a time and date stamp to the video recording, in an unobtrusive area of the video, perhaps customizeable to which corner it appears in. Alternatively, rather than the time slider at the bottom of the clip playback stating the time into the video clip, it displays the real time the video was taken. Current setup for video playback begins at 00:00:00 and advances to 00:02:00, if video length is set to 120 seconds. Instead, it could start at the real time the video capture was taken and continue along at real time. Example: Video starts at 06:30:27 and the slider at the bottom of the playback advances to 06:32:27.

This would aid in finding a specific time in which an event reportedly occurred, as well as serve for better evidence when assessing a charge against a tenant for littering, as you could print out a screenshot of the video with a timestamp and attach it to a document for issuing a charge. It would also aid in police investigations or as evidence when in litigation. Police often come to my office to request video footage of a certain time and date, and this would assist them. We also have a problem with illegal dumping of mattresses and furniture, in which case we would need a timestamped image to present to police.

Thank you for reading this suggestion, and I hope that a timestamp could be implemented as an optional feature for the Arlo camera system in the future. 

J. Benson,
Ullrich Real Estate

[Kottayam]

Hi
Just wondering any chance this arlo app on my phone/android tab can open and disply live video automaticaly when motion detects? I wanted to organize one arlo camera as a door video phone, so that when someone comes at front door and ring the call bell i will be able to see it on my android tab that i fixed on the wall with out me mannually starting the arlo app.
Hope my question makes sense.
Cheers

[Amazingdl]

A real time data/time display on the Arlo Q will also help identify the video when reviewing the recorded video.

Thank you,

[loucohigh]

I can't believe the camera doesn't stamp the date and time.  I have situation with Fedex, where they say they have made delivery, when they did not, I am suppose to send the videos to them.  How am I going to prove if I don't have a time and date stamped on it? What a waste..

[crongo]

Any updates on this?

[Reim]

Yes, this is a very basic and important feature that Arlo q videos currently lack. Samsung SmartCam has this on by default, they also send a picture as an attachment with the email with timestamps on the picture. . Netgear and Arlo, you seriously need to consider and add these features. I bought one Arlo q camera, but will not purchase anymore, instead I will buy a few more of the Samsung SmartCam because of this reason.

[ttudude]

Hey arlo, would like to see this seemingly very simple yet hugely beneficial update happen. A time stamp can make a big difference, and add a lot of value to your product. Make it so please!

[ttudude]

Please get a time and date stamp going on all recorded video files. A product like this that is as cool as this, ought to be doing the very basics when it comes to surveillance.

[TomMac]

Just in case your unaware... when you d/l the file the name of the file is in EPOCH time for date/time of video.

Easily converted on web sites

But I agree with the running time stamp in video