No option for time Stamp on Video?

[chongou]

After some research on line,  there is no option for Time Stamping any of the video.  This is the most basic security feature of even old VHS technology.   How come Arlo / netgear can't firmware this option in ?  This makes it nearly worthless in 99% of legal and investigative function of having a security video system. Without a time stamp, it's basically a high priced baby monitor.  Please add time stamp in your next frimware . 

[pc2k17]

In the Arlo app the time and date are listed for each video in the library. Also if your viewing a video in the library, if you rotate the phone so the video also rotates and you tap the screen the top bar shows up and the time and date is listed right there. If you plug a usb drive into the base the videos also get saved on the usb drive and those files are named with the time and date.

[steve_t]

I'm sure this has been suggested in the Idea Exchange section. Please go there and add kudos to the idea to get the engineers to consider it more of a priority.

As above, the file name is a time stamp in Unix time. You can use a converter online. The file will show in the metadata if you try and cheat it by changing the name of the file as it will be "modified"

[wkdavis1]

Unfortunately, that UNIX converted stamp appears to actually code the video to the time and date that the video is downloaded into a mp4 file, not the time at which the video was originally recorded. 

We have been asked by law enforcement to provide video of a crime, but we can't give them a timestamped version of the video. Is there any way around this?
K

[steve_t]

I just tried it and the Unix time stamp is definitely for when the video file was created