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Why are only some videos recorded longer than the MODE setting time?

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jolieqe
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‎2017-03-05 01:17 AM

Curious if anyone knows why some of the cameras will record longer than my mode setting?

Example: Record for 20 seconds, but it records for 2 minutes.

 

This only happens 10% of the time though. Even when there is still motion (ie, gardener day), the cameras don't record long videos when it probably should since there is motion detected. They sometimes leave a gap before the next video is recorded.

 

 

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jguerdat
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‎2017-03-05 06:17 AM

It might be worthwhile to rest the time to something, save and then set it back and save again, just to force the setting.  Power cycle the base since sometimes a setting gets confused there. Last, what mode are you using - a custom one or a default?

 

The gap between recordings is always there - it varies from 5-30 seconds, depending on a variety of issues. Right now, the only "solution" is to set the recording time appropriately - longer may help but if you get lots of long videos, battery life can be an issue.

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