Arlo Q Plus Questions

[matai]

Hey, I'm thinking about getting 5 Arlo Q Plus cameras, 2 inside, 3 outside and I'd use them wired with POE.  I've tried Dropcam and Vivint but have been unhappy with them because they are so laggy and inconsistant.  I have a couple questions before purchasing:

1.  Is the network traffic routed from the camera to the router then cloud and back?  If so, is there a way to not have it do that? 

2.  Can you record video to a home server?

Thanks!

[JamesC · Accepted solution]

matai,

1. Yes, when the camera is armed for motion detection, video is uploaded to the Arlo cloud. There is a local backup storage option for the Arlo Q Plus (through microSD) that allows video to be recorded directly to the microSD card if the internet connection is lost.

2. When motion is detected and a recording is captured, it will be saved to the cloud, if the cloud cannot be reached due to loss of internet connectivity, the recording will be saved to the microSD card (when a card is inserted and enabled). There is no option to record to locally aside from the microSD card local storage backup feature.

JamesC

[matai]

Sounds like the Arlo system isn't for me.

[BrandonV]

With the Arlo Q Plus. When you have a micro Sd card present and enabled does it record to there only if the internet is not present? Also if it's not present for any reason does it upload the video to the cloud once the internet is present or does it keep it locally ?

[jguerdat]

It's my understanding that all motion detection videos will be recorded to the SD card whether conencted to the Internet or not.  However, it will not upload videos taken when Internet connection is lost.  You must pull the card to see them.