Picture Quality

[swynne0777]

I switched from Optimized to best quality. I shot a video with both, downloaded and compared. I don't see a visible difference. i.e. - both grainy and kind of fuzzy. Does anyone know the difference in specification for the two? 

[jguerdat]

I agree. I see little difference. It might be in night vision or difficult recording scenarios that you'd notice a difference but I've just left mine on best quality.

[TomMac]

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swynne0777 wrote:

I switched from Optimized to best quality. I shot a video with both, downloaded and compared. I don't see a visible difference. i.e. - both grainy and kind of fuzzy. Does anyone know the difference in specification for the two? 

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Arlo Wire-Free Camera:

For the wire-free Arlo cameras, bandwidth depends on the camera settings: Best Video, Optimized, or Best Battery Life.

Best Video – 700-750 kilobits per second (kbps)

Optimized – 450-550 kbps

Best Battery Life – 300 kbps

Arlo Q:

For the Arlo Q cameras, bandwidth usage will depend on the resolution set for the camera.

Maximum bandwidth usage when streaming is as follows:

1080P – 1500 kbps

720P – 700 kbps

480P – 300 kbps

360P – 200 kbps

240P – 100 kbps

Notes:

If a camera detects low bandwidth, the Arlo system automatically reduces the setting of the video stream to accommodate the lower bandwidth. 

The bandwidth values are for each individual camera. To learn how much bandwidth your Arlo system uses, multiply the number of cameras that are streaming video at the same time by the bandwidth for the video quality setting.

[jguerdat]

While I agree with Tom's point, in reality I've found that a couple of cameras recording at the same time on my piddly 1Mb/s upload doesn't create a problem for whatever reason. I get pixelated/blurred videos when only one camera is recording.  It sometimes seems to be related to large changes in the FOV, such as an outdoors nighttime shot when suddenly headlights hit most of the area, but can happen in the middle of the day, too.  It takes a couple of seconds to get back to normal, probably due to the compression needing to recalibrate.