How much video can I get on the SD card ?

[Dartman]

 I'm still investigating buying an Arlo system.  Seems to be a pretty good way to go. I'm wondering how much time will record on a 128GB SD card (yes, I know it's sold separately) before the video starts to wrap and delete the old file(s).  Let's assume I'm recording 24/7.  I'm not looking for an exact answer; just an estimate will do.   Is it an hour, a day or number of days or weeks ?   Is there a rule-of-thimb that I can use for 124/7 recording in GB/HR ?

Thanks

DM

[jguerdat]

You can't record 24/7. 2 minutes at a time is it although I have to say I haven't tried live viewing and recording for long periods of time. Maybe but I doubt it.

[Dartman]

OK.  So no CVR recording, that's too bad, but how large is a 2-minute video.  I'm just trying to see how much storage I might need.

Thanks for the help.

DM

[jguerdat]

My 2 minute 1080 recordings are on the order of 6-8MB.  I'm in the process of attempting a long recording via live view to see when/if it times out.  5 minutes so far...

[jguerdat]

Welp, tried a 35 minute live recording.  Everything indicated it was happening but it's not in the library.  Perhaps it will show up later or not.

[jguerdat · Accepted solution]

Don't know when it showed up but 37.6 minutes at 720p was 137MB. Probably not the best way unless you're sittin g there monitoring things. That's over 5GB per day and 1080p would be roughly double that.

[Dartman]

All,
Thanks very much. Some quick math tells me a 128 GB card will yield about 22-24 days of recording (At roughly 3.6 - 4.0MB/Min). That's plenty of time for me (and makes one realize how much storage 128GB is!!)