We can record ‘continuously’ or via motion detection. I’d be interested if anyone records continuously - I’ve done this in the past but actually finding some ‘event’ when you don’t know the exact time is very time consuming. My question is - why record continuously if it takes so much time to find …

[image] filter4991: why record continuously if it takes so much time to find an event you are looking for? The A to the Q is that the Wyze software seems to be more buggy recording “events only” to a microSD. Of course, a “high endurance” microSD is needed regardless. The best option is to …

It seems to me that the camera (v4 at least) has a buffer (memory) inside and when some event is flagged, the buffer is written to the SD card before the motion occurs. Perhaps the event is written on a loop on the SD card and then kept on the card if an event is flagged. I say this as when I see an…

As far as µSD card writing when you are set to Events Only. Every minute is saved in RAM in a buffer. At the end of the minute, IF there is an event at any point during that minute, the one minute buffer is written to the µSD card. If you are set to continuous recording, the same buffer is used e…

[image] filter4991: It seems to me that the camera (v4 at least) has a buffer (memory) inside and when some event is flagged, the buffer is written to the SD card before the motion occurs. Yes. I have seen this pre-capture occur on the V3 cams as well. I found a palm frond laying on the gro…

[image] tbagcam: Of course, a “high endurance” microSD is needed regardless. I tend to disagree. I just use regular micro SDs since 2019 and have no issue with event recording and no subscription.

I tend to agree with @ssummerlin . On five out of seven cameras I have Kingston 32GB Class C10. since 2022 continuous recording. One of them was in a dash cam for over a year, so makes it three-four years old. I think it boils down to the quality of the card.

[image] ssummerlin: I tend to disagree. I just use regular micro SDs since 2019 and have no issue with event recording and no subscription. [image] habib: I tend to agree with @ssummerlin . On five out of seven cameras I have Kingston 32GB Class C10. since 2022 continuous recording. One of…

[image] tbagcam: We’ll end up with another big bucket of users who have trouble with their cards, then come on here You will always have people coming on here complaining about micro SD cards. You won’t cure micro SD card issues no matter what you recommend. I am just saying most absolutes …

[image] tbagcam: Ok. Just cuz it is currently working does not mean it should be recommended to users. No one is recommending anything to anyone, we’re just stating facts. As @ssummerlin said, I haven’t had any issues with my micro SD cards in over two years. To each their own, as said befor…

[image] ssummerlin: I haven’t had any micro SD cards become bricked I have, and it was a Wyze-branded card, too.

Continuous recording or Motion detect?

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habib February 6, 2025, 8:59pm 25

Well said and if that was the case we would never hear the end of the complaining.

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Continuous recording or Motion detect?

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