# Please add an extended length recording time option **URL:** \ **Category:** Cameras\ **Tags:** not-platform-specific\ **Created:** [June 17, 2019, 3:13am UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/please-add-an-extended-length-recording-time-option/39369 "2019-06-17T03:13:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Newshound](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/wyze/user_avatar/forums.wyze.com/newshound/32/71715_2.png) [@Newshound](https://forums.wyze.com/u/Newshound)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/please-add-an-extended-length-recording-time-option/39369/2 "2019-06-17T03:22:02Z")
That one is already on the roadmap as in development. In the meantime, you can simply note the time of the alert, and scroll to that time in playback from the SD card. > [@Longer Event Video Lengths](https://forums.wyze.com/t/longer-event-video-lengths/6744): > > This is under consideration but would likely take a subscription service and is unlikely to change in the near future. People are cautioned not to rely on our product for security or important tasks because the combination of a short video with a 5 minute cooldown period makes it easy to lose the most important footage. There is concern that a camera could be stolen or destroyed so a microSD card is not viewed as an acceptable compromise. This would be less of a problem if we could stream video … --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.wyze.com/t/please-add-an-extended-length-recording-time-option/39369)._