Use industry standard terminology for compression settings (not SD/HD)

I think this #roadmap is going to go over some heads, including mine. I thought I’d post some links to help those of us that find the HD/SD/360p topic to have been compressed into a mess of confusion.

  1. V2 camera specs:
  2. What is the difference between HD, SD, and 360p video settings:
  3. MicroSD Card - Continuous Recording, Playback, Timelapse:
  4. Separate compression rates for livestream vs local storage:
  5. 360p vs SD vs HD Image Quality

From #2 above:

HD stands for high-definition video and SD stands for standard-definition video. The HD/SD setting does not impact the image quality of the video. All videos are recorded in 1080p. Instead, HD/SD controls the compression levels of the videos for storage.

then it says,

Unlike HD/SD, 360p will impact the image quality and lower the resolution of the live stream to 480x360. All videos are also recorded in 360p, including local recording onto a microSD card.

Nowhere have I found how many days of storage at 360p. HD/SD are quoted, but not 360p. I also find it strange that if I’m having a day with wifi interference and the app suggest I downgrade to 360p, isn’t this also changing the storage to the SD card? Is this correct? Why change storage because of wifi interference?

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