Configurable Time for Recording length following Detection of Movement or Person (C510W)
It would be useful to have the length of time the camera records after a detection configurable.
At the moment if a car drives into my driveway the camera will record the event and follow the car away from the camera's "home" position.
If the car sits in another part of my property for several minutes the camera will no longer detect movement and return to its home position.
At this point the car and person in it are outside the field of view because the camera has already stopped recording and returned to its home position.
So that I can see if said person exits the car and then smashes in my front door, I would like to be able to capture such an event. This could be achieved by allowing me to configure the length of time the camera records after the initial detection without the camera returning to the home position.
So, to achieve this two things are required:-
1. The time for continued recording after a movement detection should be able to be configured.
2. If the time above is configured then the camera should stay in the same position (unless it's tracking movement away from the current field of view) for this length of time without returning to the home positon.
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I notice that a new firmware version is available. Has anyone installed it? Does it fix the issue? The description of the update is pretty useless and I'm nervous about doing another one given the issues from previous updates.
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@JS400 I agree, it really can't be that difficult and will solve the missed event issues many users are currently experiencing.
I urge all people who want this configuration change and who are reading this, to 'upvote' this thread for more visibility.
AJ
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@AABBCC_CCBBAA I wonder what are they are waiting for add this feature, it's very essential; and is as easy as add some variables and conditionals. Period. But it seems that tapo doesn't care for their users needs. This way they only gonna get bad reviews in return and disappointed customers. I was going to buy more devices, but now after of see how they work, I'll check the dahua stuff or something else.
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@JS400 The users bought the camera for security, not to get be nervous when updating.
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@HellishVictor If you haven't already done this (and this goes for anyone following this thread), at the top left of the Web page there is a vote button. There are currently 8 votes for this idea, click on it to add your vote. The more there are, the more likely they'll add the feature.
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Has anyone installed the 1.3.3 update?
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Hi,
I won't be upgrading to this version.
What concerns me is that it says about this firmware in the "What's new" section, that there is "Improved compatibility with ONVIF clients"
The original issue of recordings being shortened was done so that video clips could be more easily be saved to cloud services (by being shorter).
I would be concerned that similar is done in 1.3.3 for ONVIF compatibility (having Googled what ONVIF is).
AJ
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