How to access motion detect mp4 files directly from SD card ??
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How can one retrieve the motion detected video files directly from the SD card?
In the iOS Tapo app (latest version) I see that I have many dozen motion detection events for the past few weeks. I can navigate and play these directly when in the Tapo App. However, when I view the card on my mac I can only view and play the manually recorded files – i.e. there are no motion detection video files. Where are they?
For example, in the attached screen capture of my card there is only one viewable mp4 file for 20210524 (today) - this is a manually recorded video. Yet, in the Tapo App, I can view over 2 dozen motion captured events from this morning. Where are these files?
Please note also that this support page, especially the bottom section, is not very helpful: https://www.tp-link.com/ch/support/faq/2905/
OK, so after messing around with the viewable mp4 video files I now notice that each mp4 file for a certain date (i.e. 20210524_005933_tp00020.mp4) contains all of the recordings for that day, both motion detected and manually recorded. i.e. the individual recordings are concatenated into a single file for each date.
I was expecting that each recording was saved as a separate mp4 file. The fact that all mp4 file sizes are exactly the same (268.4 MB) doesn't really help.
In any case, I found the motion detected recordings so I'm just posting this in case someone else is confused by the file structure. 
OK, so after messing around with the viewable mp4 video files I now notice that each mp4 file for a certain date (i.e. 20210524_005933_tp00020.mp4) contains all of the recordings for that day, both motion detected and manually recorded. i.e. the individual recordings are concatenated into a single file for each date.
I was expecting that each recording was saved as a separate mp4 file. The fact that all mp4 file sizes are exactly the same (268.4 MB) doesn't really help.
In any case, I found the motion detected recordings so I'm just posting this in case someone else is confused by the file structure.