Is there a way to allow recording on motion just today. I am not sure why the storage filled up so much this month but I have people in the house and would love to but worry about anything
Once your clip quota has been reached for the month, new recordings will not be saved unless those recordings are triggered off of an alarm.
If you are recording too many clips per month you can try the following:
- Adjust the Video Motion Detection Settings (window size, location, sensitivity, etc.) Video-> Video Device Settings.
- Change the record schedule and/or set a minimum delay between uploads.
- Reduce the recording resolution, quality, frame rate or duration for your camera
- Reposition the camera so it sees less motion.
If all of the above steps have been covered and you are still recording more than the monthly quota allows, you can always upgrade your video package to allow for more clips.
Feature request: option to automatically delete oldest recordings after quota is reached.
Keep in mind this is not an issue with overall storage. This is a question regarding monthly clip totals. Oldest unprotected clips are recycled to make way for new in the overall storage.
Keep in mind this is not an issue with overall storage. This is a question regarding monthly clip totals. Oldest unprotected clips are recycled to make way for new in the overall storage.
Ok, so I’m a little confused, if I have the base level video and 1000 clips is that monthly or total?
Ok, so I’m a little confused, if I have the base level video and 1000 clips is that monthly or total?
Both.
There is a monthly upload quota, beyond which Alarm.com recording schedules halt, (except Alarm-triggered schedules, those are never stopped) and there is a total storage for clips. You can protect certain clips to save them so that new recordings do not overwrite.
The monthly quota is independent of the total, but they are the same value.
The monthly quota is independent of the total, but they are the same value.
I understand now. They are metering storage capacity with the aggregate total and metering bandwidth with the monthly total, more or less. I think this is fine and you can disregard my feature request.
Correct. If you go to the video tab in Alarm.com and access the Saved Clips page, you can hover over the Upload Quota icon at the top to see statistics regarding your total storage and your monthly quota.