A common complaint from Imou camera users is choppy playback. This happens because the user hasn’t enabled 24-hour recording mode. By default, Imou cameras record video based on motion or events that occur in front of the camera. For example, this includes people, vehicles, or animals passing by. If the camera doesn’t detect any motion in front of it, it won’t record anything. As a result, the playback appears choppy.
Setting up your Imou camera to record 24 hours a day is easy—you can do it from the camera settings in the app.
Does Not Record 24 Hours a Day; Many Incidents Go Unrecorded
If you don’t record 24 hours a day, you’ll miss a lot of moments.
The camera will only record what’s in front of it when it detects motion. However, event-based recording mode has its advantages, namely longer memory usage. For example, if you use a 32GB memory card and event-based recording mode, the memory card can store more than 30 days’ worth of footage, but many moments will go unrecorded. Meanwhile, if you use 24-hour recording mode, the memory card will only last for 4 to 6 days.
It also depends on the camera’s resolution; the higher the resolution, the more storage space it will use.
How Sanya Set Up Her Imou Camera to Record 24 Hours a Day—in Just a Few Minutes
You don’t need to do anything to set this up. Just log in to the Imou app, and you can enable 24-hour recording mode. If you can’t log in to the Imou app, you can reset your account first.
Steps to enable the 24-hour recording feature on your Imou camera.
Open the Imou Life app.
Log in to the app using your registered account. You’ll then be redirected to the app’s main page.
Tap the colon on the camera.
Select Device Details.
Then on the device details page, select Local Storage Rule.
Tap once on the toggle switch in Scheduled Recording to enable the 24 hour recording function on the Imou camera.
Recording Schedule leave it at default.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What Is the Imou Camera’s 24-Hour Recording Mode?
This is a feature that instructs the Imou camera to record continuously for 24 hours.
What Is Imou Camera’s Event Recording Mode?
This is a feature that instructs the iMoU camera to process recordings based on motion detected in front of the camera.
Event Recording vs. 24-Hour Recording: Which Is Most Recommended?
Personally, I prefer the 24-Hour Recording mode
Conclusion
Imou camera recording settings can be done via the application.
If your Imou camera’s recordings are choppy, you can open the recording settings menu and activate Scheduled Recording mode to start recording video for 24 hours without interruption. The recording settings menu is only available if a memory card is inserted into the camera.
That concludes the complete guide to setting up 24 hour recording on your Imou camera. We hope this is helpful. If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments section.
