Adjust the camera-triggered clip length setting
The camera-triggered clip length determines the preferred size of recorded clips. Camera-triggered clips are uploaded based on recording rules.
For more information about available recording methods, see Recording Video and Change a camera's Video Analytics settings.
Video Analytics rules
A Video Analytics recorded clip is always approximately 30 seconds regardless of what the camera-triggered clip length setting is set to. For more information about Video Analytics, see Change a camera's Video Analytics settings.
Note: Video Analytics clips for the ADC-VDB780B are the exception to this, and will be 20 seconds long.
Adjust the camera-triggered clip length setting
To adjust the camera-triggered clip length setting using the Alarm.com app:
- Log in to the Alarm.com app.
- Tap
. - Tap
. - Tap the desired camera.
- Tap Video.
- Tap Clip Length Settings.
- Using the Camera-Triggered Clip Length dropdown menu, tap to select the desired camera-triggered clip length.
Note: Video Analytics clips are approximately 30 seconds long. The clip length is not affected by the Camera-triggered clip length setting. For specific video devices, the Camera-triggered clip length dropdown menu may not be available. - Tap Save.
To adjust the camera-triggered clip length using the Alarm.com customer website:
- Log in to the Alarm.com customer website.
- Click Video.
- Click Settings.
- Select the desired video device.
- Click Video.
- In Recorded Video Settings, click Clip Length Settings.
- Using the Camera-triggered clip length dropdown menu, select the video clip length for camera-triggered clips. The clip length options vary between video device models, and clip length can be affected by file size. More complex images/images with above-average movement may be shorter than simple/static images.
Note: Video Analytics clips are approximately 30 seconds long. The clip length is not affected by the Camera-triggered clip length setting. For specific video devices, the Camera-triggered clip length dropdown menu may not be available. - Click Save.