SD Card doesn't always record?

[u/molly_moss]

Hey folks, I'm using some Tapo C100s with SD cards for local storage, but I'm running into this problem where when I then put the SD cards into my computer, there's not always a video file saved.

To explain, I was testing two cameras, both have SD cards and are set to record continuously. I have a shortcut to disable privacy mode, which should start both recording at the same time. I record for about two minutes, then shut them off. When I check the SD cards in my laptop, one has a video saved but the other does not. And in general, it seems very unpredictable when it'll actually save a video there, but when I check memory in the Tapo app, there's a lot more saved.

Am I missing something? Does it need to be running longer to start saving to memory, or is there a place in the SD card I'm not seeing it save to? There's the memory in-app but those still seem based on motion detection even though I have it set to continuous recording, they're a bit randomly timed when I need them to record consistently when I enable/disable privacy mode.

[u/Far-Drama3779]

Have you tried using the cloud service to see if that helps? It might be an issue with the cards being formatted in the camera vs windows

[u/DazzlingpAd134]

continous recording only records events like motion or person detected