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Friday, June 21st, 2024 8:49 AM

Door Bell videos not recording

I continue to have the problem that a considerable number of motion events are not available for review. In the app it says “no video”

and in the dashboard it says “unavailable.”

The lists of motion events shown on the dashboard and in the app are not identical and the availability of videos is different too. 

All of this has been going on for ages, has not been fixed by complete resets and the system updates that I have all installed. The WiFi connection is stable, and so is our internet connection.

This is an issue on the SimpliSafe end but I have not seen any attempt to fix it, unfortunately. 

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3 months ago

My WiFi is mesh and I still get some occasionally. I just ordered two more competitions cameras to mount in my side bay windows to babysit the doorbells.

Doorbells have weak wifi antenna's and terrible upload.

So I'll have two, $169 doorbell buttons.🤔🙄🥴

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3 months ago

Hi @Phoebus ,

Thanks for checking in. So sorry to hear that you continue to have trouble with your Video Doorbell. From your description, there are two separate issues that need to be addressed. First, we need to continue investigating to make sure that the connectivity to the Video Doorbell itself is good.

The second piece is to make sure that your Video Doorbell is set up in the best way to pick up motion, which can differ quite a bit because of environment and what elements are in view.

Since you mention that you've already been working with our Support team on the basic troubleshooting, I've gone ahead and escalated your case to our specialist team. We'll make sure to get this situation resolved for you.

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Is there an update to this as I am experiencing the same issue

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@jcnorkus​ As Davey mentioned, if your Video Doorbell fails to record motion, we would need to look at two pieces - the device's connection to your Wi-Fi network and its physical setup. 

To troubleshoot the strength of the Video Doorbell's Wi-Fi connection, I would recommend using our in-app Connection Check tool. This will run a scan on your camera and provide troubleshooting steps to improve the camera's connection based on your results. This guide in our Help Center will take you through the steps of using the Connection Check tool and provide additional details regarding what your results mean.

And regarding the physical setup of the device, the Video Doorbell's motion sensor is the most sensitive to lateral motion. So setting it up where subjects move across its field of view instead of coming at it straight on will help with its motion detection. We offer a horizontal bracket for this exact purpose. If you contact our Support team, they can send you a doorbell angle kit free of charge!

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3 days ago

@Phoebus were you able to find a solution? The same thing has been happening to me since I got Simplisafe years ago. They finally sent me a replacement doorbell a few months back but the same issue occurs with the replacement doorbell. It detects motion and attempts to record, but the playback says “No Video- We did not receive this part of the video from your camera.”  All connections are strong according to the app. Thinking about switching to another brand at this point so if anyone has a recommendation for a different doorbell camera please let me know!!  

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@CassieCC​ No joy fixing this :-( Despite the next WiFi access point being only 10 feet away, I still get the "No video" error. Connection check shows -41dbm signal strength and a 6.77 Mbps upload speed (which is still ridiculous as all other devices on the network get 45+ Mbps upload speed.

I am by now pretty convinced that this has absolutely NOTHING to do with my local network. It's either the WiFi implementation in the camera or the servers at Simplisafe not being reachable. 

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I’ve come to the same conclusion that it’s not an issue with my wifi connection. The test consistently shows -33 dBm and 8.54 Mbps upload speed. 
I did come across something interesting last night though and sent it in for a specialist to analyze. When I play a video from the Timeline page, I get the “no video” message. And when the same video is played on the motion detection screen, it freezes frame after about one second of playback. But I discovered that if I let the video continue playing and hit the 10 second quick rewind button, the video plays all the way through without issue. This led me to believe it’s the app having trouble transforming the data at some point along the way so it terminates playback altogether - leading to the “no video” message. I’m not an expert so I don’t know all the specific terms but hopefully someone on the tech team can figure out what I was trying to explain in my email to them. Hopefully it’s something that can be fixed without affecting the doorbell camera manufacturing. Otherwise I doubt we will ever see a resolution. 

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