How does looping work?

[troels]

So can anyone please explain exactly how looping works and if I don't have it enabled then does the cam just keep writing files until it gets full?

If I set a looping interval of X then does that mean at any one time I only ever have X minutes of footage? Or does it just keep writing files of X minutes until it gets full and then starts recycling?

 

[Mozzie]

The looping interval refers to the recording time in a file. Better to keep the time smaller to make sure your files are saved. A small side-effect is that this will create more overheads so chew up a little more memory space. The oldest file will be overwritten first. If you don't have loop recording enabled, the recordings will stop when the memory is full (not recommended).

 

[troels]

Thanks. So just to confirm, if looping is enabled then it doesn't start to recycle automatically until it gets (nearly) full?

 

[Mozzie]

It will keep writing new files until it is out of space. When this occurs it will overwrite the oldest file first. This means you will always have the most recent xx hours of video (depends on your memory size/frame rate/resolution used).

 

[troels]

Perfect, thanks again.

 

[Feitelijk]

Thanks. So just to confirm, if looping is enabled then it doesn't start to recycle automatically until it gets (nearly) full?

No:
Looping on: overwrite the oldest non-protected file
looping off: do not overwrite when card is full.