I would say try it both ways and report back. My experience with the wireless outdoor camera has been pretty dismal. I don't think I ever got it to record anything other than a recording initiated by me with the card in either place. Now, the camera doesn't detect motion unless I wave my hand right in front of the lens, so it's definitely not recording anything. I did note that I couldn't set up a timelapse recording unless the card was in the camera which is pretty annoying since I'm not going out to the camera to retrieve the card when I want to view it and there's no way to view it without removing the card. I don't know if my camera is defective or not, but I haven 't had the time to explore all of its shortcomings and there seem to be many.
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