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Bartmannick
Newbie
9 months ago
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Outdoor camera only taking pictures when it triggers

My camera is only taking pictures when it triggers but in the event screen on the app it shows 12s like it is a video.  I just searched the only taking pictures problem and the suggestion was to go to the events tab in settings to adjust the motion detection settings.  But when I go to the detection settings it says internal failure when trying to load the settings.

smart home events
  • RokuRiamie-D's avatar
    RokuRiamie-D
    9 months ago

    Hi Bartmannick,

    Welcome to the Roku Community!

    We saw your post about the Roku Outdoor camera not recording events and only taking images. We are more than happy to assist you with this issue.

    Roku cameras only record events if you have an active subscription to Roku Smart Home. Please check your Roku account to see if you have an active subscription by following the steps below:

    1. Sign in to your Roku account
    2. Select Manage Your Subscriptions
    3. Under Active subscriptions, you will see if you have an active subscription to the Roku Smart Home app.

    For reference please visit our Roku support article: How to sign up for and manage a Roku Smart Home Subscription for cameras & doorbells

    Regards,
    Riamie

4 Replies

  • RokuRiamie-D's avatar
    RokuRiamie-D
    Community Moderator
    9 months ago

    Hi Bartmannick,

    Welcome to the Roku Community!

    We saw your post about the Roku Outdoor camera not recording events and only taking images. We are more than happy to assist you with this issue.

    Roku cameras only record events if you have an active subscription to Roku Smart Home. Please check your Roku account to see if you have an active subscription by following the steps below:

    1. Sign in to your Roku account
    2. Select Manage Your Subscriptions
    3. Under Active subscriptions, you will see if you have an active subscription to the Roku Smart Home app.

    For reference please visit our Roku support article: How to sign up for and manage a Roku Smart Home Subscription for cameras & doorbells

    Regards,
    Riamie

    • UserJean's avatar
      UserJean
      Channel Surfer
      4 months ago

       I have a subscription for all cameras and it is still only taking images.

  • Kmoore71's avatar
    Kmoore71
    Newbie
    4 months ago

    Im currently having the same issue only thing I'm able to go into setting and adjust everything. Its set to record but it's only taking pictures . It didn't start till my free subscription ran out. But I went ahead and paid for the subscription and it's still only taking pictures. Im thinking about taking this thing back and get a ring camera or sum