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Is there a way to access all footage from Nest camera?

mikefreeman72
Community Member

Last night, my car was broken into. The car is in full view of my Nest doorbell camera. However, there is no record of the event on the camera. I watched through every bit of footage offered to us on the timeline, from the last time we used the car yesterday, to the time we discovered the car was broken into this morning, and there's nothing there. I have noticed that in the sections that it shows as viewable, things like cars going by and people walking by aren't always marked as an event. They just happen to be in the time frame surrounding another marked event. So I'm wondering, if the Nest camera doesn't always mark events on the timeline, perhaps it's missing certain events altogether and not offering them to me to view.

So, my question is: Is there a way to get access to camera video that's not viewable on the timeline, or is that footage just gone? I really want to see if I can see exactly when this took place, so I might have a face or vehicle to connect to the crime, or can ask my neighbors to check their cameras at around the same time frame to see if they caught anything. It's really frustrating that the Nest didn't catch and mark something that happened in full view of it.

Also, if the camera is not catching obvious motion events, is there a way to increase its sensitivity to these things?

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MplsCustomer
Bronze
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@mikefreeman72

We have a Nest Aware Plus subscription, so we have 24/7 video history, and all of our cameras, old and new, are either wired or plugged in. We can see everything recorded 24/7, including happenings that were not flagged as events. Very rarely, a portion of the video history is shaded, indicating the camera was offline or the video is somehow not available. The timeline in the Google Nest app is a lot easier to work with than the one in the Google Home app. In both apps, you can change the video quality, but it requires more bandwidth if you increase it. In the Google Home app, you can increase the wake-up sensitivity to cause the camera to recognize an event easier.

tzer1616
Community Member

Where can I find the different subscriptions offered? And does it work for the doorbell cameras as well?

janthadeus
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hi folks,

I'm dropping by to ensure that everything is covered here. I hope that sheds some light on the issue. If you have other questions and concerns, feel free to let me know.

I appreciate the help, MplsCustomer.

Thanks,

JT

janthadeus
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hey there,

 

I just wanted to follow up to see if you still need our help. Please let us know as we would be happy to answer any questions you may have.

 

Regards,

JT

janthadeus
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hi there,

 

Just checking in to make sure that you saw my response. Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns as I will be locking this in 24 hours. 
 

Best,

JT