How to set camera to record snapshots only at night?

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Ring Stick Up.  I would prefer only snapshots upon detection of movement of any kind between the hours of sunset and sunrise, but apparently these cameras cannot be set to give me that.  So am I correct I can only reduce the length of videos to 15 seconds instead of having snapshots?  Am I also correct that there is no automatic setting to have the camera's work only during certain hours? (I know I can limit the alerts to certain hours, that is not what I am after).  So I have to put the camera's in 'disarmed' mode in the mornings and change them to one of the other modes at night?

Justin_Ring · Answer

Hi @Ellen33. Snapshots and recordings are different from each other. [Snapshots](https://support.ring.com/hc/en-us/articles/360034355652-Timeline-Security-Snapshots-Using-Snapshot-Capture) are not videos; they are still images that the Camera will take that are only viewable in the Event Timeline History page in the Ring app. You are able to [adjust the frequency](https://support.ring.com/hc/en-us/articles/360034443672-Using-Your-Snapshot-Capture-Feature) with which they are taken. The recordings that automatically occur will happen when your Camera detects motion. The [recording length can be adjusted](https://support.ring.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001858043-Adjusting-Video-Recording-Lengths-for-Your-Video-Doorbell-or-Security-Camera) for these recordings. As for your Camera stopping motion recordings automatically on a schedule, that is not available. As we value our neighbors' feedback, we've created a [Feature Request board](https://community.ring.com/c/products/24). Feel free to add this and any future feature requests there. This will help us organize and share your requests with our teams here, as well as allow other neighbors to comment and add interest, all in one place. Feel free to link that post you make in the Feature Request board here so other neighbors that come to this thread can easily find your feature!

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