# Can I use the camera without a cloud storage subscription?

**URL:** <https://community.aosulife.com/t/can-i-use-the-camera-without-a-cloud-storage-subscription/237>\
**Category:** Ask aosu\
**Tags:** storage\
**Created:** [March 20, 2025, 10:54am UTC](https://community.aosulife.com/t/can-i-use-the-camera-without-a-cloud-storage-subscription/237 "2025-03-20T10:54:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![aosu\_Captain](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.aosulife.com/aosu_captain/32/676_2.png) [@aosu\_Captain](https://community.aosulife.com/u/aosu_Captain)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 10:54am UTC](https://community.aosulife.com/t/can-i-use-the-camera-without-a-cloud-storage-subscription/237/1 "2025-03-20T10:54:19Z")

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Yes, absolutely! You may use an SD card instead of subscribing to a cloud storage plan. It is suggested to purchase a genuine brand with the following specificationsCategory Type Class 10Capacity 8GB128GB (up to 512 GB for some models)Format FAT32 exFAT NTFSRecommended Brand SanDisk

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**Author:** ![claytonmorrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@claytonmorrow](https://community.aosulife.com/u/claytonmorrow)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://community.aosulife.com/t/can-i-use-the-camera-without-a-cloud-storage-subscription/237/2 "2025-05-07T17:46:56Z")

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Sorta, kinda - I purchased the C6L 2K camera and yes it records to an SD card; however, it only plays the first 10 secs of any recording before prompting to buy cloud storage - whether through the snapshot view or actually opening the recording. If anyone has a fix for this, I’m ALL hears!

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**Author:** ![aosu\_Captain](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.aosulife.com/aosu_captain/32/676_2.png) [@aosu\_Captain](https://community.aosulife.com/u/aosu_Captain)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 8:16am UTC](https://community.aosulife.com/t/can-i-use-the-camera-without-a-cloud-storage-subscription/237/3 "2025-05-14T08:16:23Z")

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You can find online support on aosu app, they will help you solve the problem. I hope the above methods can help you.

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**Author:** ![nicholashumber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e495f1/32.png) [@nicholashumber](https://community.aosulife.com/u/nicholashumber)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 6:43am UTC](https://community.aosulife.com/t/can-i-use-the-camera-without-a-cloud-storage-subscription/237/4 "2026-06-12T06:43:10Z")

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No