Streaming and storing audio/video content captured by audio/video recording and communication devices

An audio/video recording and communication device (A/V device) comprising:

• a camera;
• a processor operatively connected to the camera;
• and
• a memory storing code that, when executed by the processor, causes the A/V device to:
• detect a person at the A/V device;
• capture, using the camera, video images of the person at the A/V device;
• determine an available network bit rate for video streaming;
• transmit a video stream to a client device, wherein transmission of the video stream comprises:
• if the available network bit rate for video streaming is above a threshold, then transmit a high-quality version of the video images to the client device;
• and
• if the available network bit rate for video streaming is below the threshold, then transmit a low-quality version of the video images to the client device;
• store the high-quality version of the video images in the memory of the A/V device, wherein the high-quality version of the video images is stored in the memory independent of the available network bit rate for video streaming;
• terminate transmission of the video stream to the client device;
• and
• after the transmission of the video stream is terminated, upload the high-quality version of the video images from the memory of the A/V device to a remote storage device.

A method for transmitting and storing video images captured by a camera of an audio/video recording and communication device (A/V device), the method comprising:

• capturing, using the camera, video images representing a field of view of the camera;
• detecting a person at the A/V device;
• in response to detecting the person at the A/V device, storing a high-quality version of the video images in a memory of the A/V device, wherein the high-quality version of the video images is stored in the memory independent of an available network bit rate for video streaming;
• determining that the available network bit rate for video streaming is above a threshold;
• based on the determining that the available network bit rate for video streaming is above the threshold, transmitting a high-quality video stream to a client device;
• terminating transmission of the high-quality video stream to the client device;
• and
• after the transmission of the high-quality video stream is terminated, uploading the high-quality version of the video images from the memory of the A/V device to a remote storage device.