Streaming and Storing Video for Audio/Video Recording and Communication Devices

A method for an audio/video (A/V) recording and communication device (A/V device), the A/V device including a camera, a processor, a memory, and a communication module, the method comprising:

• recording, with the camera, video image data;
• executing, by the processor, a write operation to write the video image data into the memory at a write rate;
• while writing the video image data into the memory, detecting an event in an area about the A/V device;
• transmitting, by the communication module, a connection request to a network device to connect the A/V device to a client device and connecting, by the communication module, to the client device via the network device;
• executing, by the processor, a read operation to read the video image data out of the memory at a first read rate that is greater than the write rate, and the processor continuing to write the video image data into the memory at the write rate;
• the processor continuing to read the video image data out of the memory at the first read rate until the read operation catches up to the write operation;
• after the read operation catches up to the write operation, the processor reading the video image data out of the memory at a second read rate equal to the write rate, and the processor continuing to write the video image data into the memory at the write rate;
• transmitting, by the communication module, streaming video to the client device via the network device, wherein a beginning portion of the streaming video is streamed at a first stream rate and thereafter the streaming video is streamed at a second stream rate less than the first stream rate.