diff --git a/config.yaml.sample b/config.yaml.sample
index 4520b6b..509b91c 100644
--- a/config.yaml.sample
+++ b/config.yaml.sample
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ mqtt:
   password: password
   qos: 0
   prefix: amcrest2mqtt
-  homeassistant: True
   discovery_prefix: homeassistant
   tls_enabled: False
   tls_ca_cert: filename
@@ -33,4 +32,5 @@ amcrest:
 
 media:
   path: /media
+  max_size: 25 # per recording, in MB; default is 25
   media_source: media-source://media_source/local/videos
diff --git a/src/amcrest2mqtt/mixins/amcrest.py b/src/amcrest2mqtt/mixins/amcrest.py
index 37def70..6445cb2 100644
--- a/src/amcrest2mqtt/mixins/amcrest.py
+++ b/src/amcrest2mqtt/mixins/amcrest.py
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ class AmcrestMixin:
             "avty_t": self.mqtt_helper.avty_t(device_id),
             "clip_url": f"media-source://media_source/local/Videos/amcrest/{device["device_name"]}-latest.mp4",
             "icon": "mdi:web",
+            "enabled_by_default": False,
             "via_device": self.mqtt_helper.service_slug,
             "device": device_block,
         }
diff --git a/src/amcrest2mqtt/mixins/helpers.py b/src/amcrest2mqtt/mixins/helpers.py
index 9a997f8..862bf42 100644
--- a/src/amcrest2mqtt/mixins/helpers.py
+++ b/src/amcrest2mqtt/mixins/helpers.py
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ class HelpersMixin:
 
             if os.path.exists(media_path) and os.access(media_path, os.W_OK):
                 media["path"] = media_path
-                self.logger.info(f"storing recordings in {media_path}, watch that it doesn't fill up the file system")
+                media.setdefault("max_size", 25)
+                self.logger.info(f"storing recordings in {media_path} up to {media["max_size"]} MB per file. Watch that it doesn't fill up the file system")
             else:
                 self.logger.info("media_path not configured, not found, or is not writable. Will not be saving recordings")
 
@@ -240,6 +241,11 @@ class HelpersMixin:
             file_name = f"{name}-{time}.mp4"
             file_path = Path(f"{path}/{file_name}")
 
+            # last chance to skip the recording
+            if self.b_to_mb(len(recording)) > self.config["media"]["max_size"]:
+                self.logger.info(f"Skipping saving recording to {path} because {self.b_to_mb(len(recording))} > {self.config["media"]["max_size"]} MB")
+                return None
+
             try:
                 file_path.write_bytes(recording.encode("latin-1"))
             except IOError as err: