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IP camera surveillance set up
Hello all, I've got a few Eufy cameras which allow me to record on the NAS but I am a bit puzzled on how to do so. I found the "surveillance add on" manual which suggests how to enable the add-on...
tony359 wrote:
But I don’t want to keep my PC on 24/7, that’s what the Nas is for 🙂
The cameras are basic and record 24/7 on their own SD card. It would have been nice to also have a copy on the NAS to be safe.
Besides things that can go wrong, is there any other disadvantage in using a nas for this purpose? Drive wear and tear?Actually, that's what a DVR is for. But you can use a dedicated PC as a DVR. Assuming your cameras are of the "Eufy solo" type, I see only RTSP capability for streaming, so you'd have to look for that in any product you choose. Blue Iris does support RTSP. For a LInux solution, Shinobi looks promising (https://shinobi.video/ ), but I see nothing suggesting it's compatible with the older Debian of the ReadyNAS. It does have a web interface, so can be run headless.
No, I wouldn't recommend using your desktop PC for this, either.
You haven't said which model NAS and cameras you have, but the older entry-level ones are certainly not up to keeping up with multiple simultaneous high-resolution streams. As a backup of the video, so not in real time, they are excellent. But I see nothing about a Eufy that suggests they have that capability. The very outdated Debian core of the ReadyNASOS is probably going to be your largest stumbling block.
IMHO, running surveillance on a headless system like a NAS is not a wise move. If your cameras have FTP capability (used to be common, isn't so much any more), you can just have them write to the NAS using that. If not, I recommend you run the surveillance software on a PC and then use the NAS as long-term storage to offload the PC drive. Most surveillance software has that capability. Using the NAS a primary storage for a PC based surveillance system is also not a wise move, too much can go wrong and you end up with no recordings. I personally use Blue Iris.
But I don’t want to keep my PC on 24/7, that’s what the Nas is for 🙂
The cameras are basic and record 24/7 on their own SD card. It would have been nice to also have a copy on the NAS to be safe.
Besides things that can go wrong, is there any other disadvantage in using a nas for this purpose? Drive wear and tear?
The cameras are basic and record 24/7 on their own SD card. It would have been nice to also have a copy on the NAS to be safe.
Besides things that can go wrong, is there any other disadvantage in using a nas for this purpose? Drive wear and tear?
tony359 wrote:
But I don’t want to keep my PC on 24/7, that’s what the Nas is for 🙂
The cameras are basic and record 24/7 on their own SD card. It would have been nice to also have a copy on the NAS to be safe.
Besides things that can go wrong, is there any other disadvantage in using a nas for this purpose? Drive wear and tear?Actually, that's what a DVR is for. But you can use a dedicated PC as a DVR. Assuming your cameras are of the "Eufy solo" type, I see only RTSP capability for streaming, so you'd have to look for that in any product you choose. Blue Iris does support RTSP. For a LInux solution, Shinobi looks promising (https://shinobi.video/ ), but I see nothing suggesting it's compatible with the older Debian of the ReadyNAS. It does have a web interface, so can be run headless.
No, I wouldn't recommend using your desktop PC for this, either.
You haven't said which model NAS and cameras you have, but the older entry-level ones are certainly not up to keeping up with multiple simultaneous high-resolution streams. As a backup of the video, so not in real time, they are excellent. But I see nothing about a Eufy that suggests they have that capability. The very outdated Debian core of the ReadyNASOS is probably going to be your largest stumbling block.
Thanks, I think this is the info I was looking for.
I wasn't aware that the Debian core of the NAS was outdated - I thought OS6 was keeping it at a reasonable level.
Anyways, yes, those are the "solo" cameras from Eufy. I see they have a RTSP option - which I know nothing about. I assumed it was an easy thing to set it up with a NAS and just let the camera save a copy of the stream on it (yes, my understanding is that they can save both locally and remotely).
It took me a few seconds to have one of my camera's stream on VLC on my PC. So I know it can work :)
It'd be great if I could do that with a Raspberry Pi with an SSD connected to it. I'll investigate. A shame the NAS can't do that, it's on and idle all the time, and it's got plenty of space :)
Thanks again!
Need to add this. I have installed Shinobi on a Raspberry Pi I use for DNS server - so not doing much - and I am so impressed. I suddenly have 24/7 recording on the Pi (I may get an external SSD for that), all sort of options I haven't even explored 10% - including cloud uploading (in fact, Shinobi may be able to upload the video on the NAS itself! :) )
Thanks a lot for your advice, really appreciated!
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