"I'm not reading that...." Acting's getting better and better Mr W

And THIS is why I subscribe to this channel. Real information! I've been avoiding 'security' systems forever because I never trusted these companies. This has me thinking now....

@gimlitheone

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. Just saw this today... but wished i'd seen this months back when they installed crap stuff at my parents place.

@boneappletee6416

Жыл бұрын

I'd absolutely never consider an off-the-shelf security system like Ring, with no control over where your data's going. I'd much prefer something like this coming from a legitimate tech company, and having it all running locally.

I currently manage a 500+ camera system with six servers and 500+ TB of storage at my 9-5 and the separate network is the way to go. It keeps bandwidth usage down of your main network and isolates then from the internet. Great Video!!!

Great review! I run 2 systems on Synology platform with 6-9 cameras on each. 30 days of storage and crystal clear images!

Nice. Did that set up a year ago, and it works like a charm.

Great video! I liked the idea of having the cameras on their own separate network. People buying this setup also have to factor in the cost of camera licenses if they are setting up more than two cameras. Currently one addition license for a camera costs $56.12. Four additional licenses will cost an extra $199.99.

@bothellkenmore

4 жыл бұрын

Ahhh, so the Synology software is free with the NAS and has 2 camera licenses, extra cams cost. Got it.

@MasterBasser

4 жыл бұрын

look into BlueIris, thank me later.

This is a great review and tutorial. While using the second port of the Synology makes sense I'm considering managing the vlan through my pfsense router. Regardless of implementation, you did a great job explaining the topology you chose and it's implementation

Glad to hear that Tay is still alive and memeing! By the way, how subtle a movement could this setup detect? How about a precise summersault landing on a strip of paper?

This is a great video adding this to the list of future projects

High five to you guys, that is the best thing I've seen or read so far regarding cctv for home.

The right video at the right time! I just bought a house here in Estonia 🇪🇪and I got a Synology NAS last year (mostly because of their software). Mostly likely going to deploy this solution next year somehow, although the setup process looked a bit too advanced for a networking noob like me. Wish me luck.

Usually my comments never get replied/response, as a person who often gives advises to people for technical stuff, it's really hard to recommend this setup for regular user, it's EXTREMELY HARD. I used to think the synology camera software is the main reason why I should recommend the ecosystem for people who need it, but as you point it out in this video the camera is already doing the heavy lifting for most the process, so the software technically only records it to storage so what make it so different than regular NVR?, there are 2 main reason it's so hard to recommend synology ecosystem to regular people (in my experiences) 1. It's the price, 2. Licensing policy is a bit ridicilous, I'm not saying the alternatives is better, even qnap, asustor had same price range but the camera license. For home users, who rarely need more than 8 camera I end up suggest to buy NVR from the camera manufacturer instead, because since it's only recording why bother spending more money just to get license to use camera that you already own. For similar situation like this, I just suggest getting NVR from HIKVISION, it's not even comparable in cost, you can get 16channel nvr for $100 or less even if you are only using 2-8 camera, the overhead cost isn't really hurting your wallet. The differences here isn't just few bucks, but it's hundreds if not thousand dollars more. For office/enterprise users I end up recommending them to use blue iris instead. Let say average camera the office use is about 40, that is $2000 for the licenses alone. That differences could be used to get better camera or more storage, ask yourself, do you really want to spend $1000 for 4-8 camera setup when there's cheaper (and probably better) alternatives?

@mjc0961

4 жыл бұрын

I see why you never get replies: nobody wants to read your wall of text. Learn to paragraph.

@CO-kd6sd

3 жыл бұрын

The problem with your comment is that you're making the assumption that everybody is going to have the same requirements. You're also ignoring the other functions that Synology (or other competitors) offer with their hardware. The licenses are also a one-time purchase and transferable. That's not to say that there aren't other solutions but some of your blanket statements are a bit ridiculous.

some of the sites I work at (IT tech) are considering a move to HIKvision, this was really good as I haven't had access to look at these before security contractors get involved

Got to admit, I love the appeal of Doorbell cams but hate the idea of it being cloud based

@SixOThree

4 жыл бұрын

And the lack of features and crappy motion detection.

Mother of god, this video comes at the best time. As recently some people broke into my grandparents home ...

Nice. Did that set up a year ago; works like a charm.

I was literally telling my friends the other day I would love to have this kind of setup. Then BOOM there you are with a video.

@alberto8483

4 жыл бұрын

As Google, Wendel is secretly using your phone microphone to listen everything you say so he could prepare his content ;-)

@TheInternalNet

4 жыл бұрын

@@alberto8483 If it is just Wendell, Then I approve this message.

Thanks for doing this, saw a video on this subject some time last week that ended up as yet another silly gaming PC build with no surveillance related content.

That was just awesome Wendell, I'm building up a surveillance system at my workplace. I can easily already spare 10k€ on the original estimate and have much better parts, hardware and a fully upgradable system. Thanks.

The overview I've been looking for; fantastic job, thank you.

Already running Synology Surveillance Station, makes me happy to know I made the right choice and its Wendell approved.

40 seconds in and I have to pause just to comment about the outstanding intro. I so needed that laugh today. Thank you, so sincerely!

One of the cool features of Surveillance Station is you can do motion detection and analysis after the fact. Also you can create "actions" that will call IFTTT or WebHook.

I went from using Synology SS with 9 ip cameras for 7+ years to Ring with 8 cameras all wireless via solar. I bought all of my Ring stuff on Amazon Prime Day. Ring has been a much better experience for me because it always works. I also bundle Rings security system with it for 10 bucks a month, both have been extremely good. With that said... Synology SS is very good, but requires a lot of maintenance. The problems mostly lie with the cameras. I CONSTANTLY dealt with cameras issues as they would constantly go down, require updates, ect. I owned several Hikvision, TrendNet, Foscam cameras over the years. Most cameras suppliers require to to set up there stuff through terrible web apps that usually don't work. My suggestion is if you choose to use Synology make sure you buy a single brand of camera and don't cheap out. I am keeping my Synology setup but only for backup because I have the equipment, but I am only using the FOSCAM cameras because they have mobile apps for ip and settings management. Ring is FAR more simple and also cost worthy if you purchase on sale. Did he mention the $50 price tag you have to pay for EACH camera licence on a Synology? I have $400 in licences alone! Sorry for the word vomit. This review just felt short sided coming from someone who used SS for 7 years and has deep experience using both setups.

@fuupdaass275

3 жыл бұрын

Let us know👍

I've had a synology NAS for about 12 years and love it. The company's support is great b/c I'm a complete NAS noob.

I have that very same sweater. Extremely comfortable!

Thanks, setting up one of these next week.

You can plug in all Hikvision cameras on the one network at the same time and then use the Hikvision SADP tool to assign a new IP to each camera individually

This is pure gold .... as usual - great work.

From experience I would say having audio is an absolute must have feature.

@chrgeorgeson

4 жыл бұрын

From experience if you have audio on surveillance footage you cannot have it be admissible to a court of law.

@dh66

4 жыл бұрын

@@chrgeorgeson only in 12 States

@chrgeorgeson

4 жыл бұрын

@@dh66 thanks for the clarification.

@machinist7230

4 жыл бұрын

@@dh66 which 12, if i may ask?

Great video. This is exactly what I want to do for home surveillance, and I want to use the DS1621+ because I can upgrade to 10G via the PCIe expansion port, and use the Synology to record cam video, backup porn, er I mean VMs, linux distros, backup snapshots, and if i ever digitize my blu-ray collection from back in the day, it'll serve those. Maybe I'll even get fancy and backup security footage and other data to a 2nd (cheaper) Synology NAS. For lots of VMs, well, I have a Threadripper 32 core workstation for that. I think the setup will work well!

Wendell, I did this synology setup surveillance setup last year, There is a bandwith trade off i would not recommend more than 3 cameras with under1gig modem. Also if remember i had some modem conflicts with synology had to do manual config changes to get it to work

Wendell,keep it up. I'm a noob, but I love these videos! I need more videos, showing off what our computers are capable of. I got a sweet ryzen build and I need to show off the power of my pc! LTT did a raspberry pi ad blocker video,and now this video,great stuff. We need more like this wendell,just my 2 cents

*The PRINCIPLES of choosing NVR & Cameras* - Identify the areas that are the most: 1. Likely path of a Person of Interest 2. Things that are likely to be stolen 3. That has "sensitive information or "access control" 4. The point that people have to pass through -- ideally, SLOWLY (fast motion = blurry) 5. Understand DORI -- Distance which the sensor's resolution is adequate to see: A. Detect. ... see something happening, but not WHAT, & cldn't ID the person in court. B. Observe. ... See what's happening, but can't recognize people you know even... C. Recognize. ... see detail to recognize (already known) -- not enough to ID strangers E. Identify ... see enough to ID strangers in court (legal standard). *Decide what features . you need to accomplish DORI 'missions' as required* *PICK THE CAMERAS FIRST BEFORE THE NVR* *IF you can, deal w sacrifices of higher cost or less performance to have 1 mfr -- it's worth it! *ONVIF is not a guarantee: NVRs will have "primary support" and "tenuous support for mfrs'* - Some will have H.265, some won't. Or won't handle the PTZ of a mfr well. Ask them which. Remember: Surveillance couldn't be more diff. from photography: Subjects move, distance & lighting suck, You're LUCKY if 10% of megapixel are on the subject. A person's face is roughly two-coke-cans wide ... and won't be NEARLY as still as that can was. You may get all of 3 seconds in which the person is on the only IP cam. for the area. If it's blurry in that "all of nothing moment" ...? The entire system was worthless. Cameras I used with the aforementioned NVRs: 8 MP Hikvision DS-2CD2085FWD-I 4 MP Dahua HDBW4431R-ZS 12 MP Bosch [Fisheye] 70122 F 12 MP Uniview [PTZ] IPC6258SR-X22P 4K UHD PTZ IR 12 MP Samsung [Bullet] SNB-9000 12 MP Samsung [Dome] PNO-9080 5 MP Samsung [Indoor Fisheye] SNF-8010M 5 MP Samsung [Outdoor Fisheye] SNF-8010VM Wendel's choice (Hikvision) = good "prosumer" bang per $. Dahua's H.265 is more mature. Text on coke can: Look what % of the entire image the can is. The ENTIRE image = 8MP The can's "area on the sensor" through a lens with a 90˚ 𝜽 is ... 1/100th ...? A face is about 2x the width of a coke-can. It won't be still. May not have good lighting. If you want to see the truth of whether you system will work for you, buy ONE CAMERA of the price you can afford ... and try to go through that area with various lighting and see if it'll have enough data to get you convicted. "Legal" isn't your goal..? Identifying people you know of is? (Determining who's responsible to clean the dishes..?) Great; test that. SEE if it's going to make a difference relative to your real budget. Wendel's cameras: DS-2CD2085FWD-I ... NVR's I've tried that sucked or were "okay": QNAP • Dahua NVR5432 • Synology DS1817+ • *MilestoneSys.com* (latter being pref.) Dahua UI sucked & it'd reboot at random times..? QNAP / Synology: Too long ago so didn't have H.265 -- and didn't have adequate camera support. But what hasn't changed..? Surveillance is an afterthought for these companies; use a SPECIALIST (Milestone or similar) I strongly recommend you check out MilestoneSys.com. The GPU acceleration is EPIC cool! Hope this was useful to someone. (If you buy things based on cool features per camera ... or shop for MP alone..? You won't have adequate space on your drives to realize you were robbed and then to find the perp before it's deleted. Or -- the frame rate will be too low to get a good image. Or, you'll have their face -- as a blurry blob that does you no legal utility. Be PRACTICAL. Ideally, get people's face at some point they have to walk slowly through. Or be in for a bit... discretely. (Like using a hidden peep hole camera on an elevator). Make SURE there is adequate lighting, or you'll just have a blurry streak (long exposure means no crisp images). Fast shutter with inadequate light means either dark images or VERY VERY Grainy. Remember, the sensor in these cameras ...? Are usually 2-3 generations old Sony sensors that are 1/2.5" ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_sensor_format Look at the 1/2.5" vs. a DX or FX lens ... and then remember: It's GOING to be about a 90˚ Good luck! JOIN IPVM to get good info -- and tell them Truman sent you ... you may get a discount.

sure the Synology Surveillance station is good but a 4 cam License pack Price: ~$250 on top of the $1000's you just spent on there NAS system. that is a bit rich your better off getting cams that do all the detection on the cam (as you said there full blown computers now) and they just send the resulting data for storage on the NAS PS:= i use this setup

@jadesprite

4 жыл бұрын

you can also use an open-source station like motioneye or zoneminder. (i found motioneye to be very laggy but zm does works perfectly for me) - he's right that ip cams are all standardized so when buying a camera you just need to check what standards it uses and check on your software of choice to make sure it supports those.

@AdversityZone

4 жыл бұрын

@@wartlme what world are you on? Pi ~$55, cam ~$200(each), drives ~$200 (each), 2 PSU 's ~$100, + more? give me a NAS that has more RAM and more CPU and a operating system that just works and no fiddling for weeks to get it to all play nice its just rich that expect you to pay a lot more for something that costs them nothing.

@baronvonlimbourgh1716

4 жыл бұрын

@@AdversityZone a pi or rock64 with a camera is a 50 bucks ip camera running it's own open source os on it's own hardware that can be security hardened as much as you feel you need. So 50 bucks per camera. Add a switch, some wiring and another pi or other cheap computer to function as a nas with a couple of drives connected and you have a system capable of any functionallity you want and able to run pretty much any analisys or software you need, have everything encrypted all the way and you can customise it however you want. Add a mic and/or speaker, lighting control, automatic notifications, automated gate system with face recognition for security, have it control switches or other equipment at certain events. Like have it close shutters or turn on lights and the tv when some unknown person aproaches the property to make it look like you are home etc. Put in a couple of steppers and you have a remote controlled camera that can move and follow objects or people. Possibilities are endless with open systems like raspberry pi's or other single board computers that just run linux.. On the other hand. These are plug and play and much easier and faster to set up and have a community support system you can use if you run into problems. All depends on budget, requirements, knowledge of the operator and the function the system needs to perform what is the best solution.

Helpful, thanks Wendel!

HUGE Hikvision fan here ! All my Security cameras run of a BlueIris in a vm on my server on a dedicated Vlan network. :)

@57Wolve

4 жыл бұрын

Same here, Axis, Dahua, and Hikvision. But mostly Axis and Hikvision. All on a VLAN, VyOS router for an isolated network, remote network access using secure zero-trust network access using Yubikeys for MFA to access the NVR.

Great sponsored video. I've had an interest in doing home surveillance but didn't really like what was on the market aside from Ubiquity, but those are pretty pricey. I'll really have to see if I can make this an affordable solution for my house

How about a video doorbell with the Ring functionality and local recording?

The synology license fee for each camera is way too high, I personally feel charging a fee to hook up cameras is a scam and synology needs an ass beating for that.

I love watching Wendell use his hick vision.

to access both networks at the same time, you can add an alternative IP to your network port.

16:10 for the super paranoid you could set up a dhcp server on the synology

@Gunni1972

4 жыл бұрын

the super Paranoid stand in the corner with a Binocular

@IdsMow

4 жыл бұрын

Or to crank it up another step - Isolated vlans for each cam (stops someone from plugging in and having visibility on all your other cameras or a rouge camera trying to access other streams) - In line surge protection (stop someone trying to short out your switch or other cameras) - Use a well regarded open source setup for your nvr - Isolate the nvr on another vlan with no network access so to remote view you to vpn in

I want to correct you about the hikvision cameras. You can put all at one time on the switch at one time, then either through the SADP tool or Batch config tool, you on mass, set the IP range and initialise.

Thanks a lot, I might set this up. I was wondering whether you could setup notifications if you use the camera to do the motion detection instead of using the synology software. I read that notifications are possible, but also in combination with the camera just saving some footage to the synology nas?

Could you do a follow-up regarding specific motion detection settings? I use the synology settings but have trouble finding the right balance between threshold and sensitivity

Lol nice video :). Really full of good info. The ring doorbell comment made me laugh enough to comment :)

if you have a single-port synology, you can just use another port on your firewall for a seperate subnet for your poe switch then set your firewall to only allow traffic from the poe switch subnet to the synology.

I have a Synology and want to set up outdoor cameras but those cameras are a lil too bulky for me. Are there any other options thats similar to the Arlo?

I bought some cameras that do not have audio. I have run Poe car6 cable. Is there a way to add a speaker and microphone using the powe on the cat 6 cable at the camera in outdoor enviroment going back to my NVR?

Disable UPNP, no default gateway, set up a local tme server... all to keep your cameras from ever reaching the internet. SDAP is HikVision software to connect and configure camera(s)

Useful. Very useful. Thank you.

that AI for Tay joke got an instant thumbs up.

Great video but it would have been nice for you to show the mobile app and its features. You did compare it to ring which has a major benefit of mobile notifications and access.

I'm still deciding between synology or unifi protect, it will only be like 3 or 4 cameras but I also want a doorbell cam and I know unifi is making one, so I am debating on just getting those

I was hoping to see a ring alternative setup with a call point that starts a 2 way video call .ect, Also on the topic of scaling detection using camera hardware are there any suggestions to flash on to the units?

Excellent. THoughtful. Thank you!

all good points

Hey for those that want to try. at 14:10 , if you have a single NIC synology NAS what I would recommend is you get a managed switch (netgear,dlink,cisco smb, etc). Connect a port to your NAS. Set up synoology with the port in 802.1Q mode. A trunk. This way it can pass multiple Vlans (multiple IP networks). Set one vlan as your "IP Camera backbone" vlan with a tag of 20. Set another vlan as "Management" with a tag of 30. The management vlan will have a default gateway pointing to your firewall (pfsense or whatever) or your Unifi edge router or whatever you will use to pass/route. Problem solved.

@CarAudioInc

11 ай бұрын

no

You should try the Hikvision NVR. It supports Plug n Play for their cameras, no setup needed!

I've recently stated experimenting with Surveillance Station. I have a question. How do you stop Surveillance Station messing around with the camera settings? I already have my camera's setup with my preferred bitrate, resolution, FPS and all that, but if I add the camera to Surveillance Station, it goes and screws with my settings that I already took the time to setup to how the work best for me.

Motioneye does the same thing and runs even on a raspberry pi (MotionOS) and is open source.

@chadwickwood9843

4 жыл бұрын

Part of the appeal for something like ring is the easy ability to view what's going on from a mobile phone app.

@baronvonlimbourgh1716

4 жыл бұрын

@@chadwickwood9843 sure. But that functionallity instantly opens up loads of security and privacy issues. Not everyone is comfertable with that.

@matthew98594

4 жыл бұрын

@@chadwickwood9843 Can do the same thing with Synology

@briythepcguy7051

4 жыл бұрын

People who buy Rings cams are not the same people who by RaspberryPi's. These ring devices are made for the simple person.

@okjd159

4 жыл бұрын

I'm using ZoneMinder on a Raspberry PI just one camera don't know how many but it works. It can be programmed to use motion detect to follow the motion.

For DHCP, the Synology NAS has its own DHCP server you can assign per port.

When I build my own ip camera survallance system Always put them cameras on a separate network. The security and updates problem is huge for the cameras these days.

In your setup environment, how do you connect. a wireless IP camera to the synology? I would assume that somehow you would need to connect the wireless camera to a router that is also connect to the POE switch that is on the same network as the synology. If so, how do you configure the router's and access point (if needed)'s IP address setting? would this router be able to get on the internet then? If I need to let this router to get on the internet so that some of the wireless device that is connect to the router are able to access via internet, how should I implement this setup and configure the router?

I like it. Been half-arsing my own setup using freenas, some raspberry pi minis with the noir cameras (grr for them not coming with emitters), and trying to sort out a monitor for them. I tried zoneminder, but it's darn fussy. Was thinking of trying shinobi.

@Dasaricar

4 жыл бұрын

You have not tried motioneye os?

@lessevilgoog

4 жыл бұрын

@@Dasaricar That's for the pi's, yes? I haven't dug into it, but have heard of it. Does it also run on the NAS to store files?

@Dasaricar

4 жыл бұрын

@@lessevilgoog It can run on few different platforms I believe You would have to check the list. Linux,docker, raspberry pi ect. There is a forum and wiki.

I use DS216j with 2 foscam's for home use works great.

It is possible to conclude that this is a sponsored video without hearing the explicit mention at 0:47 or 2:32, but I think it should be more clearly indicated in the video description, and maybe displayed onscreen at that start, as is done by LTT.

So, with this solution how would it call back to your phone that someone is at the door and allow one to have two way communication with a person? I have used a Synology with a PTZ camera about 4-5 years ago, but one feature that is nice with Ring is that two way communication and alerts. How would I set those up with this solution?

I did not understand very well why you cant connect your cameras to the same network. I have an Synology that has only one Ethernet port. I hooked it up to the router. The router is then connected to a PoE switch were all the cameras are. Is this a security issue?

I have a DS1621+ Nas with 4xpro nas drives and two empty bays. If i purchase 2x surveillance drives and creat a seperate volume, whit size drives would i need for 2x 8meg cameras that you demonstrated?

Hmmmm, I wonder if my existing cameras will loop into this so I can ditch my current NVR

@bipinkumark

4 жыл бұрын

if the camera supports ONVIF, it should in theory work with synology

@mixit247

3 жыл бұрын

I do recommend to replace your analog cameras but if that is prohibitive you could also purchase an IP encoder like the axis M7016 or the likes to encode your analog video.

So who can weigh in on CCD vs CMOS sensor for surveillance? I've heard CCD is better in low light or something like yhat

@hycron1234

4 жыл бұрын

Search CCD vs CMOS on youtube.

Just got my NAS 1821+ w/ 18TB x 8 - one disk DOA )-: Next step is cameras. Can't wait until I get this going. ALso just got my Thread Ripper 3995X too. whoo whooo

Great Video. I was looking at the DS918+. In your opinion, would it be sufficient to run 6 4K cameras, Plex and V-lans?

Been looking to this for quite some time. But getting cameras (on a budget) that work outdoor in a place with climate, is a pain in the butt. Most cameras that are "affordable" want "operate" below +5C, with a few up to -5C. That's a problem where winter normally drops to -20 - -30C. Already got a Synolgy running as a Media server, backup and "dump".

I first saw this vid when it came out, 2 years later I have an identical setup haha

Hi, I have a question. Can I use one Synology NAS (with Synology Surveillance running) to record footage from cameras at two remote locations? My case is that I am using Synology Surveillace for cameras at home and I own coffe shop where I want to add some cameras but don't want to buy separate Synology NAS just for those 3 cameras. Can I add remote location cameras to Synology at my house? Using VPN maybe? Thanks for the answer!

Quick question for the channel or anyone willing to share their knowledge / experience: When I set up my 4-bay Synology DS418 about a year ago, I had not thought of using it for a surveillance system. I put in four WDEFAX80 8TB Red NAS drives. I use it primarily as a video server and for general file sharing between multiple laptops and a desktop here at home. I usually have 16-17TB free even with one HDD taken out of play for redundancy. I know the Reds will work, but normally one would go for the Purple drives for surveillance purposes. Do I have anything to be concerned about?

I almost forgot about dot-dot. Please allow him to access the internet and vice versa

I'm in the UK. I use Hikvision hi res POE cameras. But I use Blue Iris software, on its own network. I've hidden my cameras from the rest of the network via the other ethernet port on the Windows box that has a seperate static IP 😉

Live in the UK and install the Hikvision cameras everyday so that "joke" at the beginning would have been better aimed at Australia where they go into bunnings or costco and get the cheap ones because of an embargo type situation with hikvision there

How dose this setup compare to the qnap system?

Pine64 will be coming out with open source cameras next year. That could be interesting.

Hey what did we do ? All my security cameras are 1080p and i am in the UK ! Also why not just use a VLAN ? No messing arround with multiple switches and setting IPs on different networks. You could even have another DHCP server for the VLAN.

How on earth can you do a in depth video on synology surveillance and not mention that you most likely will have to buy a license for extra cameras? Depending on the synology you buy it might come with 2 licenses, but if you need more a license is something like $50 per camera view. It is nice that the license is supposed to be transferable if you switch to a different NAS or upgrade your camera.

Where do you purchase surplus Hikvision cameras?

Ah. Just got my nvr1218 setup using reolinks instead. Works pretty well though it's not h265. Way better than what ADT gave me. I'd go with the nvr series for a dedicated setup since you get 4 licenses instead of the standard 2. It's also faster to set up. Also iirc Synology has new ones coming out with some AI driven facial recognition.

@MarcMarchioli

4 жыл бұрын

yep, I have the new Reolink cameras which are h.265 compliant. I had the DS1817+ so bought two more licenses for $99. I’ve been moderate happy about the system. The complaint I have is that the motion detection is pretty basic. I get recorded clips of lights on a car passing, leaves moving, cats running across the field, etc.

I've been trying to build a CCTV with 8 cameras. Works great once set up. Trouble is Linux keeps kernel stack error. I have all the gear I just need the software to work for more than a week at a time.

How about the Unifi Protect lineup? I'm a Ubiquiti nut, but I don't have enough experience with the camera lineup to know if it is open source or not.

@TechnIx12

4 жыл бұрын

Unifi Video is their (older) NVR software, and it's freely available to set up on any linux device (eg like my Unraid server) - it just only works with Ubiquiti cameras. It works really well and is still supported. I think Unifi Protect is their new software that is a bit more locked down

A cheap soc celeron based itx board with windows 10 and blueiris installed on it. Much cheaper than a synology nas, not to mention that blueiris also support quicksync so it wont tank the cpu that much.

Does surveillance station require an internet connection to run? I do not have internet at my home but want to use this as a surveillance system.

Nice video, pretty educational, I appreciate the effort you put into it. Synology is Awesome and I've personally installed a big number of surveillance systems usein it and it is Rock-Solid, however I'd like to add that if you'd like to check out a surveillance camera brand that is really doing some nice work yet don't have the risks and flaws of Hikvision I recommend you check out VIVOTEK, they are a Taiwanese company that has been in the IP surveillance business for so long and offer great products for reasonable prices. Again thanks a lot to you.

Using pfSense, I just block WAN (in/out) traffic to my cameras... along with DHCP reserved IPs. Much easier to setup in my opinion.

2:54 That B-roll!

Hi everyone. ...you can also use a software tool from HIK called SADP for configuring the IP address to all the cameras on one page....

Great explanation! Can I login while being at the other side of the world? I have 2 houses and like to check and configure the camera. Can you make a video explaining this?

i was actually looking into beefing up my security cameras after all these mass shootings last week.

Have you looked at the trend net ip cameras?

What a great video! Thank you for that :) everything was very well explained. But i wanted to ask you, if you could do a basic video for more or less router-noobs like me, about how to configure your internet router properly? For example the way you configured the cameras that they couldn't go to the internet blew my mind

@baronvonlimbourgh1716

4 жыл бұрын

Look up some pfsense tutorial videos, there are loads that explain what functions do and how to use them. Even if you do not run a pfsense router specificly the concepts and functionallity is the same across all routers and firewalls. Some just have more functions and control options then others. I learned a lot from doing exactly this while running my own pfsense box. Just set up a pfsense box plug it in and see what happens. If you fuck up plug in your old router again and everything is back to how it was before. Try again next weekend after reading up on what you did wrong.

@Julian-zd9kx

4 жыл бұрын

@@baronvonlimbourgh1716 thanks for the tip. Will try it!

@baronvonlimbourgh1716

4 жыл бұрын

@@Julian-zd9kx succes! Lawrence systems has good videos about pfsense..

@Julian-zd9kx

4 жыл бұрын

@@baronvonlimbourgh1716 aight, gonna check it out :) thank you again :)