Synology NAS Setup Guide 2022 #7 - Setting Up Surveillance Station, Cameras, Control and Alert

Synology DM7 Surveillance and NVR Setup Chapters
00:30 - Installing Surveillance Station on DSM 7
03:45 - Adding Cameras only
07:00 - Adding Cameras, Alerts, Streams, Schedules & Zone Coverage
14:15 - Viewing and Controlling the Live Camera Feed
17:05 - Reving Camera Footage and Recordings
18:45 - Synology Home Mode
20:35 - Synology Add on Overview

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[gordonjoy]

Great easy to follow video, just got my first NAS and i was trying to figure out why i could not find the media folders i created for Plex.

[PaulMrPKcom]

Hi. Thank for your tutorlials. I\m setting upp my survillance station. I want to keep my pool with 3 x 4T SHR. I have one new 8T drive that I want to use only for the surivallnce station only, it is special NVR drive (Seagate Skyhawk). I guess I should make new pool with only one 8T drive right ? In that case I can chhose from RAID type SHR, Basic, Jbod (for that only drive i wil use in that pool). And should I use extr4 for the surveillance staion data? I heard that for NVR the drive should have ext4 formating, not btrfs... maybe I'm wrong. Any idea how to proceed so I get optimal setup ? Thanks!

[lifebarier]

Why must camera be on local network? Can I add cameras from multiple sites? what if they are behind different vpn's?

[slipnfall]

H265 is not available for viewing in web browser, must use their desktop application

[manni]

My problem is, that even as admin i cannot open it. It says i have no right to open allthough as administrator group and admin account i am logged in the hint is shown. Can you help please.

[Rizal-emki]

well maybe it’s too late to watch this video after someone break my shop this morning😂. they took my dvr😌

[RJ_Cormac]

H265 cameras must use the desktop client, as the web browser can't view the footage. I only use the Desktop Client now with my 8MP cameras. I have a 12TB volume in my Synology for Surveillance Station recording and it's used 10.5TB for 24/7-30 days of recording footage. I don't trust motion detection recording. I'd rather have the entire day, and the ability to track a suspicion vehicle or persons activities throughout the day without dropped recording between the motion events it's decided are important. 12TB isn't a small amount, but I don't want to have issues with a prosecutor or jury accepting my security footage because it has blank spots on the timeline for reasonable doubt.

[JamesENicholson]

IF I have 16 cameras, do I need to have 16 licenses? How much do licenses cost? Do I buy the incremental licenses from Synology?

[filhodosapo]

Surveillance Station can't find cameras on my network, they used to work fine for over 2 years. Now can't find the cameras even though the cameras are on the network, please help?

[EgoShredder]

I added a Foscam camera to my DS415+ back in December 2014, and everything worked just fine. Then after a few app updates my camera stopped working, e.g. it was recognised but would not caputre moving footage anymore. No idea why that is.

[djplasma]

Nice! :) please make Setup Guide for Synology PXE server :)

[paulmiller]

Hi. Very interesting and useful tutorial. I have 2 external cameras on my home and until a few weeks ago i was utilising the camera software for detections and alerts which was working well. My detections were under IVS for an entry and exit zone. However, I have recently changed my ISP and for some reason I now cannot get email alerts via the camera software so have resorted to using surveillance station (DSM 7) through which alerts do work. But I have found the experience to be completely frustrating. IVS does not work with surveillance station and the function is greyed-out, so I have to resort to using a detection area and setting the sensitivity and threshold controls. But I have found this to be pretty much useless and it will trigger an alert every time the sun goes behind a cloud but won't detect someone walking down my driveway. I really would like this to work and I record 24/7 to my Synology DS118 which is used solely for this purpose, but the whole experience is one of utter frustration as it seems unable to deliver what I need it to, and to what I was getting previously. Do you have any suggestions?

[EsotericArctos]

It is great, if you only want 2 cameras. Outside of that, you'd be many hundreds of times better off financially to use a program like Blue Iris at under $100 for a 64 camera license running on a computer that will cost you under $400.
All the things shown in this video are available on virtually all platforms and honestly there are cheaper, and easier to use, options for the general user by the time you add the cost of the NAS (ridiculously expensive for what you get) and license fees as even the most basic system will end up with more than 2 cameras.
The other thing to remember with Synology is you don't get human, vehicle or any other smart detection unless you buy cameras that have those features where as several other solutions, that are cheaper, do actually have these features built into the software.
I really would not recommend Surveillance Station for the average home user.