Synology Ip Camera License Pack For 8

[Llanque Mazurek]

Today I saw an update to HA 116.1 and in the release notes I saw the addition of Surveillance Station cameras in the integration.

It detected 9 devices and 51 entities under the current configuration I had going.

My Storage is done on the NAS using the facilities of Synology Surveillance Station and if I need to do any quality live viewing or timeline work then I use synology surveillance Station app on my windows 10 PC. When I use this app there is no time lag.

Some testing.
I have not used the ONVIF integration to test at this stage as I am not sure what I have to change?
Do I have to completely reconfigure Surveillance Station to use ONVIF rather than H264? I am thinking I will at this stage but correct me if I am wrong.

Thank you for that insight.
I have set up ONVIF on one of my cameras just to check it out. I had to enable ONVIF on the camera as HIKVision has disabled it by default since 2017.
I set up the ONVIF integration and it found the camera I had set up. I am assuming that it would auto-discover others if I enabled them?
This is the new time LAG using ONVIF

However is it worth the extra effort to only gain 2-3 seconds? I really would like to have 1-2seconds MAX.
I will have consider what I need versus what I want!.
I do like the RTSP protocol though. Food for thought.

I have an EUFY wireless Doorbell Camera and the EUFY app streams over my WiFi 2.4GHz network and Telstra 4G network to my mobile with only 1 second lag. However if I send it to the Nest Hub then its 15 seconds.
Works with Google Assistant TRUE but VERY SLOWLY.
There was a few comments around the issue that HA is not s security/surveillance tool and it mainly about home automation but home surveillance is an important part of that scene in my opinion.
I use cameras as binary sensors ( Line crossing etc) and then I want to cast the camera stream to my Nest Hub as an alert. It works but with the lag.

I am using ONVIF. I had them set to auto but changing them to LIVE and it made no difference. Still 7 seconds delay.
As was pointed out earlier in this thread the delay is in the HLS as I pointed out in #7

Hello, community!

Maybe someone here has been through the same problem. I'm trying to add one Reolink E1 to the Synology Surveillance Station.
The wizard doesn't find de camera on the network, and I've tried to add it manually but without success (no connection between Synology and camera).

The camera is connected by cable to a TP-Link powerline AV600 receptor. I can successfully access the camera through the Reolink mobile/macOS app, but I would like to and to Synology.

Can anybody figure out what I'm missing?

I have tried connecting directly to the cameras as well as through Synology Surveillance Station. RTSP works fine, however is not supported through a browser. Does anyone have either a stream direct to the cameras or through Synology Surveillance Station working?

I had the Synology Surveillance Station generate a MJPEG stream which I used on a Sharp Tools Dashboard.
If you just use the Hubitat app on your mobile you will not be able to see the cameras stream because Chrome (or however the app does it), does not allow a key to be passed.

Perhaps @patrick knows why there is a difference between the two situations:
a) If you use the Dashboard through the mobile app, the MJPEG stream from Synology Surveillance Station is filtered , and is not displayed.
b) if you get a link to the cloud dashboard from the App from the PC interface (it sends a link via SMS), and display that link on your mobile phone, it displays correctly the MJPEG stream

Out of interest what did you use to get this to appear on the dashboard? I've tried both Image and Video but neither are working. I've tested my RTSP link using VLC and it works, but I just can't get it on my dashboard. I note you metioned it doesn't work on the mobile app but I can't get it to work on the PC with Chrome either.

I use Amcrest cameras.
I think that the "Edit Camera" page transforms the stream from the camera to MJPEG.
(I think that it outputs H.264).
Dashboards only like MJPEG, not RTSP.
I think that TinyCam also converts to MJPEG.
Also, there appears to be a way to get the Raspberry Pi to do the conversion.
Also, if you have a machine running VLC (all the time), it can also convert to MJPEG.

I used instructions like these (yours??) a few years ago now, but am only able to get 1 of the 2 streams to show in the dashboard. It's not a HE bug, either Hikvision (most likely) or Synology. I cant get the second stream to show up in the Synology Surveillance Station. It always shows the first stream. I cant even get the seconds camera to show the right picture in Surveillance Station. The only reason I'm using Surveillance Station is to get the stream onto the dash.

As far as I know, all streaming for every dashboard that I know of is only MJPEG. (Hubitat, Sharptools, ActionTiles, etc.)
In addition, some browsers won't let you put in any link that has an id and password embedded in it.
If anyone else knows how to get an RTSP stream onto a dashboard, I'd be interested in hearing about it.

I run BlueIris alongside surveillance station for the purpose of providing an mjpg stream, it also allows me to trigger PTZ presets from a dashboard. I use surveillance station for my actual recording.

Hi all, just setup my my HE to pull the mpeg stream from Synology. Thanks for posting the workaround. But this only work locally in LAN. Anyone find a solution for streaming on mobile outside the house using data - not local LAN?

@jtmpush18, I tried your b) option to get the cloud link to the dashboard. Email that link to myself. When I go outside the house using data, click the dashboard link in the email to show it on browser. The MJPEG stream is not working. How is this different than yours? Did I misunderstand you? Or I missed anything?

Just bought Tapo C200 after checking that it is supported by Synology Surveillance Station. Upon installing the app on a smartphone it prompted me to install the latest firmware version - 1.0.10 so I did. After that I headed to the Synology NAS to set it up in Surveillance Station but unfortunately it never recognized the camera neither automatically nor when adding it manually. I went through all the guides and all seems fine interms of settings, network etc.

@Brook Hi, I went through the entire setup once again and this time I was able to add the camera in the Synology NAS. I had to re-create the camera account though as it kept sayin "Invalid credentials". Anyways, thanks for the help :)

@krussev I didn't have any problem adding the Tapo C200 camera (via Synology supported devices and ONVIF), however the PTZ is not working/available within Synology Surveillance software - which is disappointing. :-(

The requirements for the C2 Backup for Surveillance free trial are the following: Have Surveillance Station 9.0 official or above installed, have a Synology Account, and have a payment method added to your account.

The video sharing feature is coming soon. When it is available, users will be able to share recordings with anyone and restrict their access at any time. The shared video will be accessible until recordings are rotated according to users' subscription plan (7 days or 30 days).

Fair use limits may be exceeded when stored streams are excessively high in bitrate or when events exceed four hours in length. In these cases, upload speeds will be capped. To remove the cap, we suggest you lower your camera bitrate or check your event detection settings to make sure they are configured properly and not triggering excessively. The restriction will be removed in one to two days upon correcting the excessive usage.

One of those is building your DIY IP-cam security system via the Synology Surveillance Station add-on package. In my opinion, this feature is so useful and well-designed that it alone can be the reason you should get a Synology NAS in the first place.

This post will explain the Surveillance Station app and how to make the most out of it. Before continuing, check out my take on Synology NAS servers to get an overall idea of working with one, including accessing its web user interface and handling apps.

Dong's note: I first published this review on May 20, 2019, with Surveillance Station 8 running under DSM 6, and last updated it on August 10, 2023, to add more information with Surveillance Station 9 under DSM 7. Synology regularly pushes out minor updates for this app and DSM, and in March 2020, the company introduced its first IP cams. The information in this post is based on the latest versions and Synology hardware available as of the published date.

The apps allow you to manage multiple IP cameras at a remarkably comprehensive level and save security footage directly on your NAS server. That's on top of the options to use the camera's built-in SD card slot or the vendor's cloud.

Since 2019, Synology has maintained a surveillance-centric line of network video recorders (NVRs) called the DVA series, currently represented by the DVA1622 and DVA3221. This series combines the video management features of Synology Surveillance Station with advanced analytics for improved incident response and business intelligence.

It's worth noting that Surveillance Station 9 requires DSM 7. Consequently, Surveillance Station 8.2 will remain relevant to existing servers of model years 2013 and older that can't upgrade past DSM 6.

I upgraded my Surveillance Station from version 8.2 to 9 in May 2022, and the process was a no-brainer. After a few warnings, shown below, the 10-min migration finished without a hitch. All of the existing recordings remained in place.

Since then, I've been using version 9 for over a year and have grown to like it. The C2 option is not applicable in my case, but the Monitor Center is an excellent way to keep tabs on multiple cameras simultaneously in sync for live and recorded footage.

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