Can this record to a network drive or NAS?
1977207
not that I'm aware, its designed to install hard drive inside. it also need a fast drive for many cameras.
1977208
As far as I know it will only record to internal hard drive. There was no set up I could use to record to my computer's harddrive through the Internet. I'm not familiar with the NAS.
1977209
You need to have a hard drive in the unit, but can catch the RTSP streams coming out of the cams or the unit itself to a NAS/network drive.
1977210
No. It only will record to the internal hard drive and doesnt have any way to load a shared or network drive.
1977211
As others have mentioned, it won't record directly to a NAS, however, you can specify an FTP server to upload recordings to. So in my case, I have a machine in my network that I've configured an FTP server on. The NVR will upload the recordings to my local FTP, which in turn I have set to copy the recordings to a cloud service like Dropbox or OneDrive. Works great so far.
1690212
There are NAS drives that also have USB ports but most of the affordable ones I have seen don't let you use the network and ethernet simultaneously. So with that it would just be unplug the USB, update over ethernet, plug the USB back in. As long as you have 2 sets of cables, I don't think unhooking the drive and hooking it into the computer is a big deal myself...
1438101
This machine is a DVDR and does not claim to be a network server. It is designed for recording from cable to the HDD and/or DVD drive.
1292658
No, it require Media Center to record for DRM reasons as well as the NAS or USB would have no way to tune to a channel.
2168804
It can, but you need to subscribe to an external service as there is no way to save, either internally or to an FTP server on your network, the data you would be recording. So out of the box, it's all real time only.
1384904
No. Not directly. This drive has USB 3.0 only. There are other models (pro family) that have USB and eSATA. If you want Network Attached you need to look at their NAS family. Specs for all of their products are located here: http://iosafe.com/products
1118055
yes, it is easy to map as a network drive. I have mapped it to both Windows 7 and 8, as well as Linux
1363894
Well, I do not know as it seems pretty neatly closed, but there is always the alternative to use an external and/or network accessible drives. That's what I do over a Gigabit network. Good luck.
382264
You shouldn't have any issues. NAS firmware will work independently from the OS. You will control the drives from the NAS UI.
1720043
This NAS has a version of Linux running the device and I map right to the drive with the IP Address... there is no need for software, just drag and drop even I Linux.
1128816
Look at NAS (Network Attached Storage Devices) for hard drives that attach to a network. This is not for that use case.
1578786
Hello. Yes you can record on local HDD. Or go to foscam website and download this user manual--01_IP Camera User Manual_English. Thanks
1897317
I am just about 100% certain that you cannot plug this directly into a computer. It's not a mass storage device like any kind of external hard drive. If the three different workstations talk to each other on the network, might as well have them talk to the Synology NAS (Network Attached Storage) using the network.
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No, but with one caveat. If your network sets the copy once flag, you can only view the recording from the machine where the recording was made. For me, a major irritation because my HTPC is client to a the server with all my storage disks. If the server records the program, it can't be viewed from the client... only the server! The way around this of course is to leave your HTPC on and record to a local disk. I am not certain if you can indicate a network share as a viable target for recording.
1292123
Hi Carlos, I use an usb external HDD (1T) as storage, never try with nas, for me is an awesome software , I have 4 cameras continually recording.
1900277
So far I only see compatibility with Windows and Apple operating systems, that's with the Buffalo NAS Navigator software. You might need to contact Buffalo tech support. I am sure there is a way to make it work, because at the end of the day its a storage drive. ;)
1360725
My understanding of your question is that you want to connect and external HD to the NAS usb port. I believe it should be possible and then use the one touch button to transfer. I believe the negative maybe speed of transfer