Is it possible to use cloud storage to auto backup videos?
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No the specs say it will do FTP but it doesn't do FTP. They may have removed this from the specs since I complained to everyone. The current bios has a FTP setting and you can send a test photo but the motion detect will not send a photo. The email does work so you can send photos to a gmail account for storage online. But it wont upload videos. Now you can add the hard drive directory to your pc as a networked drive but the mp4 videos are not in real mp4 format you have to use a special player to view them. You likely could use a backup program running on your local PC to backup those files every so often. No the specs say it will do FTP but it doesn't do FTP. They may have removed this from the specs since I complained to everyone. The current bios has a FTP setting and you can send a test photo but the motion detect will not send a photo. The email does work so you can send photos to a gmail account for storage online. But it wont upload videos. Now you can add the hard drive directory to your pc as a networked drive but the mp4 videos are not in real mp4 format you have to use a special player to view them. You likely could use a backup program running on your local PC to backup those... » Read More No the specs say it will do FTP but it doesn't do FTP. They may have removed this from the specs since I complained to everyone. The current bios has a FTP setting and you can send a test photo but the motion detect will not send a photo. The email does work so you can send photos to a gmail account for storage online. But it wont upload videos. Now you can add the hard drive directory to your pc as a networked drive but the mp4 videos are not in real mp4 format you have to use a special player to view them. You likely could use a backup program running on your local PC to backup those files every so often. « Show Less
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Yes, great for that purpose. Just remember to back up your files regularly :)
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I have not seen a way to do that but the system overwrites the oldest video when the hard drive runs out of space. Ao in that respect you don't have to worry about it.
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Yes, it will work just fine for that purpose, but if that's all you want to do, it's sort of an overkill. You can buy an external USB/eSATA hard drive already set up in an enclosure so all you have to do is plug it in for quite a bit less than the My Cloud. And, it comes in your favorite color only if your favorite color is white. On the other hand, if you have broadband internet, the My Cloud offers the ability to set up a sharing network which allows you to securely access your My Cloud files from any computer anywhere in the world, a VERY useful feature that standard external drives don't have. The cloud is really a nice drive, and other reviews indicate that it's durable and is easy to set up. I've had great experience with WD hard drives and I suspect the quality of the Cloud Drive to be no less. One additional note: If you've REALLY got a lot of picture files, for future needs you might want to consider the 3 TB or 4 TB Model.
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Unless you are saving volumes of video material I can't envision filling a 4 TB storage vehicle. I don't know if they can be "daisy chained" together. If you have need for such great storage I would suggest the use of a "cloud" provider. Currently I have years of photographs and business applications on the 4 TB My Book and I have only used a small fraction of its capacity. My concern about a "daisy chain" would be the possibility of one failure causing a subsequent unit failure.
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What is your usage? If just to back up the content of your SD card - it is great tool, I can recommend it. I was quite happy to make back-ups of my videos during holiday, taken by car-security camera. Easy to use and reliable. But do not expect to play video files on this device.
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Haven't done it myself but if you really wanted to you could set up a machine with a screen capture going and that would record all that was coming in - like Camtasia. Think you'd really need to tweak the settings to not fill up a 100gb/hour or something absurd
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You can certainly copy it. I do not use automated backup routines (except for C: drive) so cannot comment on these.
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Unfortunately this system does not support backing up video to a NAS Drive. We currently do not have any surveillance systems which support that feature. You can backup video directly to a USB Flash Drive and also you can backup video over the network onto a computer. Thank You,
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If your security system can handle an external hard drive, it should be able to store your video. But the main reason to get something like this is for the Security and Networking features. Its more like a Server than an external hard drive. You may be better served just getting a USB external hard drive enclosure.
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Yes, but You need a computer to store the videos captured by the camera into your computer's hard drive.
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Yes It is a personal cloud. You can store any type of file. But the biggest advantage is with multimedia files.
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Yes and no. You cannot have the Dropcam store video directly on Google Drive automatically (although, since Google owns Nest, and Nest just bought Dropcam, this might change). However, as long as you subscribe to the 7 or 30 day storage plan with Dropcam, you can create and download clips of up to several hours in size (maybe more with the 30 day plan; I don't have it), and those clips can be saved anywhere you want, including Google Drive. Note that the camera uploads many gigabytes per day, so you'd not want it saved on Google Drive by default anyway, or you'd run out of space quickly.
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The HD camera provides a local storage solution, recording video directly onto a microSD memory card with up to 128GB capacity (sold seperately). Set your camera for continuous recording or, to minimize viewing time and storage space, for recording only when motion events are detected. The saved video can be remotely viewed from any computer or Android or iOS device. Or you can record on NAS & NVR drives, like Synology, ASUSTOR and QNAP with ONVIF 2.0 compatible for systems integration. No matter wireless or hardwired , the harddrive should be connected to the same router/ switch that the camera is plugged in .
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You can also plug a USB HDD in and do a content drag and drop from explorer, or use something like the free versions of EASUS, Paragon, Free sync etc., set up a back up and let it run overnight, but you have to be willing to become an active participant in your data backup routine, at least once. The plus is that you can back up what's important to you and not the fluff that might accumulate like TV shows you aren't going to watch again.
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Yes, you should be able to store movies on this hard drive and even watch them from it with out bringing them back to your computer
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No. You can store video programs on the drive but you need computer software that will take the stored image and play back the video. There is another program available called Air Parrot that can transmit this video to an Apple TV. The Apple TV will transmit the video to your TV. Jim Gilliam