Hello,
I am looking at buying some CCTV cameras for my home. As I already have a MyCloud Home, I would rather the footage is saved onto a folder on this drive rather than have a new dedicated hard drive.
I assume some sort of POE CCTV system will work, but I’m unsure on the software side of things.
Can anyone recommend the best home CCTV solution? I probably need no more than 2-3 cameras.
Many thanks - Chris
pretty sure that will not work…
Some cameras can record via FTP … but from what i understand, the My Cloud Home does not have FTP (the older My Clouds do)
Hi Joey, thanks for your reply.
Surely there must be a system that is compatible with the My Cloud Home? It can’t be the case that WD would release a NAS drive and not permit network attached devices such as CCTV to save to it?
I notice WD have a ‘readyview’ system but I can’t see any information on how to get it to work on the My Cloud Home? Has anyone had any success with this?
The My Cloud Home is not a traditional NAS … it’s a completely different type of product.
Because it’s not designed to be used with the My Cloud Home or the My Cloud for that matter.
It’s a complete system with IP POE (Interet Protocol Power Over Ethernet) Cameras and a NVR (Network Video Recorder) which has an internal 2TB Hard Drive for Recording.
You can’t plug IP POE Cameras into a My Cloud Home or a My Cloud.
Cannot backup mi cctv becoz cannot force to share folder in the wd cloud home storage. I already tried this.
Not totally sure about MyCloud compatibility tbh, but most IP cameras with ONVIF protocol should work with network storage.
I use Honeywell cameras and they have network recording options, but I’d check with WD support first to confirm MyCloud compatibility before buying anything. Don’t want to buy cameras and then find out they don’t work together.
Local storage saves you from monthly cloud fees but setup can be tricky. Might be worth checking the MyCloud forums to see what others are using successfully.
