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…

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) [image] CCTV camera recording onto mycloud My Cloud Hi I have a 4TB mycloud, I am planning to install Swann CCTV ca…

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 …

[image] chrisscott6300: 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? The My Cloud Home is not a traditional NAS … it’s a completely different type of product. [image] Difference between mycloud and …

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…

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JoeySmyth June 2, 2020, 12:00am 2

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)

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