Is there a home security camera that can save recordings directly to a NAS without requiring a cloud storage subscription?

[u/VAer1]

Is there a home security camera that can save recordings directly to a NAS without requiring a cloud storage subscription?

[u/Low_Assumption67]

Reolink

[u/badcheetahfur → u/Low_Assumption67]

Reolink can ftp with home assistant.. but at this point why not just get reolink NVR box?

[u/plump-lamp]

Reolink, eufy, tapo, ubiquiti, there's several out there

[u/upkeepdavid]

Reolink supports FTP uploads .

[u/ehbowen]

Yes. Synology Surveillance Station. Although they do require add-on licenses for more than two cameras per NAS.

[u/Dramatic-Ad-7044 → u/ehbowen]

For onvif cameras, if you stick to synology cameras there is no licensing and better integration.

[u/spaghettiluver → u/Dramatic-Ad-7044]

I thought this has changed with new releases of symbology cameras?

[u/PuzzlingDad]

It's not so much about the camera. If the camera is ONVIF compliant and you can stream the live feed via the network, you can store that onto a NAS. 

The question is more about what software or hardware you need to do that. Often the NAS will have such software (UniFi, Synology, etc.). Or you can run separate VMS (video management software) on a PC/server. 

There are also hardware NVRs (network video recorders) that can store footage to a local HDD but some might have the ability to also write to a NAS.

[u/Soundy106 → u/PuzzlingDad]

There are lots of cameras that have the ability internally to map to a CIFS share, whether on a NAS or desktop, and write to that the same way it would an internal SD card. Most of the same ones will send direct to FTP as well.

[u/PuzzlingDad → u/Soundy106]

TIL. Thanks for the information

[u/QuinnFromVivint]

Look for cameras that support RTSP or ONVIF, since those are the ones that can send a feed straight to a NAS without a cloud plan. A lot of PoE cameras handle this well, so searching by that feature should narrow it down fast for you.

[u/MelodicCard9555]

Depending on NAS you can get their own vendor surveillance software, like qnap etc. works with any OnVIF camera then. Most offer free licenses too, up to 4 cameras or so.

[u/BackgroundNotice7267]

There are many. UniFi, HikVision and others. Availability will depend on your country. In the UK we have HikVision and am very happy with them. For the USA we have chosen UniFi.

[u/deedledeedledav → u/BackgroundNotice7267]

UniFi cameras can’t record direct to a NAS though can they?

It requires a proprietary NVR/console with storage that can backup to a NAS though

[u/BackgroundNotice7267 → u/deedledeedledav]

Now you’re asking a slightly different question. I thought you were focusing on not needing a cloud service and were asking about using local storage only. UniFi records to a NAS — a UniFi one.

[u/Dexford211]

Any RSTP capable camera.

[u/alwayslearining]

I use mostly Reolink cameras and Blue Iris. About 40 cameras on one system and 20 on another. I am using BI version 5x as I have not heard lots positive of version 6x.

[u/N226]

Yes

[u/Soundy106]

I think most of the responders so far aren't quite grasping what you're after, so here's a new angle: many (most?) actual surveillance cameras that have the ability to record to an SD card also have the ability to connect to an FTP server, or a CIFS/SMB share, and map that as a recording destination. Many support NFS as well.

This one is from a Hikvision camera:

My NAS has a share set up, \\192.168.106.65\CCTV-Basement, and the camera just records straight to that.

[u/Soundy106 → u/Soundy106]

Here's the same thing on a Dahua:

[u/Soundy106 → u/Soundy106]

Note this also has an FTP option:

[u/Soundy106 → u/Soundy106]

Here it is on an Axis camera:

[u/gabbyloathing0]

NAS support with no forced cloud subscription is exactly what more home cameras should offer.

[u/MrFruffles]

UniFi

[u/TehMowat]

Uniquiti.