Synology Surveillance Station 9.1 Review - Still The Best?

[@dhawrylkiw]

I really miss being able to set a high speed for playback, then click "next" after each clip, to quickly review all my security recordings in one go. With 9.x I have to change the speed on each clip. RIP my favorite 8.x feature.

[@MoD_Master_Of_Disaster_]

If it wasn’t for Surveillance station I’d probably switched to TrueNAS. But Synology really did an amazing job on this. So happy with my DS1621+ (and DS916+ for backups).

[@waretechnologies6845]

I'm running a DVA 3221 at one customer site with 6 cameras at 4K, 1 at 4 MP, and multiple AI analytics (car counting, LPR, facial recognition, intrusion line crossing), and it works like a champ. On the other hand, I have seen some inconsistencies with a DVA 1622 deployed at another customer site that only has three cameras running, and only two LPR tasks (Entry and Exit) on two cameras. The vehicle are detected fine, but the license plates are not consistently captured like with the more powerful DVA 3221.

[@marlo6846]

Outstanding video, very useful overview and tips, thank you!

[@panoshountis1516]

This is an awsome video for an equally awesome software from Synology. Thank you!

[@naarachatachyputthada5946]

Thank you so much for the details

[@altctr7287]

Thanks for detailed review!

[@febrezee69]

loving it so far, trying to get the PTZ patrol mode to work with my reolink. was hoping you would touch on this feature. also how to get speakers to work lol

[@user-wt7pq5qc2q]

Hi, what camera's are you using / suggest. Could you do a video on these. Thanks

[@MrR15177]

I’ld like to see a comparison between surveillance station & blue iris.

[@mr.boniato6402]

I use Blue Iris and it's great. I can't see my self paying $2400 for a system that only supports 16 cameras when Blue Iris is around $70 per year and supports up to 64... It's a no brainer . The app is great as well.

[@allancohen]

Any way to get a feed to output through my home network to a smart TV on the same network? Would only be a single feed with no need to use a cursor on the screen.

[@TheBigJohny]

DS923+ that I just bought. partially for cameras...

[@AshTheDash]

Brilliant.. Can these feed be seen on an Android TV? Does that need any additional settings?

[@grem28]

How do you use the Smart Search in the monitoring center? I see the separate application but the search icon isn't available like in your video. Do i have to turn it on somewhere?

[@dwaynemcpherson5379]

Does it have an android and ios app?

[@mr.boniato6402]

How does this compare to Blue Iris?

[@abhishekb3345]

Hello, we had a fire in our server room which affected our NAS too. Synology team says Motherboard is damaged & they shown us the same. Now my question is should I buy the New NAS or go for second hand? However my purpose is to just have that for Backup only. Which I'll be taking only once in a day. Synology Nas 1821+ - 6 Bay And should I buy 6 Bay again or 2 or 4 bay is okay? I'm from India & I don't know if buying from eBay is good option.

[@edra1837]

synology all the way , thankyou for sharing

[@manitsony6703]

thankyou how about the qnap that we can use coral?

[@Jason-rs1wr]

Thanks for this video! I just want to know if you can still use it as a regular NAS if you're using it as a surveilance station? I'm looking to use it as both NAS and NVR. Thank you!

[@nascompares]

Yes, you 100% can use the DVA1622 as both a NAS with DSM and with Surveillance Station. But arrogant of me to say, but check out my DVA1622 review..I genuinely think it's the best Synology bay you can buy

[@seabreezecoffeeroasters7994]

Serious question is it worth hammering and shortning the life of the drives on a 'home nas' (likely only gets use a few hours a day) 24/7 over using a dedicated NVR?

[@seabreezecoffeeroasters7994]

Secondly unless you run a UPS on your NAS burglar takes out the power and your security system along with it. Run a UPS for this purpose pushes your power usage up A LOT.

[@Fryn_Hayn]

Question... I am looking to run 3 Amcrest cameras at my house. What would you recommended for an NVR?

[@dshack4689]

@@seabreezecoffeeroasters7994In your own words you've expressed concern about "hammering and shortening the life of the drives" but without a UPS protecting your NAS then your drives also at risk from a blackout/brownout. Also I find very low difference in power draw with the UPS present, over 25 years of running my equipment on UPS scales varying from single battery home UPS to server room multiple fault tolerant battery systems.

[@tommyjakobsen5504]

How many cam license do you have, that extreme expensive

[@RJ_Cormac]

I am very interested in what BC500 functions change on a basic Synology DS918+/20+/23+, etc without the DVA model. Like the facial recognition?🤔

[@tommyjakobsen5504]

Why using Synology cam, they are way to expensive...

[@watsonfitnessmiami]

This screams SMART system so is this something that can be done using a home network that is offline? If it requires to be connected to the grid then it’s a downgrade from the old software.

[@skrachi1986]

They do charge with camera licensing, It is extortionary!

[@ShaneNSAT]

From a performance perspective the desktop app is way better than the web interface.. Can't stand using the web interface once using that.

[@AlL-fw2cy]

If for not the license cost I would probably buy this. Make it $10 and okay. At $50, hard pass, that is half the cost of a camera.

[@RJ_Cormac]

I used Synology Surveillance Station Time Lapse to compress 24 hours into 2 minutes to highlight the different styles of night vision. It's just one of the great features! kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2S4i5efoNGBns0

[@elbee909]

Just say 'use' rather than 'utilise'! Sorry, was just driving me to distraction form otherwise great vids