Can I stream this camera's feed directly to my PC or a Wireless cloud hard drive at home without using the website?
1647037
It doesn't, but should. This product would be utterly fantastic if you could record directly to hard drive. I don't like monthly-yearly bills. Oh well--this companies lack of foresight is another companies opportunity. Yes--I feel wifi enabled home security will be huge in the future. I am currently working on a home security systemusing raspberry, or ardino. When completed I will post the free schematics on physibles.com
1647038
logitech alert cameras were perfect for this very thing. You did not have to pay to have your OWN recordings. It wasn't wifi, instead it used the electric lines in your home to transmit the signal. It was a great system except for a few bugs. They discontinued that line for whatever reason and I cannot find any other system that will do everything it did. (it just needed wifi). But having to buy a subscription is absurd and seems to be a bad habit these days with companies wanting a continued revenue stream. One day they will realize people are tired of paying for a subscription for everything they do. logitech alert cameras were perfect for this very thing. You did not have to pay to have your OWN recordings. It wasn't wifi, instead it used the electric lines in your home to transmit the signal. It was a great system except for a few bugs. They discontinued that line for whatever reason and I cannot find any other system that will do everything it did. (it just needed wifi). But having to buy a subscription is absurd and seems to be a bad habit these days with companies wanting a continued revenue stream. One day they will realize people are tired of paying for a subscription for... » Read More logitech alert cameras were perfect for this very thing. You did not have to pay to have your OWN recordings. It wasn't wifi, instead it used the electric lines in your home to transmit the signal. It was a great system except for a few bugs. They discontinued that line for whatever reason and I cannot find any other system that will do everything it did. (it just needed wifi). But having to buy a subscription is absurd and seems to be a bad habit these days with companies wanting a continued revenue stream. One day they will realize people are tired of paying for a subscription for everything they do. « Show Less
1647039
No, and that is a big negative with this product. You have to sign up to pay dropcam for their cloud based storage service ($30/month).
1647040
No. and that's one reason it works so well. It's setup to dump the video directly to their web site..All you have to do is to tell it how to log into your wifi..You could for example take it to a hotel and use it to monitor your room, if the hotel had wifi.
1647041
One way to record the video without paying a subscription is to buy a Chromecast. With Chromecast and using the Chrome browser, you can cast the video to your TV and record the live stream directly to a DVD recorder. I haven't tried connecting my PC, but it is possible if your PC has HDMI. If it doesn't, you can buy a USB to HDMI adapter. Here's a link explaining how using a Mac or iOS device. I'm sure Android works, too. http://bit.ly/1qZWmn7
1647042
You have to go through their website but you don't have to pay anything for doing that as long as you don't care to record what you are seeing.
1647043
+1 for wanting this feature. it will be really really rare that i want to review old footage so why pay yearly when a tiny usb stick could hold days or weeks worth of footage? i also dont want my wifi upstream clogged with constant uploads of video from 2 or 3 of these cameras.
1647044
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
1647045
You could record it if you had a screen capture program. You would almost have to have a PC dedicated just for that and some really huge hard drives. When I used to record on my old camera (wired) It would go through a terrabyte drive pretty quickly. So even if you did do that, much time would need to be dedicated to reviewing the footage at fast speeds. It can take hours every day to do that. I personally think its worth the cost to be able to see the markers on the cloud recording and to be able to check it on my phone.
949257
Nope. Unless you stream using their IE compatible website, or on a iOS or Android device, one stream/camera at a time
1599375
This camera is not a IP camera. Therfore cannot be added to a local network. However there is available freeware on the internet (search under 2.4ghz wireless camera viewer freeware) that would allow you to view the video feed directly on your computer if it has wireless network access capability.
500453
The device does not have a browser and the unit does not have Amazon as one of it's streaming video options. So, you cannot stream video from Amazon. However, it does have a usb port on the front of the unit that will allow you to play anything that is plugged into it. So, there are ways to save the video to a flash drive and then plug the flash drive into the usb port on the wd live. That's what I do.
2125559
Hi Ryan,No you can't. This is not an overly intelligent device. It essentially acts as a gateway between whatever hard drive you plug into it and the net, allowing you to access your content remotely through pogoplug.com.
570664
this is a switch, you would need to have a NAS/hard drive to record the camera video, or use a camera that can act as a server and send snapshots of events like motion detection to your email etc.
1461481
There is no built-in WiFi in the camera. You would need to go through a computer for live streaming.
969378
Go to WD site support. It seems simple however there some reviews in the web forums indicating some application in the PC is required.
2213813
While I am not 100% sure on this, as I am not interested in this functionality, I do not believe there is a live feed option. There are a couple of ports and this may be something it can do, one port is for continuous power feed, the other may allow for USB download, but I am not clear on whether this is just for download of the video, or live monitoring.
2070852
Yes, you can absolutely have the cameras be just on your local network (wifi or wired). There's are actually fewer steps required to do this this way.
1662485
I suppose, but HomeMonitor provides the clouds! Seriously, though, they provide online storage for the video the camera records. 7 days for free, and 30 days for a small monthly fee. You do need a WiFi network. Note also that thisHD camera is an INDOOR camera, so you'll have to point it out a window for clouds, or run your humidity way up inside your home!
1903528
Yes, except without Internet access you will not be able to remotely view the video. The cameras will wirelessly transmit the video to the recorder and you will be able to locally view the video.
906967
Yes you can, there is built in web server but i strongly advise you get some software and set up external to camera.
1290068
Yes, will work with no internet access (obviously won't be able to remotely view feeds/recordings). You don't need a computer at all. However, if you want to view the feeds/recordings, you will need a monitor or a TV hooked up the the security DVR.
620924
Not the "LIve" feed. You can watch live feed video without the cloud. Motion captured pics are sent free to email. U do need cloud to replay captured video.
2111842
not with this one...... this one is a wired camera and can only go 60ft from home best to find a wireless camera that has an app for your computer or phone
1286706
If you want to download straight from the camera (without a computer), the only way I can think of is by putting the camera's SD card into the table and copying the files to the internal memory.With a computer, there are many different ways: you could send thought USB, Dropbox or any other sync service