liukuohao Posted June 16, 2014 #1 Posted June 16, 2014 Hi All, First of all thank you guys for creating XPEnology. Here comes a silly question, I know Synology is a headless NAS (without monitor) Is it possible......(wishful thinking) 1) To Install a separate dedicated GPU card on the working mortherboard. 2) Hook up a LCD/LED monitor and output the graphical DSM GUI on the monitor. The purpose of this silly idea to to run Synology Surveillance Station app. Having a monitor hook up, then you can do live monitoring on your surveillance cameras As well as doing some playback viewing using XPEnology working PC If this is possible, then I can do live monitoring directly from XPEnology working PC without having to use my laptop connecting to the LAN switch and run Synology Assistant on the browser and finally run Surveillance Station. Thank you.
Schnapps Posted June 16, 2014 #2 Posted June 16, 2014 Nope, it's not working. On the monitor attached to the xpenology box you would see only the linux console and that's all
liukuohao Posted June 16, 2014 Author #3 Posted June 16, 2014 Nope, it's not working. On the monitor attached to the xpenology box you would see only the linux console and that's all Ok, then, I was hoping someone may have a classic hack on what I wanted, but I least I tried By the way, has anyone in forum use Synology Surveillance Station successfully on XPEnology? Any issue arising? Care to share your experience or any shortcoming that I need to know?
Schnapps Posted June 16, 2014 #4 Posted June 16, 2014 I have one camera. Quite old but working. I find it quite useful to see who messes with my car as it's pointed straight to it. Besides the fact the camera is quite old, it's working.
ElGato Posted June 16, 2014 #5 Posted June 16, 2014 Just started to use it with 2 HikVision cameras. Works fairly well on local LAN, even over wi-fi. In fact prefer it over BlueIris which gets recommended a lot. If you enable web station you can go directly to Surveillance station. From my limited experience so far would suggest it is fairly limited compared to the likes of BlueIris but it really depends on your requirements. For monitoring and recording it does the job. Not sure about hooking up a monitor directly to the NAS box. But like I say I use mine via laptop over wi-fi.
ccris Posted June 17, 2014 #6 Posted June 17, 2014 Would it be possible to install Linux or Windows and run XPEnology over it (in Virtual machine) or directly with VMware ESXi and then see the DSM interface in the OS installed on the same nas?
Nindustries Posted June 17, 2014 #7 Posted June 17, 2014 No, it isn't built that way. I can only offer DSM over the network. Those are webpages, not a desktop interface. Just access it over the network, it's built that way. You can put a raspberry pi or whatever behind your monitor and open up a browser, that way you don't actually 'see' your device and you can still use your laptop.
liukuohao Posted June 17, 2014 Author #8 Posted June 17, 2014 No, it isn't built that way. I can only offer DSM over the network. Those are webpages, not a desktop interface.Just access it over the network, it's built that way. You can put a raspberry pi or whatever behind your monitor and open up a browser, that way you don't actually 'see' your device and you can still use your laptop. Yeah, that's what I thought, buy a cheap a raspberry Pi, may work. But I wonder if a raspberry Pi has the processing power to output, say 8 channels of surveillance camera on live viewing?
Schnapps Posted June 17, 2014 #9 Posted June 17, 2014 Or... Windows Server 2012 R2 with Hyper-V role and the NAS acting as VM. Fairly complicated, but working from the same device. Still, i guess the hardware should not be entry level and a bit more powerful than what DSM needs Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
panteraboy Posted May 22, 2016 #10 Posted May 22, 2016 Great idea. Now Synology has NVR with HDMI output
cstout Posted May 22, 2016 #11 Posted May 22, 2016 Nindustries wrote:No, it isn't built that way. I can only offer DSM over the network. Those are webpages, not a desktop interface. Just access it over the network, it's built that way. You can put a raspberry pi or whatever behind your monitor and open up a browser, that way you don't actually 'see' your device and you can still use your laptop. Yeah, that's what I thought, buy a cheap a raspberry Pi, may work. But I wonder if a raspberry Pi has the processing power to output, say 8 channels of surveillance camera on live viewing? I actually really like this idea and have added it to my to-do list. The RaspberryPi should have enough processing power to view the cameras fine. I've got three bare metal boxes running SS at each site and between 2-4 cameras on each recording 3MP @ 20fps without any issue. Been recording rock solid for several years now. Very impressed. Posted via Xpenology.us
cstout Posted May 22, 2016 #12 Posted May 22, 2016 Great idea.Now Synology has NVR with HDMI output I imagine this is because the NVR's are running a different build of DSM.
cstout Posted May 22, 2016 #13 Posted May 22, 2016 I just did some quick research and testing in a few of my VM's and sadly, Synology's Linux support is barebones and hardly functional. Might be better off buying a cheaper micro pc that runs a more supported OS for full featured live-viewing and playback.
pmcnano Posted May 23, 2016 #14 Posted May 23, 2016 Viewing the surveillance station is CPU demanding. I have tried in some basic computers and it doesn't do the work. I currently have an i7 Brix and thats the only way to keep up with 4 HD cameras.
brantje Posted May 23, 2016 #15 Posted May 23, 2016 Syno's NVR's are optimized for recording purpose so, my guess is that they put in a powerfull processor (like I5 or higher) Posted via Xpenology.us
panteraboy Posted May 23, 2016 #16 Posted May 23, 2016 Hardware Specifications CPU CPU Model Embedded NVR SoC CPU Architecture 32-bit CPU Frequency Dual Core 1.0 GHz Memory System Memory 1 GB DDR3 Storage Drive Bay(s) 2 Maximum Drive Bays with Expansion Unit 7 Compatible Drive Type (See all supported drives) 3.5" SATA III / SATA II HDD 2.5" SATA III / SATA II HDD Maximum Internal Raw Capacity 16 TB (8 TB HDD x 2) (Capacity may vary by RAID types) Maximum Raw Capacity with Expansion Units 56 TB (8 TB HDD x 7) (Capacity may vary by RAID types) Maximum Single Volume Size 16 TB
panteraboy Posted May 24, 2016 #17 Posted May 24, 2016 The biggest resource eat plugin survilance station. probably managed to eliminte this plugin, If this could be done in Xpenology would be great
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