Mac OSX support

[DiscoveryTD5]

I just saw that Surveillance Station on a Synology NAS has now mac support. Is it the same software as QNap uses? Or can it be updated on Qnap?

[ShortArc]

+1
Would it be nice to finally have Mac support!!!

[rboerdijk]

+1 for Mac ^^

[yarser]

when?!

[mji]

I was hoping to use surveillance station as well, but so far no luck...

[tester77]

+1
The lack of mac functionality for surveillance station is a big let down. I hope this is fairly high up the 'to do' list.
It would be great to be able to copy the captured videos locally and play them in vlc instead of being forced to use alternative methods.

[rics]

+1
For Mac support !
Don't wanna fire up VM everytime to run IE in Windows for surveillance setup and play back...

[Niki1001]

+1 !!!! for MAC!! YES

[JoeJoeJoe]

+1
The lack of mac functionality for surveillance station is a big let down. I hope this is fairly high up the 'to do' list.
It would be great to be able to copy the captured videos locally and play them in vlc instead of being forced to use alternative methods.

You can do this. Look at the 'recordings' share on your NAS.

[tester77]

+1
The lack of mac functionality for surveillance station is a big let down. I hope this is fairly high up the 'to do' list.
It would be great to be able to copy the captured videos locally and play them in vlc instead of being forced to use alternative methods.

You can do this. Look at the 'recordings' share on your NAS.

Just checked again and not working for me:
(VLC is up to date at v1.1.12)
Only way possible for me is using internet explorer activeX (virtual machine or different PC)

QMP4_vlc.png

[schumaku]

Just checked again and not working for me: (VLC is up to date at v1.1.12)

Afraid, this is correct. VLC can handle the QNAP proprietary QMP4 containers - as running the Surveillance Station does install a dedicated Codec "pack" able to handle it. On a plain Windows system with VLC, this won't work, too.

[hammo]

Folks - here is some information from QNAP

Dear XXX

Thank you very much for coming to our FW 3.6 road-show event. I hope that you went home smiling after the presentation, and I apologize if you didn’t walk away with what you were looking for.

At the event, you’d like to know if you will be able to use Surveillance Station with your Mac, and the answer for the time being is no (as only IE is supported), but good news is that we currently are developing an utility that you can install on to your Mac to work with Surveillance Station on Turbo NAS, and the availability is around May. I’ll keep you updated as things develop.

Please let me know if there’s anything else I can be of any further help.

[tester77]

I also attended a recent qnap conference and heard the same thing, that in approximately 2 quarters we can expect some new surveillance features with mac support.

This is definately a welcomed step forwards however it is not a full fix. When I am at work there have been times when I would like to check the alarmed recordings. Due to security restrictions I am not able to install ActiveX components which means even from Internet Explorer (or copying from recordings folder) I will be unable to view alarmed recordings.

[BorstyPranke]

Support for iPad or iPhone?

[JDH]

Support for iPad or iPhone?

Vivotek IP camera not only can be used with the QNAP but also provides an apps (you have to pay) for iPad to view.