Synology LiveCam

Synology Inc.

About this app

You must own a Synology NAS or NVR to run this app, and be running the latest Surveillance Station 8.2 to get the complete set of features.

Synology LiveCam requires a Synology Surveillance Device License to operate. To purchase more licenses, please contact our authorized distributors at your location.

With Synology LiveCam, you can turn your mobile device into an IP camera and pair it with Surveillance Station. This not only allows you to view live streaming, recordings, and snapshots on both Surveillance Station and your mobile device, you can also download and store the files locally for saving and viewing.

Ratings and reviews

I've tried many IP cameras, configuring them, syncing then up with different surveillance software, etc. I was blown away by the simplicity of live cam. Install in your old phone, set the sensitivity and your done! Synology takes care of the rest: adding the new camera, storing the video feed, and it just worked! No lengthy setup, trial and error, just seamless. Of course, the two free camera limit remains, but now that it works so well, it might be worth the effort expanding the license. Great job!

There is an app lock, but it's not possible to lock either the device or the app while recording. This means that anyone who enters the recording area can just pick up the phone, stop the camera, and delete all the recording from the NAS. And the screen stays on all the time, so, beside making the phone very hot, even at the lowest luminosity, you notice it immediately in the dark. This is just insane and makes the app completely useless.

Great first impression! I didn't even know this tool existed. Just stumbled upon it while installing other Synology tools on my new phone. The only annoying thing so far is that the picture on my phone flips upside-down as soon as I start recording. On the NAS the picture stays like it is but on my phone it is always rotated while filming. It flips back to normal when I stop recording. Quite weird.

What’s new

Important Note
1. To improve device performance, video streaming in vertical view is no longer supported after this update.
Fixed Issues
1. Minor bug fixed.