Love my 1130, records AVI files directly to my NAS no problems. Picked up the new 932L. Was aware that id have to configure it with the d-viewcam software instead of the web interface as someone was apparently too lazy to re-add the Recording tab. Anyhow...
In settings under general, location, it defaults to C:\program files (x86)\d-link\d-viewcam . I delete that and navigate to my \\qnap\camera2 share I had setup. What does the software do? It sets the path as follows:
C:\program files (x86)\d-link\d-viewcam\qnap\camera2
So.... save directly to NAS eh guys? I dont think so. Much fooling around later I found out that if I map a network drive to the NAS share first, and point to that in the software, it will work. Great! Then much to my amazement I notice that its recording as .DAT instead of .AVI . Enough messing around, time to call D-link support.
I am told by support that it always saves as .DAT, and that I have to use the software to CONVERT what I want back to .AVI . Furthermore, they couldnt figure out why I cannot specify a direct path to the NAS device and was told to wait for the next version of the d-viewcam software which will appear who knows when. And the last kicker.... it seems that the d-viewcam software has to continue to run on a PC on my network to actually process the recordings. As soon as I shut the software down it ceases to record.
Sigh.
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Topic: 932L: Record to NAS? What a nightmare (Read 11179 times)