Synology improves video management with Surveillance Station 7.1 beta

The new version of this video management system offers greater performance and an improved video surveillance experience in distributed environments by having the real-time streaming protocol (RTSP), multicast support, as well as improved settings and notifications.

Surveillance Station 7.1 beta is the latest version of the video distribution system Synology offering improved performance for security environments with distributed resources.

Jaime Castro, general director of Synology Mexico, underlines that the company “is committed to developing a powerful video monitoring solution, efficient and easy to use. We have modified the mechanics and performance of Surveillance Station 7 so that businesses large and small can take advantage of a more seamless and carefully designed surveillance experience.”.

Among the new features of Surveillance Station 7.1 beta highlights RTSP support, which increases video streaming performance to provide an even smoother experience when monitoring on Surveillance Station or DS cam (for iOS devices). Besides, Developers can take advantage of RTSP support to also integrate video streaming into third-party systems.

Another new feature is multicast support., which improves bandwidth efficiency when there are numerous usage scenarios, by reducing workload and bandwidth consumption when running Surveillance Station in environments where multiple clients view video channels, so that several security personnel can monitor different workstations at the same time and live without affecting system performance.

Advanced live alerts and notifications have also been enhanced to streamline video management for large-scale surveillance deployments with hundreds of cameras.. Live View Analytics alerts are displayed on cameras that are not included in the Live View. You can also highlight events directly on an e-map, so that users can see the camera and the location of these suspicious events immediately.

Added to this is solid CMS performance and stability.. Surveillance Station 7.1 increases the speed at which recordings and event information are transferred from recording servers, thanks to the refinement of the database structure and the addition of multiple dedicated links between the main server and the recording servers. Besides, Renewed license management improves stability in CMS usage.

Also improved Onvif support provides greater flexibility, as it not only provides native integration for source recording (saving video files on the same camera) in some models, but now supports source recording on many more models thanks to Onvif Profile G. Besides, Improvements to Onvif Profile S make it easier to find and add cameras compatible with Surveillance Station with the Onvif Search option, which results in greater flexibility and easier installation of the video surveillance system.