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Connect the Xiaomi Yi Ants Cam to your Synology Surveillance Station

1) Ensure the current firmware of your cam allows you to see the steam without authentication. You can check this using vlc and connecting to rtsp://192.168.1.128:554/ch0_0.h264 If you are able to see the stream, you can go to the next point. Otherwise you have to downgrade the firmware of your cam : Simply place this file on the root of an SD card, insert the SD card in the cam and reset it (a reboot may be sufficient) 2) Create the following file on your synology using putty /volumeX/@appstore/SurveillanceStation/device_pack/camera_support/Xiaomi.conf with this content: [Xiaomi*Ants] api = custom resolution_h264 = 1280x720 default_resolution_h264 = 1280x720 fps_h264_640x480 = 5,10,15,20,25,30 fps_h264_1280x720 = 5,10,15,20,25,30 default_fps_h264_1280x720 = 10 default_image-quality = 5 h264 = rtsp mpeg4 = rtsp mjpeg = rtsp motion = h264,mpeg4,mjpeg motion_param = sensitivity,threshold rtsp_keepalive = none rtsp_protocol = auto,udp,tcp 3) In the surveillanc

Synology : Fix double-factor authentication issue linked to time desynchronization

It could be linked to the fact that your synology is not time-synchronized anymore. Connect through ssh and execute the following command : ntpdate -u pool.ntp.org the -u switch allow to use another port if the ntp deamon is already running.