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Remote upload from camera controllers via FTP.
Hi all
I run a company that has multiple cameras on different locations for the construction industry. I need the cameras to be able to upload the images, as they are taken, onto a server, like Dro...
Rich
Super User II
Super User II
altofocus wrote:
So in short I need multiple units to upload via FTP to Dropbox. ... What is the best way to do this?
In short, you can't with Dropbox. There is no way to directly connect to Dropbox using FTP. It's simply not a support protocol.
You can do it if you have a computer that you can leave on all the time. Just Google for "FTP to Dropbox" and you'll find guides. The short version is you'll have a computer with both Dropbox and an FTP server installed, With the FTP server configured to use a folder in the local Dropbox, anything uploaded to the FTP server would be synced by Dropbox. The computer would need to be on and logged in at all times.
Note, however, that this is not a supported use of Dropbox and you may run into issues if both the FTP server and Dropbox try accessing the same files at the same time.
