How to view Amcrest FTP footage without a NAS
Your Amcrest camera (IP8M-2483EW, IP8M-2496EW, ProHD IP2M-841 and others) uploads videos and images to an FTP folder. That folder fills up with timestamped files and there's no good way to browse them: no thumbnails, no search, no alerts. You end up logging into an FTP client every time you want to check what happened.
What Lunetta does
A beautiful dashboard
Every recording shows up as a thumbnail. Scroll through your footage instantly. No FTP client needed.
Instant alerts
Get a Telegram message with a photo or video clip the moment new footage is detected.
How Amcrest names its files
Amcrest uses the YYYY-MM-DD/CH/jpg/HH/MM format. Lunetta reads this format natively and uses it to set the correct event timestamp.
For Amcrest, the timestamp is read from the folder path when the filename alone doesn't contain a time.
# Example FTP folder structure
2026-06-04/001/jpg/14/30/
└── 001_0_20260604143000.jpg
└── 001_0_20260604142800.jpg
Up and running in minutes
Point your Amcrest FTP setting to your server
In your Amcrest app, go to FTP settings and enter your server's hostname, credentials, and the target folder.
Install Lunetta on that server
Download the zip, upload it to your server, and visit the URL. The installer guides you through the rest in about 5 minutes.
Watch footage appear automatically
Lunetta scans the FTP folder on a schedule. New events automatically show up. Telegram alerts fire as soon as footage is detected.
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