I like Seagate
I will say that sometimes with Seagate 'newer' does not always mean 'better'
and it may be a benefit to get matured versions of their hardware rather than whatever's latest-and-greatest
I say this because I bought a 1TB 3.0 USB external drive from them that had flimsy cable construction, and was at times unreliable if jiggled
I don't know much about security cameras but I did find one of these unused bad boys at a Goodwill for $5:
http://www.amazon.com/AXIS-Communicatio ... B005DA1114
wicked smooth and accurate, works as a game controller, I just wonder what I can use it for game-wise
Humm, but back on subject,
since I don't know about how security camera software works I will throw out a perhaps useless nugget
I would prefix the footage files with a year-month-day-hour-minute-second for where the footage begins
such as '20160420135959 SECURITYCAM 1HR - backyard1'
but there might be a better naming scheme
I just do that with all my files, so when sorted by name they are sorted chronologically; when putting a search term such as 'backyard' all the backyard footage pops up including all the footage for 'backyard1' angle and 'backyard2' angle
I like dumping everything I've collected/created into a single folder (which also has a date prefix such as '20140101 mylaptopstuff' signifying date of folder creation) and then running searches within it for more specific things (such as .mp4 or .pdf, and then all the results are sorted by what date of creation I put in their filename prefixes)
I go through this rigmarole now because with all my data strewn across various storage devices I like to know what version of the files they are, so if I find '20160420 diary' and '20140101 diary' I can worry about the 2016 one foremost and cannibalize off from the 2014 one rather than get confused on what the hell I'm doing and where to begin, if they had no date prefix
With all these unsolicited pieces of advice said I will shut up now