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Cams, anyone? (lemmy.today)

submitted 7 months ago by jabeez@lemmy.today to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hey all, just wondering if anyone has any good self-hosted security cam recs? Have plenty of space and server options, and next big thing on my list is to get rid of my battery cloud cams. They have worked well enough I guess for a few years, but really pretty slow and limited, wondering if anyone has experience with any self-hosted solutions, preferably with similar features ie: motion detection, app/webapp, maybe battery op?

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[–] paequ2@lemmy.today 30 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Frigate + Reolink (or actually Frigate-approved cams)

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Amcrest seems to be the cheapest and I have good experience with them and Frigate

[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Used them before, but you have to be kinda careful with Amcrest, every once in awhile they throw one out that is especially shitty to self host.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 1 points 7 months ago

This is a good point, I actually made that mistake once! It required their app to setup.

[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My amcrest cameras have been good, but hikvision has been even better. They're sneaky though so make sure they're on an isolated vlan.

[–] amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I have 3 imou dahua chinesium wifi cameras which are working nicely. They would be even better if I could get some cable to them. I think the most important aspect is the onvif protocol, then the encoding should be standard h264 no other bullshit, then cable if possible.

I love frigate so much!

[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

That's what I like about the hiks I have. They are configurable from the web browser. Some of my amcrest I had to bang an API over curl to keep the time zone set