Previously asked 2 years ago.

What are folks using these days? Reolink seemed to be a popular choice 2 years ago. I’ll start looking here.

I’ve been using Eufy (yeah, I know). Apparently, Eufy has a way to transfer clips to a NAS via RTSP. However, I’ve been seeing users complain that the transferred clips end up with degraded quality. Not great. De-great-ed.

My home server has plenty of space on it, so it would be cool if I could save clips (or all the video footage?) directly to my ZFS pool.

What do folks’ security camera setup look like?

  • wolre@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    18 hours ago

    I went with Frigate, and based on the maintainer’s recommendations and on what was actually available in Europe, I went with one of the Hikvision models.

    Just make sure to completely isolate them from the internet as there are some serious privacy concerns about using them online.

    • paequ2@lemmy.todayOPEnglish
      1·
      12 hours ago

      Oh! Interesting! The maintainer doesn’t have Reolink in their recommendations. (Although… the affiliate link stuff kinda muddies the water…)

      I recommend Dahua, Hikvision, and Amcrest in that order.

      Here are some of the cameras I recommend:

      • Loryta(Dahua) IPC-T549M-ALED-S3 (affiliate link)
      • Loryta(Dahua) IPC-T54IR-AS (affiliate link)
      • Amcrest IP5M-T1179EW-AI-V3 (affiliate link)
      • HIKVISION DS-2CD2387G2P-LSU/SL ColorVu 8MP Panoramic Turret IP Camera (affiliate link)

      There is a suggested Reolink setup mentioned though: https://docs.frigate.video/configuration/camera_specific/#reolink-cameras

      Reolink has many different camera models with inconsistently supported features and behavior.

      Also, dang.

      WiFi cameras are not recommended as their streams are less reliable and cause connection loss and/or lost video data, especially when more than a few WiFi cameras will be used at the same time.

      Are most folks using wired cameras? 😬 That seems non-trivial to wire up cameras all over…