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submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Not sure if there’s a better community to ask this, but I’m trying to find a good quality non-cloud-based IP camera that I can feed into a standardized video recording software over a network. Ideally, it would be Wi-Fi capable as well.

Everywhere I’ve looked, they all reach out to a third-party and go through an app or are through junction box and are analog-based.

Does anyone know if an option like this exists?

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Of course. Get hikvision. Or Annke, which is a oem reseller and a bit cheaper. No cloud required, you get a proper web interface for configuration and two (configurable) rtsp streams.

If you want to be 100% sure they can not phone home, get a managed switch and put them on a separate vlan together with your nvr.

And please don’t go the wifi route. It’s just crap for video surveillance. Get some cameras with Ethernet and POE, that way it’s still just one cable, but no more dropped frames.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I got generic reolink ipcams and put them on their own VLAN, then put firewall rules on my router to block them but let my NVR through. I plugged them all into an unmanaged POE switch which then goes up to my managed switch which handles the VLANs

The cameras have ONVIF/RTSP so it'll work with BlueIris or other NVR software

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Might be easiest to hack it together yourself with an rpi and a camera? Seriously, I don't think you can really trust any manufacturer of an Internet (wifi) capable camera device to not try to gather sweet sweet data.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yes, that is what I did. It's kinda cheap, upgradable, and very configurable.

I have even a few ESP32-CAMs. They cost like 2 or 3 moneys (with shipping).

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

You want Reolink cameras.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

4 years later and I'm still super happy about my 4K PoE Amcrest cameras. This is the brand I would recommend!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There is openipc which is an alternative firmware for cameras with a specific chipset; fully open source but finding the right cameras is as rare as finding gold; it would be a great choice though; fuck i miss wyze cam v2s.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm talking about the hardware, since it could be se easily hacked

this post was submitted on 17 May 2024
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