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?

  • AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    I have a Reolink PoE camera. It works fine. As far as I can tell, it only uses the internet to check for updates and set the time, but I have it blocked off anyway. Home Assistant was actually causing it to check for updates, too, so that got disabled.
    I don’t record, so I can’t help you there.
    I will say that is a pain to get Home Assistant to display real-time video instead of a slide show.

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        7 hours ago

        Eh? Shouldn’t it be real time already?

        this is my configuration:

          - camera_view: live
            type: picture-glance
            entities: []
            camera_image: camera.cam_profile000_mainstream
            tap_action:
              action: none
        

        I am using ONVIF integration for the camera.

        Mine even play audio