Edit: ideally wifi cameras that I can solar power.

Looking to replace my Arlo cameras with something self-hostable. Arlo lets you store on a USB stick, but there’s no way to get out from under their cloud, which gets more expensive all the time.

  • @nbailey@lemmy.ca
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    211 year ago

    You can use pretty much any camera with ZoneMinder as long as it supports ONVIF or RTSP and has the right connectivity and power inputs for you. I did something similar with some cheap TP-link cameras with pretty good results. With motion activated recording, I have just shy of 12 month of recordings stored on a 500G SSD.

    https://nbailey.ca/post/nvr/

    • dev67
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      31 year ago

      How did you get 12 months onto just 500 Gb? I only have a couple weeks worth on a 1 Tb ☹️ I’m using wyze cams w/ agent i-spy. I assume I need to upgrade my compression skills here.

      • JustEnoughDucks
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        131 year ago

        Motion activated recordings.

        Continuouse, even h265 recordings, can only 2 weeks or so per terabyte.

        Motion activated means he is probably recording 30 minutes per day vs 24 hours.

        • dev67
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          11 year ago

          Ahhh that makes sense. Yea I’m on continuous.