[plug] Semi OT: linux friendly security cameras

[Shaun Hofer]

I have looked at blue iris (windows only...) and ispy - 
https://www.ispyconnect.com/ in the past. Looks like ispy now has docker 
image that you can use. Ideally use ispy to collect all the footage 
locally (DVR) from which ever brand of camera's you get. In theory you 
could then do range of camera brands. Be careful as few camera brands 
are now randomising their connection ports, which makes things tricky 
with ispy.

-Shaun

On 15/07/2022 12:33 pm, William Kenworthy wrote:
>
> Thank you all, I'll look into it.
>
> BillK
>
>
> On 15/7/22 12:02, Kevin Shackleton wrote:
>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> Dahua cameras are essentially web servers and can store on local SD 
>> cards.  They don't actually need an internet connection.  There is a 
>> weird Windows app that initialises each camera but from there it's 
>> fairly straightforward.
>>
>> I can lend you one if you wish. (I have a trade account with a 
>> wholesaler)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kevin.
>>
>> On Fri, 15 Jul 2022 at 11:58, Bill Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi, Google isn't helping much so I am hoping someone here has
>>     expertise in this. I would like to get a security camera(s) that
>>     doesn't send everything to the cloud or china. Prefer wifi,
>>     should be 1080 resolution, can be fully accessed from Linux (I
>>     currently do not have a working windows install) and can be made
>>     compatible with homeassistant.
>>
>>     Or
>>
>>     Is something like an esp32 camera module viable/usable? I already
>>     use some esp32's for other projects and if the camera modules are
>>     suitable this might be the best solution - anyone tried this?
>>     BillK
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>>     brevity.
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