[PLUG] Suggestions please for a outdoor camera
Ted Mittelstaedt
tedm at portlandia-it.com
Mon Oct 14 17:53:37 UTC 2024
I also have a Reolink on my house it's the 820 model I believe.
You don't need the reolink software, the camera has a webinterface on it and that's all you need to configure it.
I run it to Zoneminder. It came in tremendous assistance to my neighbor when her rental car was sideswiped at midnight and I caught it on the camera.
Ted
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From: PLUG <plug-bounces at lists.pdxlinux.org> On Behalf Of King Beowulf
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Subject: Re: [PLUG] Suggestions please for a outdoor camera
On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 6:54 AM, Michael Ewan <[michaelewan15 at gmail.com](mailto:On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 6:54 AM, Michael Ewan <<a href=)> wrote:
> I am looking for a cheap wireless camera, but not one that sends
> anything at all to an upstream provider, just something with motion
> detect that I can capture video to a local server.
I’ve had pretty good luck with a pair of Reolink RLC-520A PoE outdoor cameras. they have both a low and a high resolution video streams. They have various features built in that I don’t use. I just capture with ffmpeg or you can use Zoneminder etc.
if routing cable is not possible, there are wi-fi versions. Some capture onto SD drive.
the reolink software is windows only but works well in WINE for initial setup. I then set my router to fixed IP reservation and block the cameras from the internet.
-Ed
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