cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/172853
I’d like to set up three or four cameras on the exterior of my house, but I’m not sure where to start with this project. Ideally, these cameras would get power over Ethernet and record to a hard drive in my house that I could access remotely with a decent user interface. If the system could notify me when movement is detected that would be ideal as well. I don’t like the idea of using a Google, Amazon, or similar product because I don’t want to pay a subscription and I want to have control of the footage. What are you using that more or less accomplishes what I’ve described?
I’m not surveilling myself. But if I were to do it, I’d probably use Frigate. And some camera that doesn’t talk to the cloud. These projects (or the Home Assistant community) probably have some recommendations for specific cameras.
Frigate + Amcrest PoE cameras (blocked from internet) + Unraid + a cheap Coral TPU. Can run everything in docker, or HA’s ready to go VM image.