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| fourtytwo42:
--- Quote from: soldar on December 29, 2023, 09:28:56 pm ---Motion detection is strictly for indoors and closed windows. Anything outdoors or through windows will trigger it. Outside light changes, car reflections, etc. --- End quote --- Not true if you have the right camera and they are set-up & positioned correctly, all my camera's are outdoors and have motion detection, it works correctly without fake triggers. If you have these problems you should check your camera for bad reviews (maybe change it for a better camera) and/or spend more time on it's location and the motion detection settings. |
| Psi:
Have a look at MotionEyeOS for recording the video streamed from all your cameras and doing any motion detection stuff. However, i don't think there is much active development in it any more. |
| soldar:
--- Quote from: fourtytwo42 on December 30, 2023, 09:33:14 am --- --- Quote from: soldar on December 29, 2023, 09:28:56 pm ---Motion detection is strictly for indoors and closed windows. Anything outdoors or through windows will trigger it. Outside light changes, car reflections, etc. --- End quote --- Not true if you have the right camera and they are set-up & positioned correctly, all my camera's are outdoors and have motion detection, it works correctly without fake triggers. If you have these problems you should check your camera for bad reviews (maybe change it for a better camera) and/or spend more time on it's location and the motion detection settings. --- End quote --- Yes, I suppose there are cameras which incorporate enough AI that they can discern humans, faces, etc. Mine are simply very cheap basic IP cameras bought on eBay. I have them recording 24/7 outside. |
| nfmax:
I'm using Annke cameras, a mixture of 5MP and 8MP low-light to cover the entrances. All wired PoE, all on a completely isolated LAN with no Internet access at all. I'm using Zyxel managed PoE switches. The recorder is Security Spy (payware) running on an M2 Mac Mini. My firewall allows this system to connect to the camera LAN, but not the other way. Security Spy does motion detection and classification, and I have configured it to record (only) appropriate motion events, configurable per camera, on the internal SSD. Recordings are deleted after a month, and the total storage used is usually around 30G - 50G. Security Spy has a companion app which I installed on my phone. This lets you live monitor cameras and review motion triggered recordings. To use it, if not at home, I connect via VPN to my router (nobody else's VPN service involved). Otherwise there is no Internet access to the Mac Mini. The M2 PRO Mac Mini has hardware video decoding and sum-of-products engines for 'artificial intelligence', and absolutely eats the workload without even burping. It draws less mains power than any NVR I looked at, and as it's my main computer as well, I could justify spending more on a higher-specced system for lower overall cost! I don't use camera motion detection or storage. Everything is powered via UPS. |
| watchmaker:
I used to have pretty much the set up you describe in your original post. If you go that way, look up BlueIris to manage the system. I needed that system because I had to protect the work that was sent to me (watch restoration), I had it set up so that if motion was detected in the building when we were away, it would send me a text with a pic and the phone number of the local precinct. I also had a license plate camera that recorded whatever came up my drive. BlueIris woked well. And is very inexpensive. The only issue is power outages. Also, make one or two outdoor cameras VERY visible. I had a high mounted driveay camera (for delivery notificaiton) that was not touchable yet very visible. I would rather prevent than catch. Now, I am planning to go with under $100 dollar solar powered game cameras that text with pics. Several hunters told me about them and I need to research them; but in the US these seem to be an excellent option. Be careful. The system can become a hobby in itself. I could never get the geofence to work correctly, but that was 4 years ago. In most cases, all you really need is something to tell you if UPS is outside, an unknown is inside, and a license plate to track them down. Might consider fire sensors; I think that is more likely than a burgle. I am convinced entry alarms for vacations are a scam. In modern construction, it is too easy to cut through a wall with a sawzall. I think they can provide a level of occupancy protection; but if I were in an area where that was a concern, I would set up the camera system to alert me at night if something was near a door or window (camera pointed directly at). Just keep the phone on the nightstand. The BEST entry protection I ever saw was an acquaintance putting a bucket of .38 casings next to his front door. No signs, no threats. Just to say "Enough said". Brilliant. |
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