Hey all I’m looking for recommendations for a video doorbell that doesn’t need an internet connection.

Preferably something that is WiFi and would work with Frigate?

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

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    HA Home Assistant automation software
    ~ High Availability
    IP Internet Protocol
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    NVR Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV)
    PoE Power over Ethernet

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  • enbyecho@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    In my experience pretty much all IP cameras phone home in some way at some point, so yeah, you are best off putting them on a separate VLAN and routing appropriately.

    The only brand I’ve had a good experience with is Reolink. I don’t think the quality is appreciably different than a brand like Hikvision and the firmware and support is vastly superior.

    Edit: Some good info on using Reolink cameras with Frigate. I use Blue Iris but would vastly prefer OSS.

  • smeeps@lemmy.mtate.me.ukEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Reolink doorbell is great. Comes in a WiFi or PoE configuration. Can be used with their app with a local NVR, or used as an IP cam into your own NVR.

      • vext01@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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        7 months ago

        When using reolink in a self-hosted setting:

        • how do you get notifications of someone at the door?
        • can you use the android app still?
        • how do you securely store video on your server? They say they support ftps, but I have no idea how hard that is to set up. Shame they don’t support sftp.

        Thanks

        • voicesarefree@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          7 months ago

          I bought one of their NVRs, so that currently stores recordings. I have yet to figure out how (or if) I want to integrate with my NAS or other (tbd) home automation.

          I get push notifications on my phone and watch by having the Reolink app installed.

    • bjvanst@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Can the Reolink doorbell leverage your existing chime? Or do you need to use the plug-in chime that it comes with?