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Previously asked 2 years ago.

What are folks using these days? Reolink seemed to be a popular choice 2 years ago. I'll start looking here.

I've been using Eufy (yeah, I know). Apparently, Eufy has a way to transfer clips to a NAS via RTSP. However, I've been seeing users complain that the transferred clips end up with degraded quality. Not great. De-great-ed.

My home server has plenty of space on it, so it would be cool if I could save clips (or all the video footage?) directly to my ZFS pool.

What do folks' security camera setup look like?

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[–] lpinfinity@retrolemmy.com 5 points 10 months ago

+1 for Unifi Protect. Their hardware may be a bit pricey, but it doesn't require any cloud/Internet connection and the app/interface is excellent.

I haven't tried the 3rd party cam support, but I don't think the price for the cameras is too outlandish for what they are and how well they're built.

Iirc the Unifi Protect software can be self-hosted now too.