[olug] Home monitoring options

[Joel B]

It's not always easy to maintain or initially configure, but I've been a user and big fan of ZoneMinder for many years.

My current go-to cameras are inexpensive Amcrest cameras and I use ONVIF triggers to offload motion detection to the cameras (saves a ton of CPU). I understand the development version has better support for this.

ZM has worked with just about every camera I have thrown at it. I even have some "fake" cameras that are locally created jpegs showing things like room temperature (imagemagick fun)

On November 17, 2023 4:14:41 PM CST, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
>I'll make this quick. :-)
>
>I would like to put in something that is simple to maintain like ab Amazon
>Ring doorbell camera, or a security camera monitor in my house.
>
>Balancing the "Big Brother" security concerns with the need to meet a
>"Spousal Acceptance Factor" level, I'm not 100% against Amazon or Google
>options, and I like some of their integrations with other home automation
>tools.
>
>If there's a simple to set up and low maintenance open source option with
>local control over the videos, I'd be tempted to go that route.
>
>I need to check out the system that Jeff Geerling has mentioned on his
>channel, but anyone else have other suggestions?
>
>DanL
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