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Looking for a relatively cheap camera system (piefed.social)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Hello selfhosters!

I have what is hopefully a simple ask. I am looking for some outdoor cameras for my sister, who is not at all tech savvy. I am, to an extent, and I'd like to get her set up with a small, remotely-manageable system to view and record the outside of her home. I'd wager there's a plethora of selfhost software that can be run on a number of systems (I'm thinking something cheap like a Raspberry Pi), to connect to an external HDD for camera storage.

I'm also looking for camera suggestions for this purpose. Wi-Fi cameras are ideal, since we don't have the means to run ethernet for PoE.

Thank you for your time, and I hope you all have a wonderful week :)

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[–] 40 points 1 year ago* (10 children)

Commenting so I can remember to check back for any suggestions. I've basically run into this problem:

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    Look into Wyze cameras and Thingino firmware. I just found out about the latter, went ahead and bought a Wyze Cam v3 and flashed it with Thingino. Works well in HA. Haven't started on Frigate yet, but that's in the works now, too.

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    If another kind soul comes through with a good suggestion, I'll try to remember to tag you! There's got to be something out there.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    Anything that can be flashed with Thingino firmware. Give that a shot.

    I have no ties to this project - I just think it's really cool.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    If this does what it says it'll do, this is ABSOLUTELY the answer

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Well, there was supposed to be the new PineCam from Pine64, but apparently it was never released?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I think I'm just gonna get some Pi Zeros + cameras and just roll my own. Probably use the NoIR versions and some cheap IR illuminators. Feed those into Zoneminder.

    Bonus points if I can find some old CCTV cameras, gut them, and fit the pi camera to those optics.

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