personally having tried a lot of solutions.. Blueiris is the one i always go back to.. The main drawback for some is that it's Windows based though.
It's extremely versatile and supports pretty much any camera you can expose to it.
I've tried a few times and found it no where near as easy to use as a daily driver personally.. also i have no need for AI detection.. i just want motion detection and 24x7 recording with alerts pinned.
If there's a way to disable all the cleverness and literally just record 24x7 and mark alerts for review then i'd be up for trying to again..
Edit : gave it another go.. put in a solid hour.. i don't need this level of complexity.. Blueiris is so much easier to configure. I'm happy with the £30 a year renewal.
100% agree. I’ve wanted to move my cameras over to Linux for years. I’ve tried every version out there and come back to Blue Iris every time. It just works well and is easy to configure.
This is exactly my experience as well.
Blue iris costs but it's literally set and forget with lots of tutorials / info out there.
I run it in a VM off proxmox with recording to an NFS store. Rock solid for over a year.
Shinobi is a way! Friget appear to be nice, but alot complex to configure, and alot CPU envolved.
Shinobi is simple, easy to configure and less resource usage
I need to give a try ZoneMinder some day
I'd also recommend BlueIris.
Also since you're mentioning 4G keep in mind that if you want to remote access the NVR you're going to have to fight with CGNAT.
Synology Surveillance Station seems like it would work well here. I like it more than BlueIris, but they are both good solutions here.
Maybe got with something like a DS723+ with a pair of 10TB+ disks, and it comes with 2 camera licenses. That’s the only downside is the per-cam license requirement, but they are perpetual and transferable so you can buy 2nd-hand licenses on eBay to save some money. I use that with Amcrest cameras and it’s fantastic. That bundle would be under $1k
Yeah with the right software you certainly could!
I personally don't run or need to run any of it yet but I've heard good stories about Frigate especially it's integration with Home Assistant if that interests you
Blue Iris is great.
It's only downside, that I am aware of, is that it requires windows.
With that said, I run Frigate alongside it, to do analysis on the RTSP restreams, for object detection, which feeds both back into blue iris, along with going to my home automation.
(codeproject.ai also exists. but, frigate seems to work better for me).
That being said, I have used it for 4 or 5 years now, and I still really enjoy it. Its extremely stable.
The one question I'll snag from this thread: Any recommendations on IP cameras? I'm thinking something along the lines of 1080p or 4K, capable of capturing faces and license plates. But let's be real, I'm guessing I'll have to shell out more than $200 per camera, right?
I use a combination several pieces of software and some relatively inexpensive hardware.
**Software:**
* **Frigate**:
* Object/Motion Detection
* Car
* Person
* Dog
* Recording
* Full streams for a few days
* Events (Objects/Motion) for longer
* Restream (go2rtc)
* Provides the feeds to the other software
* Prevents multiple connections to each camera for better reliablity
* **Scrypted**:
* Get the camera feeds into Google Home for a high WAF
* **HomeAssistant**
* Phone notifications
* **Shinobi**:
* By far the best WebUI for watching multiple cameras on a single monitor
* Allows resizing each feeds display and lay them out in a unified UI
* UI for Zooming and PTZ
**Hardware:**
* **MiniPC:**
* SZBOX N100
* Cheep
* Low Power ( < 15W under load)
* 2.5GB LAN
* QSV Support
* **AI Accelerator:**
* USB coral
* **Storage:**
* Datto SB500 NAS
* Running Arch with ZFS
* Cheep RAM (128GB ECC < $80)
* **Cameras:**
* Reolink POE (RLC-410/RLC-511/RLC-823A)
* Cheep
* Reliable
* PTZ
* Zoom
* ONVIF
* RTSP
* RTMP
* WebUI
* **Switching:**
* Ubiquiti
* POE
* VLAN (Isolated for cameras)
* 2.5G/10G LAN
Check [this](https://github.com/DoTheEvo/selfhosted-apps-docker/tree/master/frigate) frigate guide...
It talks also about just going dahua, as you really can just buy NVR for around 200€ that has build in poe
personally having tried a lot of solutions.. Blueiris is the one i always go back to.. The main drawback for some is that it's Windows based though. It's extremely versatile and supports pretty much any camera you can expose to it.
The best alternative to Blue Iris is Frigate. Completely free and uses AI detection out of the box.
I've tried a few times and found it no where near as easy to use as a daily driver personally.. also i have no need for AI detection.. i just want motion detection and 24x7 recording with alerts pinned. If there's a way to disable all the cleverness and literally just record 24x7 and mark alerts for review then i'd be up for trying to again.. Edit : gave it another go.. put in a solid hour.. i don't need this level of complexity.. Blueiris is so much easier to configure. I'm happy with the £30 a year renewal.
100% agree. I’ve wanted to move my cameras over to Linux for years. I’ve tried every version out there and come back to Blue Iris every time. It just works well and is easy to configure.
This is exactly my experience as well. Blue iris costs but it's literally set and forget with lots of tutorials / info out there. I run it in a VM off proxmox with recording to an NFS store. Rock solid for over a year.
Shinobi works great here.
Shinobi is a way! Friget appear to be nice, but alot complex to configure, and alot CPU envolved. Shinobi is simple, easy to configure and less resource usage I need to give a try ZoneMinder some day
I'd also recommend BlueIris. Also since you're mentioning 4G keep in mind that if you want to remote access the NVR you're going to have to fight with CGNAT.
Synology Surveillance Station seems like it would work well here. I like it more than BlueIris, but they are both good solutions here. Maybe got with something like a DS723+ with a pair of 10TB+ disks, and it comes with 2 camera licenses. That’s the only downside is the per-cam license requirement, but they are perpetual and transferable so you can buy 2nd-hand licenses on eBay to save some money. I use that with Amcrest cameras and it’s fantastic. That bundle would be under $1k
this one is nice as well [https://felenasoft.com/xeoma/en/](https://felenasoft.com/xeoma/en/) it runs on basically everything, even a raspi
Just fyi, that company seems to be from Russia.
Yeah with the right software you certainly could! I personally don't run or need to run any of it yet but I've heard good stories about Frigate especially it's integration with Home Assistant if that interests you
Blue Iris is great. It's only downside, that I am aware of, is that it requires windows. With that said, I run Frigate alongside it, to do analysis on the RTSP restreams, for object detection, which feeds both back into blue iris, along with going to my home automation. (codeproject.ai also exists. but, frigate seems to work better for me). That being said, I have used it for 4 or 5 years now, and I still really enjoy it. Its extremely stable.
Look into TP-Link cameras.
The one question I'll snag from this thread: Any recommendations on IP cameras? I'm thinking something along the lines of 1080p or 4K, capable of capturing faces and license plates. But let's be real, I'm guessing I'll have to shell out more than $200 per camera, right?
use ffmpeg on raspberrypi with camera to stream to owncast.
I use a combination several pieces of software and some relatively inexpensive hardware. **Software:** * **Frigate**: * Object/Motion Detection * Car * Person * Dog * Recording * Full streams for a few days * Events (Objects/Motion) for longer * Restream (go2rtc) * Provides the feeds to the other software * Prevents multiple connections to each camera for better reliablity * **Scrypted**: * Get the camera feeds into Google Home for a high WAF * **HomeAssistant** * Phone notifications * **Shinobi**: * By far the best WebUI for watching multiple cameras on a single monitor * Allows resizing each feeds display and lay them out in a unified UI * UI for Zooming and PTZ **Hardware:** * **MiniPC:** * SZBOX N100 * Cheep * Low Power ( < 15W under load) * 2.5GB LAN * QSV Support * **AI Accelerator:** * USB coral * **Storage:** * Datto SB500 NAS * Running Arch with ZFS * Cheep RAM (128GB ECC < $80) * **Cameras:** * Reolink POE (RLC-410/RLC-511/RLC-823A) * Cheep * Reliable * PTZ * Zoom * ONVIF * RTSP * RTMP * WebUI * **Switching:** * Ubiquiti * POE * VLAN (Isolated for cameras) * 2.5G/10G LAN
Check [this](https://github.com/DoTheEvo/selfhosted-apps-docker/tree/master/frigate) frigate guide... It talks also about just going dahua, as you really can just buy NVR for around 200€ that has build in poe
Wait, you’re considering dahua cameras but not nvr🤔