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I also set up motion masks in the areas where I do not reasonable expect a person to be, or where I'm not interested in (e.g. the road).
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I also set up motion masks in the areas where I do not reasonable expect a person to be, or where I'm not interested in (e.g. the road).
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Please can I ask what spec your PC is, and do you have to have a TPU?
Thank you in advance.
TheRoDent
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cpu:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 3737 MHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 3691 MHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 3709 MHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 3733 MHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 3733 MHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 3691 MHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 3733 MHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 3733 MHz
graphics card:
Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
sound:
Intel 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller
Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller
storage:
Intel 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode]I haven't been able to find a TPU yet, but it doesn't seem necessary with my 5 cameras.
acidrain
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The question is more what is a really good camera (which in itself is very subjective). Frigate doesn't really care about what camera you have... it supports pretty much everything
Looks pretty aweomse, first time I've come across it. How does it do Smart object detection? That's really the main feature of Frigate, although I must say, the rest of the system has come A LONG way and I was suprprised on how super useful it is these days.
I can't find the post that I was reading over the weekend, but I recall it said that Dahua, Hikvision, Amcrest were the most compatible. Reolink's cameras under 5Mpx seems to be good too.
This might help: https://docs.frigate.video/configuration/camera_specific
General advice is also to stay away from any WiFi camera.
I've personally used it mostly with Hikvision cameras, including:
- DS-2CD2025FWD-I (2Mpx)
- DS-2CD2045FWD-I (4Mpx)
- DS-2CD2021G1-I (2Mpx)
- DS-2CD2047G2H-LIU/SL (4Mpx with ColorVu)
- And also with a Ezviz Husky (2Mpx WiFi). EZVIZ is Hikvision's one consumer brand (they have a couple).
The WiFi one was put to use because I have a point on the other side of my driveway (paved) which I just couldn't get a network cable to (although there is power). It is definitely the camera that "broke" the fastest (auto-exposure stopped working and connectivity went downhill, even though it has line of sight with a UniFi Access Point).
So I replaced it with the Hikvision ColorVu one (last one in the list) and set up ethernet-over-powerline to get wired LAN connectivity with the camera. Very happy so far - the color night vision is friggin awesome and the clarity in the camera trumps all the rest (granted, it is 5 years newer).
SauRoNZA
Honorary Master
To be honest I wouldn't know as I leave that all to HomeKit to sort out.
Ah OK, so you use it more as a bridge than an NVR?
SauRoNZA
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acidrain
Executive Member
Just an update for frigate users.
0.16 is currently in beta with new features like face and License Plate recognition built in among others
0.16 is currently in beta with new features like face and License Plate recognition built in among others
Documentation for this:
- https://deploy-preview-16390--frigate-docs.netlify.app/configuration/face_recognition/
- https://deploy-preview-16390--frigate-docs.netlify.app/configuration/license_plate_recognition/
I'm definitely planning on trying these.
TheRoDent
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I've found the TP-Link Vigi cameras pretty good, if you're looking for a wired camera (which I highly recommend).
Pricing and quality is pretty good. Their PTZ cameras are also pretty amazing and actually ONVIF compliant.
Looks nice but I prefer wireless
Tinuva
The Magician
Throwing away good advice. Let us know how the wireless work out after a few months.
Just note, if you're also looking at battery operated cameras, then the chance that they work with Frigate is very low. This is because those never stream a continious stream (which would basically kill the battery). Instead they rely on a motion detector to power-up the camera out of sleep and then start recording / streaming. I don't believe Frigate supports these types of cameras.
If you're looking at powered WiFi cameras (e.g. separate power connection and using WiFi):
There's this thread: https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/discussions/7115 but even there you see it tends to gravitate towards cabled cameras.
I've used the EZVIZ cameras but do check - there's plenty of talk online that they no longer support RSTP which is the easiest way to get it to work in Frigate. They're also not the most flexible when it comes to substreams (although being Hikvision they do actually support this).
I've looked the Hikvision WiFi cameras, e.g. https://www.firstshop.co.za/product...-network-camera-ds-2cv2041g2-idw-2-8mm-324199 but ended up not buying one and going wired. The main reason for this was that I
- wanted to get away from wireless
- wanted better low-light performance (full colour image instead of infrared) and I couldn't find WiFi cameras that did this, other then the EZVIZ CX3 (Which I've seen in action and is actually quite good, but concerns about the RSTP connection remained).
You can get wireless to work, but you will generally need to make sure that
- it is a somewhat professional camera - many WiFi cameras are not (the Wyze cams, for example).
- you will need to make sure that your WiFi access point have a good connection to the camera. If you have one access point in the middle of your house, it is likely NOT going to work.
- I have only tested this with one camera (while the rest were IP). I don't know how well it will work with multiples.
Tinuva
The Magician
There were 2 wifi cameras when I moved in to my current house.
Thought, brilliant, set up account, connected them to my wifi.
Some months later, had to remove them from wifi. It is ezviz cameras, they did have power wired in to them. But the continuous streaming over wifi, made the wifi performance for other devices horrible, Not only that, when certain important events happened, the wifi would do a hiccup and the even recording is thus missed.
My wifi is actually decent, have 3x Unifi AC LR aps and 2x Unifi AC lite Aps. So plenty of wifi APs around the house.
Still, the cameras had to be removed from wifi. Once I did, wifi stabilized, everything else on it became happy, and the cameras over PoE network cables performed solid.
Definitely rethink your plan, wired is the way to go. If you want to depend on the cameras to be able to visually see what is going on, or have a recording that actually recorded after the fact, there is just no way that wifi is stable enough.
Thought, brilliant, set up account, connected them to my wifi.
Some months later, had to remove them from wifi. It is ezviz cameras, they did have power wired in to them. But the continuous streaming over wifi, made the wifi performance for other devices horrible, Not only that, when certain important events happened, the wifi would do a hiccup and the even recording is thus missed.
My wifi is actually decent, have 3x Unifi AC LR aps and 2x Unifi AC lite Aps. So plenty of wifi APs around the house.
Still, the cameras had to be removed from wifi. Once I did, wifi stabilized, everything else on it became happy, and the cameras over PoE network cables performed solid.
Definitely rethink your plan, wired is the way to go. If you want to depend on the cameras to be able to visually see what is going on, or have a recording that actually recorded after the fact, there is just no way that wifi is stable enough.
It is a pain, make no mistake. But for the most part, it should be a once-off. And since you have to lay power to each camera in any case, I'd say this isn't that much worse.
I'll happily share some of the installation things I did at my place when I did it (when I'm home).
It isn't hard to create network cables yourself, though, if you haven't done it before. Definitely invest in a good crimper and a cheap network testing tool. I did cat6 cables on my system (a colleague went Cat 7 and that is COMPLETELY OVERKILL and much harder to crimp too).
Like I said earlier, you could try ethernet over powerline, but just be aware that you're going to need a Ethernet over powerline "adapter" at each camera or close enough, and then you're going to have to wire up some cables too. And generally these doesn't like going across multi-adapters or even across DBs. I could only just get it going on the powerline connection I used for my latest camera and getting both the 12v adapter and the Ethernet-over-powerline adapter into the junction box was a bit of a mission. I still had to get an ethernet cable at the other point in my garage back to my study where the PC with frigate sits.