Smart outdoor security cameras in SA?

xrapidx said:
How do you use yours, and what is the streaming quality like? I see you can get a 4Mb PoE dome camera for about R400... if it can be accessed over rtsp, and is reliable - I might order two or three.

I'd like constant streaming to my server to run AI on the streams for object (human) identification.




Not to worried in my case, they're on their own subnet with no internet access.
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With your subnet issue how would you remote view?
 
Don't want to start another thread.

I tried running 4 D-Link IP cameras (720p) through ZoneMinder in a docker container, it ran the server at almost 100% CPU, and the video was often corrupted.

What is a good NVR that can run off a single ethernet port, instead of one per camera? It'd be great if it also handles motion detection - instead of just constant recording.
 
Daruk said:
So this is out the window then?
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Nope - why would it be? NVR doesnt mean internet access.

On the topic though, I've noticed my cheap noname brand chinese camera is the heaviest user on the network, it tries to transmit about 12GB per day.
 
FNfal said:
AFAIK this is a Dahua board with a serous processor in it for a very good price , i have not used this before but if i was just going to run IP this is the board i would buy .
It runs H264 and H265 so it is pretty future proof .
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Might order one to play with.

Also thinking of one of the HikVision NVRs - I see they have some with "Deep Learning"
 
xrapidx said:
Might order one to play with.

Also thinking of one of the HikVision NVRs - I see they have some with "Deep Learning"
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That processor has some very nice features and if you do change cameras to H265 the transmission and storage is less than half the size of H264 .
 
xrapidx said:
Plan is to buy H265 camera's for outside.
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My DVR is a work in progress ,ATM i am running a Hybrid no H265 and just ordered another H265/H264 board ,I have about 13 cameras mix of IP ( 5 ) and the rest Hikvision and other analogue cams .
The future definitely is IP 4 meg and higher cams with AI but AI is very expensive but it is getting cheaper .
I try to stick to the cams with sony chips as they are very clear compared to other cams .
 
Yeh, my aim is 4-5Mb PoE camera's - I'm tempted to try the ones posted previously in the thread, you can get four for the price of one HikVision.

I probably need about 10 to cover externally.
 
Daruk said:
Jeepers... 12Gb is steep!
As for internet connectivity - only required for remote access.
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Since last nights 8:30pm load shedding, worst is it has a ethernet cable plugged in, and it seems to refuse to use it - trying constantly on wifi.

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The Reolink 5MP cams serve me well at home and I don't need a NVR or anything like that,just:

1.The cams with a 64gb SD card in each for motion recording.
2.POE switch connected to the internet and each cam.
3.The app on my phone/ipad/whatever device you want to access it from(could even be your android TV box I suppose).

I've setup motion zones at low sensitivity to minimize false alerts without sacrificing reliability,but that said things like lighting strikes and heavy thunderstorms do give me lots of false motion alerts for that period of time on the standalone reolink solution.

They're $50 at Amazon but I bought them cheaper last black Friday so might wanna wait for that. https://www.amazon.com/Reolink-Surveillance-Security-Detection-RLC-410-5MP/dp/B07C5JWK4K.

The night vision isn't the greatest but my yard is lit up so they work great in my situation I force them to stay on colour mode and they're very clear,also the cams with proper night vision like hikvision darkfighter 2/Dahua super starlight are minimum $130 per piece before shipping etc and they would need a dedicated NVR or a Blue Iris PC to work.I wanted something simple that I didn't have to mess with IP addresses etc at home,plug and play,affordable yet clear.


At work on an older system I do have proper Tiandy Super Starlight cameras(bought from http://www.viscon.co.za) connected to an NVR and for certain areas where I need reliable motion alerts I run those cams also of a blue iris PC.

Now for the part which may help the OP somewhat with false alerts is the sentry ai portion add on for blue iris,I'm still trialing it but so far it does seem to not alert me for silly things like birds or thunderstorms.

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Sentry AI does support facial recognition but I haven't trialed at all it since at a business there should be nobody in our premises at all after certain hours so I just need reliable alerts for people detection in certain areas.
 
Daruk said:
Do they come with SD cards? So about R1100 EA incl. delivery at current exchange rates... Still need POE switch and cable.
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Nope I bought my own 64gb SD cards from a local online retailer they were like R130 each for a decent brand.(takealot or loot using free delivery options).I cut costs where I could,total system costed me under R6500 all in including 6 x 5MP cams.

I bought a 24 port d-link server cabinet type POE switch cheap on gumtree from a company that upgraded to bigger ones (carb also has some very cheap),sd cards from loot with free delivery option,and had extra cable lying around from previous work place install but recently bought extra for future use outdoor high quality Cat 5e UV protected solid copper for R2/m on carb....

Remember the 5MP Reolink cams come down by about 30% on black Friday,that's how I shop on black Friday,when I know what I need ahead of time and use it to my advantage!
 
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A quick question for the people that use the waze cam, how much data/bandwidth does it use for the AWS uploads?
The family is considering getting cams for the grandma, after a recent incident, would be nice to know how much data what speeds the setup will require.
 
Daruk said:
Do they come with SD cards? So about R1100 EA incl. delivery at current exchange rates... Still need POE switch and cable.
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I forgot to mention the 5mp reolinks record audio too,which has actually been useful for me on one or two occasions.Actually useful for the far side of my house as when live viewing I can hear neighbours dog barking that way (his dog doesn't bark for nothing at night as we found out!)
 
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I ordered one of the Aliexpress ones posted previously, will report back when I've installed it.

Will also consider the Reolink - I need 10 camera's in total after working it out - joy of a funny shaped house.
 
Daruk said:
That is useful...
Would me nice to see a still image of day and night shot to get an idea of quality if you don't mind (PM is fine!)
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Will pull one or two later when I'm home.

It's not possible to remote live view in 5MP quality with my useless home ADSL uplink,I'm limited to "fluent" mode for remote viewing which won't show the actual footage quality.
 
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