Simple video doorbell software recommendations? (lemmy.world)

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So I'd like to have a video doorbell set up so that it communicates locally with my HA, raising an event when the button is pressed, allowing me to watch its audio and video stream live, and speak back to whoever is at the door. Ideally either from the browser or my phone, when I'm at home or not.

I don't care about motion sensing or AI or even NVR functions really. What software do I need? Should I bother going through the process of setting up Frigate or is there something simpler that would do the job?

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[-] OminousOrange@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

I have the Reolink doorbell, among a couple other Reolink cams. It integrates very nicely with HA. I have it set up for essentially what you're looking for, audio/video feed, notifications with an image attached when the bell is rung (also motion detection notification from another cam, but could do the doorbell too), and the ability to have it play quick reply messages, including custom ones.

I believe you can have the two way audio in HA as well, but I haven't explored it. The Reolink app has this functionality if I really need it, but haven't come across an instance where I needed to use it.

You should be able to do all this with just the Reolink integration.

[-] keyez@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Are you able to have it blocked or limited from the greater internet and just comm with HA or does it need that as well.

[-] ottaross@mastodon.social 2 points 2 months ago

@keyez @OminousOrange I've got the reolink doorbell cam too, but just block the WAN at the router, and unblock when I'm out of town, which is pretty rare these days. Seems to function pretty well that way.

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