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Doorbell Camera / NVR (post Unifi) (poptalk.scrubbles.tech)

submitted 5 days ago by scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hi all, my Unifi Doorbell just died after only 4 years of service. I've been pretty disheartened with them lately, other products haven't lived up to the company's promise.

So I'm not looking to replace my networking stack yet, but I am looking for a doorbell camera. I only have the Unifi machine, but I also have an extensive docker/kubernetes stack, and mostly I want to use it with Home Assistant.

Any recommendations? Open to software, hardware, you name it. I have a few other Unifi cameras too, if they could be brought into the fold while I slowly migrate, I'd be interested. Thanks!

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[–] FunnySalt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

You don't need an NVR. The camera supports a microSD card to store footage. It also supports FTP upload.

HomeAssistant isn't required. It is supported and I do have it configured.

I have next to no recollection of how UniFi works so I can't speak to that. Mine is connected to a 2.4GHz WiFi network. IIRC that's all it supports. Might be different with newer models.

It also supports HTTP(S)/RTMP/RTSP/ONVIF streaming. Though I tend to just use the app (and I'm particular about installing apps) as I find it quite usable.