@jabeez@lemmy.today You could use Frigate for the 'feature' set, no? frigate+HA should work very well for the use case. Rest you should be okay with something that does RTSP and feeding that to frigate/HA, no? I remember researching something about this last year, and found that Reolink IIRC offers that.
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I have Amcrest PoE cameras hooked to an Amcrest NVR for 24/7 recording and also Frigate running separately tied to Home Assistant to record clips and send notifications when people are out front/back of my house. It all works really well thus far after about a year of use.
For the cameras themselves, if you would be interested in DIY solutions and have some old spare Raspberry Pis around, you can turn them into streaming IP cameras and have some control over what camera specs and lenses you use. I can't tell you how they compare to purpose-built cameras though.
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I just checked out frigate, and I see it crutches on docker. Anything docker-free?
Zoneminder is an option.
It's been around since before containers were a thing, so fairly stable.
Not used it myself, but when I get around to needing cameras (I'm in a small house in a low crime area), then thats what I'm planning to use.
It has (had?) an integration in MythTv too, so I can see who's a the door whilst watching TV at the same time.