GHenry Posted September 8 Posted September 8 What video surveillance cameras do you suggest for use with eisy/HomeKit (planning ahead…)? I believe one requirement is RTSP support, right? I asked my AI for a list of video surveillance cameras that support RTSP. Trusting AI (not!), I’m asking the forum for suggestions. AI gave me the following list; is it on-point, or off the mark? Reolink RLC-810A Reolink RLC-811WA Topodome RTSP WiFi Bullet Camera Topodome 940nm RTSP PTZ Camera Alptop 8MP 4K PTZ IP PoE Dome Camera SV3C PTZ Outdoor WiFi Camera ZOSI 4K PoE Security IP Camera Amcrest cameras UniFi cameras Any suggestions welcome; thanks in advance!
Athlon Posted September 9 Posted September 9 I'm using 3 Reolink E1 Outdoor Pros and their wired doorbell with Blue Iris (NVR software). I can also view all 4 cams on my Roku TV's with an app available in their channel store. All 4 cams show up in each of my TV's screensaver as well. I have not integrated them into my Polisy, although it might be possible as they are all capable of RTSP. I also know that some Reolink cameras are not RTSP capable. I like Reolink - they are subscription free and just work well for a mid-priced camera. As for your list of cameras, try visiting their manufacturer's website for their specs. Also, see this thread for some ideas:
oberkc Posted September 9 Posted September 9 I have several reolinc cameras. I have them working with alexa, google, and the ipcamviewer app on both android and alexa, with direct connections (not cloud-based) through static ip addresses and port forwarding. This makes me think that it should work with ud mobile. Unfortunately, I have never figured out how to make it work with ud mobile. Still, it may be my minimal skills in this area that comes into play. Maybe I just donkt have the necessary stream address for these cameras .
Athlon Posted September 9 Posted September 9 2 hours ago, oberkc said: Maybe I just donkt have the necessary stream address for these cameras . The stream address I use for my Roku's is the one provided by Blue Iris and not the cameras directly. Nothing goes to the cloud here, and I don't have any ports forwarded. You can use VLC to test various direct streams from your Reolink cameras. The Reolink website has a few good tutorials that show you how to discover them and make that happen based on the model cam you have.
oberkc Posted September 10 Posted September 10 8 hours ago, Athlon said: You can use VLC to test various direct streams from your Reolink cameras Yes, I can view the cameras via VLC, but this is a local IP address. The problem that I experience seems to be when I tried such an address in ud mobile I had less success and could not get this to work from outside my network using the external ports I have reserved and forwarded for each of the cameras. It has been a while since I have last tried, and I was not extremely motivated to get this working, since I already had a viable option for viewing via IPCamViewer app. Maybe I will give it another try.
GSpitale01 Posted September 10 Posted September 10 I am now on my 2nd whole home setup using this product: https://www.backstreet-surveillance.com I have a variety of the cameras depending on the location (front door, driveway, back yard, etc) and have been extremely happy with the entire system.
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