My girlfriend is be very interested in putting Blink (Amazon) cameras up around our property. I am not interested in paying Amazon to keep our security footage.

What I’d like to do is have motion activated internet connected cameras around the property that somehow send footage to a server (I don’t know if that’s the correct term, I’m kind of an idiot) that I keep on the property.

So I have three questions:

  1. is this the right forum to be asking about self hosting security footage?
  2. does anyone here have experience doing this and would they be willing to send some pointers my way?
  3. is this a feasible DIY project or am I better served paying for a service?

I’ve done a little digging into self hosting and it’s not cheap, but I think it will be cheaper than paying a subscription. And safer too, which is rad.

Thank you all!

    • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      They do require you to use their mobile app and cloud to setup the camera but afterwards you can just run them on an isolated VLAN / firewall them from the internet completely

      Do you have any good guides or articles diving deeper on this? I was also pondering Home Assistant - it supports tapo devices, but I don’t know much about it. Would that be a possible solution?

      and you’ll still be able to use all of the camera’s features

      would this include a live cam feed?

        • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Sorry, didn’t click the link, didn’t realize HA stands for Home Assistance there. As you can tell, pretty new to this. Thanks for the answer!

            • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
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              1 year ago

              If you wouldn’t mind, could you share how you managed to make the Tapo cameras work with Home Assistant? I finally got it set up and while I had no isse with bulbs, cameras just can’t be adde through the TP Link integration. There are no Tapo cameras listed as supported on the Home Assistant web eithet

                • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
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                  1 year ago

                  I guess that’s the issue - I assume this needs to be installed on the hardware running the Home Assistant. I went with the easy option of getting the Home Assistant Green hub, so I don’t assume there is a way for me to make it work… or it’s just beyond my capabilities

                  Thanks anyway for your patience with me, unknowingly asking the same damn thing over and over like a dummy.

                  • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                    1 year ago

                    I assume this needs to be installed on the hardware running the Home Assistant

                    Yes, and why would that be an issue? After you’ve HACS on your HA you can just search for “Tapo Control” and click install.