It's open source, and has a ton of user knowledge on their site as far as connecting to obscure cameras. iSpy: This was the first one I bought into.Since I started with this hobby, I've tried tons of different software, trying to find one that's good for me, since I'm willing to run my own server. And, for indoor, I can just plug in any cheapo USB webcam to any computer in the house and add that as a source as well. As long as I can connect to a camera through VLC using RTSP, ONVIF, MJPEG, JPEG, etc, then I can use it with any surveillance software.Īs of now, I have 7 cameras of various brands, from no-name Chinese dome cams to a nice Hikvision PTZ outdoor camera. Running my own server, I can have as much storage as I want, and even the cheapest cams will support some sort of output that I can use. I don't care for the cloud based systems like Nest cams, and I didn't want to be locked into a single brand of camera, as they don't fit every need. When I first got into home surveillance as a hobby after someone drove their car into the side of my house and drove off (I'd have to find the Lounge thread from many years ago), I put up some cheap Foscam cameras and built an inexpensive MiniITX headless server that lives in a corner in my basement. Everything sets off motion detection unless you set the threshold so low that you miss the motion you actually wanted to capture. Wind, clouds, tree branches moving, insects. If you're short on storage space and want to do outdoor motion detection, be prepared to do a lot of tweaking. If you're not doing motion detection, then just throw the biggest HDD at it that you can afford and let it record all day.
Outdoor surveillance is a fun hobby, but can be frustrating if you're wanting to do motion detection. Most of the posts I've seen about indoor surveillance, whether using motion detection or not, are much simpler. I should note up front that this is mainly my experience with outdoor home surveillance using a local server. I haven't seen it come up in a while, but I've been meaning to post my experiences for a while now. I've participated in a lot of the home surveillance threads both here in DIY, as well as in AV.
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