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On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 11:38:46AM +0100, Sebastian wrote: > Dear Henry, > > > Looking at getting a set of elderly dog cams / child cams for round > > the house. The intention being > > > > - To allow me to monitor the creatures from my PC - Allow me to also > > monitor through android > > > > Which suggest TP-Link Tapo C200 review or the TP-Link Kasa Spot Pan > > Tilt KC110 but I do not want to upload to the cloud. If I upload it > > will be to somewhere I control. > > Quite right! I find it most strange that some people are happy to send > live streams of their private property to a remote server they don't > own, maybe even in a foreign country... I'm not sure these could count > as 'security' cameras! > > > Any help / ideas gratefully received > > I haven't had any experience with internet cameras but I did watch this > video a while ago which presents a reasonably simple albeit slightly > messy DIY solution. > > https://youtu.be/CouxmNqxO4A > > In the video he uses recycled laptop cameras (which could be replaced > with off-the-shelf USB webcams if required) and a program called > 'contacam'. This software appears to be free software under the GPL so > you could try that in Wine if you wanted. I imagine ffmpeg would > also be a good alternative as it supports streaming to a network. > > A small machine like an OrangePi or Pine64 would be a simple alternative > to a laptop for running the software (bearing in mind the bandwidth > issues he mentions in the video). > > If this is just supposed to stream to a local network around your house > you could use VLC player (which has an Android port) to see the streams. > Watching from outside your local network is more challenging though - > not something I could help you with myself. > > I suspect this is not the straightforward solution you were expecting > although I hope this has given you some ideas! > Many thanks, I have since also found https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-security-camera/ -- Henry Communication not signed with an original manual signature or an appropriately verified digital signature is not binding. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dcglug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq