I’m planning to set up a CCTV system to watch around a building. Anybody running Shinobi or something? And if so, what hardware are you using? I bought some cheapo v380s but the ones I got are honestly hot garbage.

  • SirEDCaLot@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It’s not the cheapest, but I have had very good luck with Synology. Works with almost every camera on the market, including everything that supports ONVIF or RTSP. Good client software for web, desktop, and mobile. Has tons of tweaks and features.

    • Someology@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I second this. Good things to know include:

      • Each Synology NAS comes with Surveillance Station licenses for 2 cameras. You can use any 2 compatible cameras. You can switch out cameras for new ones, as long as it’s just 2.

      • If you need more than 2 cameras you can buy additional license pack bundles to add different numbers of cameras. These additional licenses are tied to that Synology NAS box. My understanding is that you can’t take them with you to a new NAS. This isn’t a problem for most people (who are gonna use that NAS for 6-10 years), but it is good to be informed when you’re making platform choices.

  • huquad@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’ve tried motioneye, zoneminder, shinobi cctv, blue iris, and frigate NVR.

    I couldn’t get motioneye to work, but I’ll blame on me being a noob (especially at the time).

    Zoneminder was stable but the UI is a bit weak and it doesn’t have person detection to my knowledge. You can get around the UI by using homeassistant as a front end.

    Shinobi cctv has the best UI, but I found it to be a buggy mess, person detection was difficult to implement, and it didn’t play nice with homeassistant.

    Blue iris is solid, but requires a license and windows. I have the least experience with it, but it seemed decent.

    Ultimately, I landed on frigate NVR and it’s my favorite so far. Its very solid/stable, has built in object/person detection with simple support for hardware acceleration, and UI is simple but passable. Personally, I use homeassistant as a front end for WAF, but the built in UI isn’t bad and shows all your person detection events. Also, compared to all the above, configuration is done through a text file. While this may seem daunting at first, the manuals are very good and it becomes copy paste after the first camera (makes backups easy too).

    For hardware, frigate has recommendations on their site. A cheap PC will do the job with ideally an Intel processor for hardware acceleration. For cameras, I’ve had the best luck with amcrest. Just make sure you throw whatever cameras you get on their own restricted vlan with no internet access. Feel free to reach out if you have any other questions.