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Which private (no cloud requirement) wireless home security cameras save footage locally without monthly subscription?

I tried wyze and find it silly how video clips are limited to 5 seconds unless you give them money every month. I want something where the footage is saved on a local sdcard/hdd without any cloud reliance.

Even better if I don't have to be locked into using the manufacturer's app, but I'm flexible on that.

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PiraHxCx
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It seems like you are looking for a DVR. I have one with 1tb HDD and eight 1080p cameras, because they only record when there is movement I can save over a month of footage before it starts rewriting.
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StarryC
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That sounds like exactly what I need, thank you. I will research them.
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PiraHxCx
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Sorry that I can't recommend you any brand, mine is old and bought from a local security company that bundles it with their own software - if you connect it to the internet you can get a live feed through their ddns en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_… but the security is probably shit :P
I hope someone here shows up with good modern options.

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pricklypearbear
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For OP. Reolink has a DVR and wireless type cameras.

However be careful on which cameras you get as not all the wireless versions work with the DVR. Think this is mostly the battery powered ones. Also not sure if this has changed since original purchase a few years back.

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StarryC
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The online retailers seem to sell DVR+wireless camera bundles.
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Emil Muzz
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Been using Wyze camera's (Cam OG) for 2+ years. If you load an sdcard into the camera it does store locally, overwriting the oldest footage as it goes. You can then browse the footage on the sdcard and save as a video file via the app. I've done 20+ minute captures of the local wildlife and uploaded to YouTube without issue.
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zeroghost
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i have setup a zoneminder setup on a linux server. zoneminder.com/ combined with a camera that supports onvif . Takes bit of setup, but works well and 100% in your own control

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StarryC
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Thanks for the tip. It looks like zoneminder might support wyze cams via RTSP. I like that it's open source and already in the distro repositories.
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Em Adespoton
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I use TP Link C100 cameras in local network mode and a Reolink doorbell in a similar manner. Standard RTSP feeds and an internal mini web server, plus plenty of privacy controls.

Both of these products are pretty cheap considering their configurability — they do both provide the option to do the whole cloud subscription thing, but work fine for me without it. I have Home Assistant on the back end to manage live streams, but find I usually just read data off the internal SD card instead.

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pleasejustdie
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I have blink outdoor cameras, not the best out there, but very usable video, indoor work the same, you can put a USB flash drive in the sync module and use it on the local network, i use my 2.4 band for that and my home automation. Recorded clips stay on my flash drive locally, and I just say no to the subscription if it asks. All cameras connect to the same sync module. Have no complaints.
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qjkxbmwvz
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I would recommend PoE security cameras. You probably want support for RTSP / ONVIF.

I have some Amcrest cameras talking to Frigate. It is completely local---cameras on a separate VLAN that can't talk to the Internet, footage is recorded on a server running Frigate. Works very well for me. No vendor lock-in is also nice!

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StarryC
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I'd love PoE but unfortunately have to get wireless because I can't run ethernet to the outside it's just too much work for a big building and involves drilling holes, etc.
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blarth
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How has UniFi not been suggested yet?
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beepbooprobot
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Fear. While this is technically true and by far the best option there's a lot of caveats to meeting the no cloud requirements.
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kylian0087
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Hikvision with a local NVR. And if your scared because their Chinese (like everything else almost these days....) Put it all in a clan without internet access.
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Broken
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Safemo is a wireless camera system that saves files locally to the hub, and even allows you to upgrade the drive for more storage.
Cameras can be battery powered only, or use a solar panel for continual recharging or the battery.
The only flaw is the flaw with any wireless camera, that there is a delay from activity recognition to the record time. So you might miss something depending on your camera positioning.
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Dnb
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Wyze cameras offer sd storage as well. Check your camera it should have it already
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paf
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As others advice, frigate is great. You can set this up under home assistant, which is a smart home open source OS/software and even if you have no plan of doing smart home, it is very handy as you can easily create automation which can send you notification with pics, will trigger an alarm, turn on lights...
If you don't already have device powerful enough to run frigate, I would advise to look for a mini pc with n100 or n150 processors, they are not very expensive (around 150€) and don't consume much electricity (close to raspberry pi 5 while being more powerful).
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synestia
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And add some Thingino liberated camera's to it!
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paf
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Had to search as I never heard about thingino, seems helpful for a few cameras. Alternatively blocking internet access to camera would work just as good
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synestia
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Agreed, a lot of camera's need weird proprietary apps (or cloud connections) to be set up though (or function fully, even offline), thats why I would recommend this. If yours doesnt: great!
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kowcop
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I tried a few, I ended up with a Reolink.. great quality image, records to an ftp folder on my nas. Though some sort of magic, I can access the camera when I am away from home via the app
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melfie
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I have multiple Reolink cameras at this point and just have them recording to a SD card and blocked from the internet.

They have local ML models for human, animal and vehicle detection, so something like Frigate isn’t strictly necessary, though I haven’t bothered setting them up with Home Assistant yet and mainly use them with the Reolink app and VLC with RTSP. Sometimes, I unblock them from the internet temporarily if I’m going to need to access them remotely.

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Sarcasmo220
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I haven't seen it mentioned yet, but Lorex has options for wired and wireless cameras that store footage on the camera itself via sd card, or to a local NVR.
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pyr0ball
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Since nobody else has mentioned it yet, you can install a version of the firmware that enabled RTSP streaming, which you could point at a Linux server with an NVR application on it, or any consumer/commercial NVR with RTSP streaming enabled

support.wyze.com/hc/en-us/arti…

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swelter_spark
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I'm looking for this also, but just to watch wildlife outside the house live. Lots of good info here.
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ef9357
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Eufy makes a good one. We installed ours 2 years ago and no issues. https://a.co/d/cloTQyZ, but they make systems with different number of cameras.
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