A CCTV setup likely won’t work for people who just want a video doorbell.
But replacing a Ring with something like a Reolink means they can start with the same service, and over time move to RTSP and a local server as they become more aware of privacy implications and are driven to invest in a contained system.
Likely people will never go CC though, as the entire point for most people is to see what shows up at their door when they’re not at home.
Is Reolink something you can see the live video remotely? I could see a motion detection system at your doorstep that lets you know someone is there but you’d have to be able to login somehow to get a view.
Reolink doorbells allow you to configure them how you want; you can use a cloud-hosted feed, cloud-hosted notification only, self-hosted feed, self-hosted notification only, and write-to-microSD only. They can use WiFi or wired Ethernet.
I have mine set to do cloud push for notifications, RTSP to my internal home server only; so I log in via VPN if I want to see the video.
A cleverer angle’d be to find out how to get them to switch to an open-source cctv alternative instead, I feel. 🤓
Community action. ✊🏼
A CCTV setup likely won’t work for people who just want a video doorbell.
But replacing a Ring with something like a Reolink means they can start with the same service, and over time move to RTSP and a local server as they become more aware of privacy implications and are driven to invest in a contained system.
Likely people will never go CC though, as the entire point for most people is to see what shows up at their door when they’re not at home.
There are ways to see what’s at your door when you aren’t home that don’t rely on third parties having access to the footage at least
Frigate NVR and Netbird VPN. I don’t use it like this, but it would work excellently.
I use reolink at my office.
Is Reolink something you can see the live video remotely? I could see a motion detection system at your doorstep that lets you know someone is there but you’d have to be able to login somehow to get a view.
Reolink doorbells allow you to configure them how you want; you can use a cloud-hosted feed, cloud-hosted notification only, self-hosted feed, self-hosted notification only, and write-to-microSD only. They can use WiFi or wired Ethernet.
I have mine set to do cloud push for notifications, RTSP to my internal home server only; so I log in via VPN if I want to see the video.