I couldn’t find a post in this community about cameras so I figured I’d make one. Requirements:
- No “sign up” required to record video
- Video is stored locally
- Video is in a non-propriatary format
- Can work offline
Optional/Discussion Points:
- Can wireless connectivity be hardware disabled
- Can auto-update be disabled
- Does the device try to “phone home” if it is connected to wifi
- Disk encryption would be nice but I doubt that’ll be an option for anything other than self-hosted stuff
Does anyone know about Lorex (it seems more privacy centered)?
I’m highly technical, so feel free to mention self hosted raspberry pi soltuions as well.
Reolink has a doorbell camera that works even with no internet, and can record locally both to SD or to an NVR. No sign up is required.
This. I went reolink specifically for this reason. Everything is local only on the SD card and quality is great.
This is what I went with. For those reading who don’t know how to disable the Internet for their device but still bring able to access it, look into setting up a VLAN to accomplish this.