I’ve got a server running Debian and I’ve previously borrowed a wildlife cam for my garden. It activates on motion and records, has night vision, etc…

That said the only way to get the footage is to go out there and pull the SD card.

Is there a self-hosted approach to this? I don’t know what weather-proof camera setup people like for this sort of thing.

Edit for clarity: I don’t own a camera. I would need to buy one. That’s part of what this post is about - is there some self hosted software for this sort of thing that has a list of cameras it supports? Or a standard that the software needs the camera to support?

  • 0x0@infosec.pubEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    If it is onvif compatible or similar sure, but it’s most likely not. If you’re lucky someone else have had the same camera as you and made a custom firmware for it, but I wouldn’t count on it.

    Frigate and shinobi are two alternatives to use software wise on the server, but you still need a compatible camera.

    • Flamekebab@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      I borrowed a camera - it’s not the one I would be using for this.

      That’s why I’m asking. I haven’t bought anything yet and don’t want to get the wrong thing.

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

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    CGNAT Carrier-Grade NAT
    IP Internet Protocol
    NAT Network Address Translation
    RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
    SBC Single-Board Computer
    VPN Virtual Private Network

    5 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 5 acronyms.

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  • fruitycoder@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    The hunting cams all use cell modems, which honestly sucks (a subscription to pics on land near you…). Ive been looking at wifi halow (802.11ah) for it personally. Which can support low power longer range (km/miles long) at 4-40 mbs.

    I can find m.2 modules that support it too(i.e. GW16167) so its just matter of SBC and camera choice from there to me. The RPI camera honestly seems pretty decent.

    • Flamekebab@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Hmmm, an RPi with a camera might well work. The problem there is more the amount of work I’d need to do - I haven’t got that kind of time right now.

  • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    2 months ago

    You can get a WiFi or LTE trail cam that essentially to works the same. If you get LTE though, you’ll almost certainly need a VPN setup on your network as well to work around CGNAT issues.