Do we still call it CCTV if it's an IP network?
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What are the paid features and what are the costs? Do I have to install the app to see the list of paid features and costs?
You might get a better response from HN if you give us more info up front.
I'm new to HN and thought shilling the paid stuff violates the rules, so I didn't mention them.
Most cameras on that list are low cost, typically with 4-5MP sensors. They don't compete on the high end in terms of image quality but you will have an open source firmware stack with root access over SSH.
Models from Eufy, Cinnado, Jooan, TP-Link, WUUK, Galayou are relatively easy to source on Amazon or Aliexpress.
- View your live camera feeds remotely.
- Receive notifications on events (objects/people detected).
- View event clips remotely.
- End-to-end encryption on all data.
What neither of the solutions seem to have, is encryption at rest. But I guess others, just like me, rather encrypt the volume/storage itself, instead of leaving it up to applications anyways, so might/might not matter for you.
I think this software-only post is meant for IP cameras / surveillance cameras. Internet is the oposite of closed circuit.
Maybe CCTV is used as a synonym for surveillance now in some regions of the world, but certainly confusing for a non-native speaker.
There is an unfinished but functional APK and android project in the repo, but it’s not on the Google Play store yet, their approval process for new individual devs is long
HN ain't a non profit charity, but is the forum of a venture capitalist company, so talking about paid things does not violate any rules.
I think in this case, IP is referring to IP from TCP/IP, meaning "The Internet Protocol", not necessarily over/through "public internet links", so as long as you're only within your own local network/WAN, wouldn't that still be CCTV then? Or maybe the "closed circuit" thing is more of a physical property than I read it to be?
I'm also non-native English speaker FWIW.
This is basically how I run Frigate at home today, with only the NVR able to reach the camera IPs on my no web access “internet of nothing” VLAN.
The only thing that wouldn't be fine is to post a Show HN with no way to try the product out (https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html) and you're fine on that part.
Edit: another solution in this space shows a list of supported ML runtimes, which would be good info for folks wanting to run on specific hardware. https://github.com/boquila/boquilahub
Any product that would fall under the good quality segment is primarily targeted at the commercial market, and nobody there is looking for open software.
That said, I’ve also been in the camp that avoids AGPL-except maybe as a way to sell a commercial license while still being "open source," or just to be obnoxious. And honestly, I am still failing to see the upside in being obnoxious for its own sake.
It's not quite clear to me what the firmware is actually able to do, though. Apparently its motion detection is very basic, though, so you'd need to use e.g. Frigate for that.
Then try calculating the speed between two points (in car length in front of and a car length behind the stop sign).
Then set a threshold for how fast is too fast for a car to realistically go between those two points without stopping. Get notified with a video snippet when a car is above this threshold. Adjust the threshold based on the videos you are capturing.
It won’t work if your object detection is not running at your camera framerate.
SIG Connect does exactly that: https://www.sigsauer.com/sigconnect
I suspect, since this is HN, you're looking for something more open and hackable. But you might want to check out SIG Connect if you just want something that works out of the box.
Sorry I can't get into "how it works". Feel free to DM me for any questions.
I'd make it MIT tomorrow if you know a workaround or alternative model
How can I get in touch with you?
Both for the explanation and for being a person that respects the license even if you (like me) don't particularly like it.