Building a Budget DIY Home Surveillance System

[@SuperDerek]

bro, are you me? I swear to god every time I just about finished with a project, you put out a video the next day showing me how I could have done it better! Thanks man! :)

[@timbambantiki]

same lol

[@owen75]

Same here! Crazy that I’m not the one with this feeling.

[@Skrillfreak]

SAME LOL

[@Mrproud696]

Ya man i was just thinking about doing this

[@dunkochino]

Same 😂

[@michaelgleason4791]

13:07 nothing more permanent than "it's fine I'll fix it later."

[@SvRider512]

I was thinking the same thing. I have a switch hanging off my rack with zip ties I told my self I would replace with a rack mount one lol.

[@dark2koneko]

I have a network cable that feeds the entire house running along the middle of the floor. I bought a cable and wire management stuff to replace it, but that sounds like work. 🤷‍♀️

[@boban250]

32:12 "Framerate is a little bit laggy" You are getting precisely 1 fps. The same 1 fps you configured in camera settings, once the substream is configured with 10 fps, you get 10 fps of motion

[@zadekeys2194]

Security tips - 1. Vlan your CCTV. Dont let it access the rest of your network. Treat it like a guest network. 2. Whitelist the mac addresses allowed on each vlan. 3. Dont use the SD card and disable the function if possible. Waaay to easy to be removed and also, SD cards are known to not have the best lifespan... You want to avoid a threat actor connecting a laptop/switch/SBC to your CCTv cam PoE cable, which is usually on the outside of your home/property and can easily allow someone access to your core network if it's not properly setup. Also make sure to enable HTTPS/SSLv2 or 3/TLSv1.2 so that if someone is on your network, they cant sniff your NVR (etc) username and password.

[@MindForgedManacle]

Also avoid using cloud based systems, keep your cameras on your local network. Ridiculous how many vendors have had security issues of their own, allowing customer feeds to be viewed by others.

[@2trntbls469]

@zadekeys2194 🤦‍♀️

[@zadekeys2194]

@@2trntbls469 ok? Care to explain why you disagree?

[@2trntbls469]

@zadekeys2194 Glad you asked so I can clear this up. I don't disagree, I'm just screwed.

[@DuJonTHomas]

How does a person with limited IT knowledge do this? @zadekeys2194

[@camiz3994]

Thanks man! I showed my wife your video and she approved the funding for my home security project :)

[@zeendaniels5809]

Cheers dude! The hard part is over 😂

[@TheQuickSilver101]

Funnily enough I had a run in with a neighbour recently and have been thinking about adding a camera or two just in case something happens again. This is great. You rock!

[@michaelrichardson8467]

You're killing it! Great job man Just a tip from a cable guy, never assume that you'll never go past 100Mbps. The last thing you want to do is pull back a bunch of cable or run another because you need gigabit. Ask me how I know lol.

[@killingtimeitself]

thankfully in this case the ethernet is cat5e, or at least it really should be. So you should only need to switch out the switch, and none of the cabling.

[@rudysal1429]

​@killingtimeitself yea not sure what he is talking about needing to pull more cable when the switch is what can be switched. You can even run 10gb over short distance with cat5e but need the right switch.

[@killingtimeitself]

@@rudysal1429 im sure he meant the cable, dudes a cable runner after all. He aint wrong there, and i certainly don't disagree. Run gigabit everywhere minimum.

[@TomCee53]

It’s always a balance between cost and growth capability. In this case, I think he did fine. He’s going to upgrade again in 4 years. 😊

[@theglowcloud2215]

@@TomCee53 A 5 port PoE gigabit switch is like ~$10 more expensive than a 100Mbit PoE switch. Saving $10 on a project like this doesn't seem worth the tradeoff.

[@TechHut]

Nice, I'm getting ready to do this. Waiting for a better PoE switch from TP-Link.

[@timbambantiki]

ayo techhut

[@GrigorisFountopoulos]

i think you also should try the iSpy...

[@zadekeys2194]

Look at Netgear or Mikrotik.

[@phr3ui559]

hey

[@thunder46350]

“If you’re thinking I thought this out really well beforehand you must be new here.” 😂😂😂 Thank you for leaving in your bloopers (like dropping the bracket) it makes your videos very relatable.

[@alexander0the0gray]

Bro lives next to the neighbor running the StarLink refurb depot 😂

[@juliettaylorswift]

was wondering what those were

[@James76767]

They're microwave antennas. Not quite sure what they're doing in that guys back yard though lol

[@thombaz]

@@James76767 Dude is searching for the voice from the outer world as a hobby, respect.

[@jojobobbubble5688]

Love the way you setup the config to be sharable without risking the exposure of the password

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

8:56 I don't know about how much space you have under your roof, but it would've made more sense to have the cable inside the roof only coming out with enough slack in case you want to remove the camera to inspect it. With it being exposed like that, you run the risk of it being damaged. 9:37 A better way of doing that IMO would be having excess cable that went down to the ground, crimped the connector there, then you pull the excess cable from the server side.

[@SidneyCritic]

The pitch of the roof gets tight in the corners, ie, it's hard to crawl there, but yeah, he had the flexible rod to do it. Electricians always carry that flexible feeder that looks like thick 3D printer filament.

[@knghtbrd]

Feedthrough modular connectors are soo nice and with > 1Gb connections becoming common, the feedthrough modular plugs have too! I don't even think they cost more now depending on where you buy them and how many. You have no idea how many issues we used to have when network speeds upgraded and we found out how bad some "looks good" crimps reflected signals. With the feedthrough plugs, there is no question the wire's gonna make a solid cold weld with the crimp pins. Just feeding the beast.

[@felicytatomaszewska]

I did surveillance system for my home and home office ( a two room hut 120 meters away from my home), in total 17 POE cameras (very similar to reolink cameras) with a 24-port POE switch... it has been working nice though a few times i had to make some adjustments. I am already thinking of upgrading it because it has saved me quite a lot of trouble in these two years.

[@heatshield]

Can you suggest a cable that I can run outside like you did between two structures? I’ll bury it but there will still be a significant length exposed to direct sun and rain and snow.

[@MidTNandAL]

I've been using Reolink cameras for about 10 years, some of those original cameras are still running rock solid. They work just just about anything that I have tried to use them with.

[@taroven]

curl | sudo bash: Every cell in my linux-user body just quaked.

[@killingtimeitself]

aint nothing like a good pipe straight to bash

[@theglowcloud2215]

Piping curl to shell is a certified bruh moment

[@GR8SALAD]

Would any Linux user care to actually explain why it's bad?

[@taroven]

@@GR8SALAD So, sudo means "run this command with root access". What that command does, then, is run an arbitrary script *directly* from the internet. As root. Full priveleges. No chance to check its contents, no opportunity to see if it's trying to do stuff that your system cannot/should not be doing... Just bad juju, yo.

[@killingtimeitself]

@@GR8SALADit's just really cursed to nab things straight off of the internet, and pipe it straight into terminal. It's literally the worst possible version of "dont blindly copy and paste commands from the internet"

[@peteradshead2383]

vaapi is both intel and amd , Frigate looks better to me. You are right the higher res cameras are using h265 and not h264 , h265 will not work in most browsers so you need to transcode your clips . I don't know why you can't control it via home assistant , I can switch on the siren / light , etc .

[@killingtimeitself]

VAAPI is a generic protocol, QSV is intel specific, NVENC is nvidia, amd uses VAAPI iirc

[@JordosTechShack]

A note on crimping the outdoor stuff. The good stuff is gel filled, not fun to crimp. Requires lots of alcohol wipes

[@t00lshack]

The white goo is so annoying.

[@darrenhutchinson3071]

Learned this last summer installing point to point. Yuck lol

[@JordosTechShack]

@@darrenhutchinson3071 yea for CPEs I order them with molded ends from MonoPrice, then just cut the end that goes inside, and connect that to a patch panel. This job I had to crimp all the connectors because the builders ran the wire already. kzbin.inforO2Ma8LAfbY?si=8ENXdhmkkWJlPZ20

[@HydraInk]

They're filled with gel?

[@t00lshack]

@@HydraInk yeah, to prevent water intrusion. On long exterior runs you should use filled cat5,water getting in can cause errors or prevent it from connecting at full speed. Even worse if you have POE going over it. I've had a laptop connect just fine on a run, but once I put a POE device on the end it won't connect/errors.

[@nikk_p]

one reccomendation from someone who does this as a job, get a system that will allow you to add more cameras to it down the road, without replacing all of your hardware

[@zyghom]

you are like my wife exactly @5:10 - "79.95 - it costs SEVENTY dollars!"

[@waylondismuke3362]

I think all of our wives are like this!!!

[@zyghom]

@@waylondismuke3362 difficult with them, impossible without them ;-)

[@linuxgeex]

LOL... girl math.. anything under $10 is FREE!

[@jlucas97701]

My wife would have said it was almost $100.

[@Redman8086]

Girl math is real holy shit lol my wife does the same thing

[@coreymartin9630]

Tysm for validating the catchphrase I use at work lol, whenever I install something and say, "That's not going anywhere," people get sketched out for some reason

[@micaharnold2332]

Thanks for putting out another quality content video. I've been using Blue Iris for over a year now, and while there are a lot of settings that you can adjust it's not that difficult to setup. The software interface for viewing cameras does feel a little archaic, however the web portal is very good. One item I was hoping for you to cover more is the retention schedule. When selecting a camera system, many people do not think about how long they will have the video or whether to record continuously/motion only. For most residential camera systems, you will only get 2-14 days of continuous recording and a lot of that depends on how many cameras are connected to it. If you record on motion only, there is a high tendency of missing critical incidents. The commercial systems have the ability to adjust recording in different frame rates, utilizing a lower and higher bit rate sub streams (continuous recording in SD and motion only in HD), and recording in H.264 or H.265 compression. For this reason, Blue Iris is a great option to use because it gives you a lot of things that are in commercial systems, but for a low cost. For example, I have a 10 TB hard drive with six 4k cameras and I am continuously recording 24/7 in a lower bit rate and it increases to the highest bit rate on motion. With this system, I have one-years worth of recordings. I am using Blue Iris for this. If I spent a little bit more time, I could gained even more retention by readjusting the motion triggers.

[@ChristopherHailey]

Another good job of making a sponsored video that shows how do do something and not just be hawking the sponsor. There was a lot of useful info here about the topic and you included the sponsor's product without making us feel like we're watching an ad 👍

[@IanBPPK]

8:11 the overhang is called the soffet

[@CheesyCrotch]

we call them eave's

[@SchoolforHackers]

@@CheesyCrotchYou’re both right. The eaves are the overhang structure. The soffit is the covering underneath.

[@DrDipsh1t]

​@@CheesyCrotchwe just try not to drop them

[@SchoolforHackers]

@@DrDipsh1tI see what you did there. 😊

[@ntecproducoes]

nice! I'm using Shinobi as nvr and it works flawlessly

[@frozendude707]

13:07 "I'll fix it later" Sure, bud... I'll just hold my breath in anticipation.

[@georgecaballero3405]

I like the way how you show the configuration of all the Linux part, I'm gonna have to watch the video again and take notes

[@probablypablito]

For the Debian install, you can leave the root password blank at install and that auto grants sudo permissions to the user you set later.

[@konitobe-fw8gs]

Thanks for the tip

[@howyoudoin2069]

Thankyou so much for this. I'm a total amature but thanks to your clear guidance I whipped up a Debian 12 VM on my TrueNAS Scale "NAS" and installed Casa OS. Casa is great. Like Docker for dummies (me). Cheers!

[@alicekittleson4088]

Incredible project and very nice delivery. Love it! If only I has a house...

[@AlAl-wu7mp]

Just did this with a wired NVR some advice, use white wire! drill holes in boxes before mounting them and if you have enough flexible rod, you could drill the holes next to the camera and just push alot of rod into the attic then go into the attic and use an extendable rod to hook it and pull it back to you. If you used 4 x4 boxes drill a 3/4 " hole in the lids center, then you could mount the camera to the lid of the box with the camera wire going through the lid.

[@ToddKing]

"I'll fix it later" 8 Years later when you are selling the house the buyer asks "why is the camera box like that?"

[@ahuggins6]

"Because I like spiders."

[@6-Iron]

Interim solutions have a way of becoming permanent.

[@verylweimer1588]

Great video but from my standpoint much more complicated than needed for the typical homeowner. I love the Reolink cameras and have been using them for several years so far. I use only cordless and have 5 exterior and 5 interior cameras and all record 24/7. I can check my premises from anywhere that has cell service. My front camera provided the police with video and audio of a crime on a property across the road from my home. Video and audio so clear, at night, that the police knew what, when, how and why. Suspect arrested the following day.

[@DennisBuys]

Ive been wanting to do a decent camera system around the house. Now, you've given me the inspiration to do it. Thanks

[@-ColorMehJewish-]

Fun fact: Reolink cameras also have an easy to use Integration in Home Assistant. Can use it's motion detector in dashboards and even show screenshots to quickview

[@vegaswayne247]

I use the Reolink cameras as part of my security system in Home Assistant. If a person is detected in my back yard at night the sprinklers will turn on to soak them down. There is also a siren and some lights.

[@KameraShy]

Would upset my neighbors. Critters setting off the system multiple times a night.

[@vegaswayne247]

@@KameraShy The Reolink cameras have separate sensors for people, pets and cars., so it only trips for a person in the back yard.

[@Skobeloff...]

The sprinklers are a nice touch, as are the lights. The siren may be a bit much, but as long as the system is accurate, it is a good thing.

[@vegaswayne247]

@@Skobeloff... For the past week my siren has not triggered, but my neighbor's car alarm has gone off three times.

[@Skobeloff...]

@@vegaswayne247 you need to hook up your system to run your sprinklers on their house doors when their car alarm goes off at night...

[@chloeleedow7250]

It's worth mentioning that the mounting hardware that comes with reolink mostly the screws and anchors are trash. The cameras are great. I went to the hardware shop for other screws and anchors.

[@beebop4333]

OBSERVATION great vid and not so daunting. The underneath where u drilled is called a soffit. The square hole with the screen is a soffit vent. The board that is perpendicular on the outside is a fascia board. Dont ever block the soffit vents its for air flow but definitely make sure they dont come off or are broke. This is one way how birds, insects and other critters can enter. It looks like you haven't blocked them. Nice vid

[@avgFloridian]

Neat project. Gives me some ideas. 6:25 soffit vent 8:11 soffit

[@JMassengill]

Pretty much did this with Frigate and Wyze cameras with rtsp firmware installed on the cameras. It isn’t a camera frigate suggest but they work. Great video

[@YamiFrankc]

Do you mean dafang? Or some other firmware

[@elsuperpollo2273]

I like this approach more along with using actual portable hard drives and thumb drives as opposed to cloud services.

[@bradw256]

Colton, you Da Man! Very impressive work that you did. However, after watching this video a few times, I'm convinced that I made a good call in using Blue Iris for my NVR years ago. Hats off to you for getting this to work.

[@banepigeon]

Thanks for the video. We have 8 Hikvision cameras which are basically spec for spec with the realink cameras, it links up to a hikvision dvr. Unfortunately we had a break in, and the hikvision dvr was unplugged as they stole our TV so we lost all the footage from that point which caused some friction with our insurance company. So with the help of your video, we now have a backup secondary nvr in place. A bit of redundancy can go a long way. Also, the substream stuff was super important at trying to get all 8 cameras to work smoothly.

[@dieselbaby]

Super great timing, I was literally just giving recommendations to a friend on what kind of components she should look into for a home surveillance system build, definitely going to have to send her this video...was considering using some of these Wyze brand cameras that I have had experience working with before as they are cheap and functional enough, but the wide viewing angle on that Reolink camera might be a better option given the space constraints she is working with.

[@linuxgeex]

That duo 3 is a great idea if you can use it esp where it can eliminate a cable run, where the additional cable can easily exceed the incremental cost of the duo. One less terminal is also one less point of failure due to corrosion, which is a serious consideration if you plan on operating it more than 5 years.

[@mondotv4216]

The reason you can't see some Reolink cameras on software based NVRs is there is an incompatibility in the H264 stream and variable frame rates that are in the RTSP stream. I believe it affects all the 4K cameras but not the lower res cameras like the 5MP models. Reolink have tried to implement a firmware fix but it hasn't solved the issue. See the Hookup for more info.

[@elminster8149]

You could have rodded the cable between the vents (inside the soffits), a lot less hassle than running through the attic, but still hides the cable away nicely. Can't recommend plugging camera's into your router directly (even through a switch), either use a physically separate network to your NVR or use VLANs.

[@StaK_1980]

Interesting, why do you say that!? Some physical problem? Surge protection or security reasons?

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

@@StaK_1980 Your camera system should be its own separate network with no external points of entry. By having your video system in your home network, it opens the door for potential bad actors to get inside, which represents a security flaw. Network based cameras are a compromise already and I'd only use them for internal cameras, opting for coax based cameras outside instead.

[@StaK_1980]

Thanks both of you for the information!

[@policedog4030]

@@BrunodeSouzaLino "Network based cameras are a compromise already" 100% Agree and I found this out the hard way - thought I was safe because my system was hardwired PoE and no connection to the Web on the NVR, but I believe neighbors have hacked my Reolink system - I think they can do so with an Infared device shining at the front of my camera/ I see them sometimes aiming a light at my camera and the light flashes in a pattern like a TV Remote would. Possibly they also just sniff the IP address of the camera and access it with a wi-fi spy app, even though it is not a wi-fi camera. Kind of like those apps that can pick up the EF from a computer monitor and recreate the screen remotely. Someday will do a teardown of one of these cameras and go component by component through the IC's looking up their datasheets..

[@Squaredot01]

Neighbors didn't hack your system. If the neighbors have a security camera of their own your camera may see it as a strange light. I've noticed that with my own setup with one camera on the view path of another.

[@mettykapgen3248]

Hey, I just noticed, that the bug you are describing in 35:20 may be due to the fact that you used the same sub-stream (of camera 1) twice / also for camera 2 in your yaml file at 34:12! Line 18 is the same as Line 30! This may or may not fix your problem:) Other than that, nice video and keep up the good work! :)

[@mattpanton495]

The 01 in the url doesn’t refer to the camera ID, that’s just the url that the software should look at for the stream. It will likely be the same across a manufacturer. The IP address is the differentiator

[@JorisBogaerts]

Hey! Thanks for pointing me to Reolink. Those were the exact type of camera's I was looking for.

[@Markyboy767]

Something to note, don’t cheap on the cable. Monoprice makes good quality cable but it’s important to avoid cheap cable since it’s usually CCA (copper clad aluminum). Like you replaced the cameras, you’ll likely run cable only once.

[@GabrieleTroscia]

I am going to move to another warehouse to work at, and we will need some security cameras. In my country there's a security company that sells you a complete package with cameras, monitoring, alert and so on, but you are limited to only monitor the cameras and you have to pay maybe a fee/subs... this video is interesting indeed ;)

[@theonlybuster]

Great video! I'm doing something similar but piece by piece and over time. The great thing about Reolink is they've created a system where camera can work alone OR you can piecemeal the project piece by piece with minimal issues or problems. They also have a wide variety of cameras to incorporate. But best of all, a the software is full of features and there's NO subscription fees. 2 quick tips for anyone doing this... - Leave some slack inside the attack where the camera is stored. This will help if you ever need to replace a connector or physically work on the camera while it's still connected. - Consider using a longer raceway on exposed outdoor runs. I've seen pressure washers mistakenly damage cable. Lastly, I will say Reolink's customer service is pretty good. I had to replace a camera 2 weeks ago. After a few emails, they agreed that the camera was the problem and agreed to replace it. Shipping to them was on my dime and I was without a camera for almost a week.

[@HaydonRyan]

The Home surveilience market is ripe for disruption. Blueiris is the only option that I'm aware of (outside of hardware bundled solutions like synology) that has a good web interface and decent mobile apps. Frigate shows a lot of potential however no mobile (ios) apps make it more of an experiment. Blueiris web interface and apps need serious updating (and porting to a docker container). One idea for an mobile app I had was to build a generic NVR app to interface to different OSS / software using a plugin layer for the popular systems.

[@belizejackie]

If someone came up with a surveillance software that is better than blueiris they will be the boom !

[@deechvogt1589]

Another interesting and practical home lab / home security / DIY video. Nice job Colton.

[@tazmania720]

Very nice video. Thanks for the ideas. I would suggest moving that cable you ran along the top of your exterior wall to inside attic. Even though is is a lot easier to do it this way, exposed wires/cables can easily be snipped and then you lose that camera.

[@johnhubbard6262]

excellent video, one suggestion on those clips as you are printing them. If you make them so the slightly grip the cable when screwing down you can keep that run as tight as the sheets on a bed in bootcamp.

[@mistermagnifico]

00:54 Bro doesn't sound too confident but it's a sponsored video

[@triplerinse]

Best practice is to setup the cameras on a dedicated vlan that can talk t9 your main netowkr. or a totally separate physical network with a second nic.

[@cooperised]

I hate crimping RJ45s so I usually go for terminating in a socket or a patch panel with punchdown connectors. I mount the socket indoors or under cover if wiring an outdoor device. Much easier, often neater, and you can do the last jump to the device with a patch cable (outdoor rated if required).

[@garrettbaudioandvideo]

Dell Optiplex PCs are good options for a surveillance PC, often times you can find them inexpensive online, or at an auction.

[@MasonzeroDigitalWorks]

This is pretty cool, and timely because my dad is looking into a security system for my parent's new house. This video convinced me that I will be recommending him a system that has its own NVR device 🤣 Like no offense to the work that went into this video, but I haven't had good luck with my own forays into Linux and this is a LOT of steps compared to just spending a couple hundred dollars on an all-in-one system that just takes care of it all. This is a level of complexity that invites too many mistakes and I don't want to troubleshoot it in my own home, and definitely not my parent's home.

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

The haven must be secured!

[@fshalor738]

Strong suggestion. Only ever use keystones. The cat5 jacks which you punch down the bare wire into. I will never put a male end on a cable again. And I have worn out a few professional crimping tools. Buy good ones. The $2-3 for the easy to use and test female end is worth it over the $0.20 plastic piece which is only good for 800 insertions.

[@woe2you2]

You could use Frigate, which is difficult, or you could do this other thing that uses the exact same YAML config method.

[@GrigorisFountopoulos]

i think you should try also the iSpy, also pretty easy to deploy with docker and have a tons of settings

[@gamerguy9533]

We recently bought a cheap NVR. While it does work decently well with proper ONVIF cameras, the UI feels a bit old and it’s not translated to English very well but their app works very good and I can access recordings from anywhere. So just do the research for EVERYTHING before you buy.

[@dpool7416]

Being in networking as long as I have, no, it is not easier and less expensive to terminate them yourself unless you already have need of those tools. If you are doing that only a handful of cameras, get 25ft-50ft cables for $5-8 each, and save the time on wondering why your cameras aren't coming online because you miss-wired them.

[@stey2590]

Thank you! This is the exact project I've been planning to tackle.

[@danpatrick5414]

I'm sold. I'm buying a security camera kit from Amazon. Thanks for pushing me off the ledge...lol

[@glenn3379]

dude knows his stuff. great video

[@kaseyboles30]

If it require an internet connection and cannot be run 100% local for as long as the hardware lasts it's not YOUR home security system and likely not a security systems, it's a revenue system that MIGHT record video if paid enough monthly. And if you're really lucky it'll be a few years before they shut it down because someone found a flaw and downloaded a lot of customer data and recording and/or they want an excuse to make you re-buy the whole thing for more money and less features later.

[@kev2020-z9s]

If you leave root without password sudo is assigned to user and root is disabled.See time 17:51 the line starting the root user a lot of people don't assign a password to root as it's safer not to.

[@Chris173972]

To be honest, Frigate is a lot more customizable than what you shown, plus you can enable the 24/7 recording if you want to on top of the motion detection. To save on your electricity bill, use a Google Coral TPU you just plug into the computer and it will barely use your CPU but for encoding.

[@HardwareHaven]

Yeah, when I first tested out viseron it seemed easier to at least get up and running compared to Frigate. I probably would've gone a different route if I were to make the video again.

[@dev-debug]

I've had a QNAP NAS for many years, they of course deprecated survelience station licenses on the older models. So now it requires an update, the new survelience station and of course you get less cameras for free so must buy licenses. Been looking for a linux alternative, this one looks promising, great video!

[@dkNian]

Nice video. Im also half way of upgrading my home surveillance camera and saw you posted this video. Mine i went the other way around as its rather difficult for me to run CAT5 cable from the cameras back to where my router will be. Hence PoE cameras are out of my radar. Existing cameras are TP-Link Tapo (C320 and C320WS) where it used AC-DC adaptor. My upgrade was to run new conduit above ceiling and DIY a AC to DC power supply (the metal and perforated type) hidden somewhere above ceiling with all cameras connect to one power supply. Hence when I wanted to add backup power to my cameras system, i can just buy a UPS and put it to this PSU i made and all will be running on batteries. Additionally TP Link Tapo series camera does support Onvif hence its not only able to store on SD cards, but also can purchase their Vigi linup NVR and connect it in. HA also supports Onvif hence can be linked and view inside of HA as well.

[@Qualkkuno]

I've been really interested in setting something like this up. Awesome video!

[@adamjo_]

Nice setup, man! It's awesome seeing an LTT screwdriver in the wild, too.

[@salembeeman370]

Dude, I've worked on Mainframe computers for years. You make this so complicated it made 90% of the viewers die a little bit. You have serious skills though.

[@marklopez1870]

6:32 Maybe use Jhooks that you can fasten to your rafter so you don’t have them just lying on your ceiling like that. It’s a step most people don’t want to do so I understand if you think it isn’t worth the trouble.

[@nrnoble]

Safe yourself huge amount of time and get PassThrow connectors. Nothing more frustrating than putting a cable together only to find something is wrong. You don't know which end is bad, or if both ends are bad. Passthrough connectors practically eliminates those problem when making your own custom length cables.

[@jjones503]

*drops screw* "Found it" - luckiest man alive. I just recently rewired our haystacker and in the process dropped (and lost) a very unique screw from the multi position terminal switch. It took me almost 3 weeks and about 8 stores to find a replacement.

[@efreniiibravante4373]

0:14 Wall-E

[@bluesquadron593]

Frigate is not that difficult and have ample amount of tutorials. Plus you can run everything in Home assistant.

[@gzoechi]

I just installed 2 Reolink Duo 3 and I'm quite satisfied. They work well with Frigate even though I found several discussions that they probably won't work. My NUC i3 without a Coral AI board is too slow though. I'll buy a new work PC and repurpose the current one with an Intel ARC GPU and OpenVino. I can't wait to see how this will work out.

[@Makumbi]

The backyard camera is awesome. It records after you have left 😂😂

[@KDubber]

Looking into a rather simple DIY home security system that doesn't require monthly subscription/home monitoring costs and local storage of the recordings. This seems to replicate exactly what I am after. For simplicity I may look into their Home Hub or NVR.

[@Skrillfreak]

You should partner with Linus and get your content on floatplane honestly, I feel like you're commitment to budget friendly ideas really resonates with a lot of people who would really love to see more of your content

[@FreedomToRoam86]

That project box is sweet! I think that may be the impetus I need to get a 3d printer!

[@skrachi1986]

It looks a lot like frigate to me! 🤣But seriously, this was a really nice video. You always provide me with projects to tackle. Keep up the great work.

[@thepro7404]

Thank you for this tutorial because in my country NVRs are very expensive.

[@whatevah666]

lol i love the spider.. *ATTACK!!!* :D And yeah frigate takes a little longer to setup but well worth it with the nice stuff you can do with it, also integrates very well with HA and let's me connect everything to alarms, pushes pictures to phone etc etc. What's a few hours of setup in the long run? :)

[@davidwillmore]

You might want to get a fish tape. They make it easy to run cable inside of the eaves.

[@chopps2274]

to me blue iris and the code project AI integration is worth the small once off cost (if you don't need forever updates) if you already have an old windows PC to reuse - been rock solid for me and integrates really well with home assistance for notifications

[@CiaCon]

Gotta love the curl | sudo bash ... Oh. And then dd to drive too! Fdisk or parted will prevent a user shooting their foot right off... At least you let the inexperienced user reboot right after to see their drive is now dead 🎉

[@ckckck12]

If you already own a Synology you just need to buy two generic IP cameras, Wi-Fi being easiest, and give them static IP. You're about fifteen minutes away from done! Surveillance station has free licenses for you. To take the load off your NAS, plug a cheap USB drive into the Synology, mount (point) the surveillance station directories onto the USB drive on boot and you're good to go. To make this work create task manager script that runs on boot, turns off surveillance station, mounts the drive, then turns it back on. This overcomes a small bug some people reported with mounting while it's running.

[@ChristopherGoggans]

Anyone looking to do this should be absolutely certain that the cable they are pulling is solid copper conductor, not copper clad aluminum. CCA makers make lots of claims, but it's not rated for PoE, it's far more fragile than true solid core copper, and the cost difference is marginal at best IMO. Anyway, hope this helps you guys looking to do this yourself at home!

[@MrNeverseeme]

Security consultant here: (1) For every camera that is visible there should be two more unseen cameras watching the first camera. (2) Install non-IP cameras that are least invasive to your daily life style and are more generic to your surroundings/location. (3) Back-Up power! * The two back-up systems should be offline CCTV in a undisclosed location.* *The less persons who know of your security setup, the better.*

[@lacklustre222]

Omg this is amazing timing! Can you help us get alerts 🤪

[@jaspercardol]

Frigate actually just got a very good update which makes it easier to setup. I'm curious if that would be more user-friendly than Viseron now!

[@waylondismuke3362]

Very very cool however I use a unify system so my G3 and g5s are working just fine! However for my in-laws house this actually makes sense