Ring ring, "Hello is your fridge running?" - "Let me check my Raspberry pi cam... No it's resting quite comfortably thank you!"
@ExplainingComputers4 жыл бұрын
:)
@ironmonger274 жыл бұрын
sat there chillin out more like
@TheMus3L3 жыл бұрын
lol
@resrussia4 жыл бұрын
Great introduction to using the Raspberry Pi Zero W as a security camera using a camera design for Raspberry Pi Zero W. Your instruction are, as always, clear and well structured. Keep up the good work and I am looking forward to your video on the Raspberry Pi 8 GB version.
@oldbloke1353 жыл бұрын
I find your videos very relaxing. I feel like I learn things without actually having to make any effort. I'm not struggling to hear over a thrash soundtrack or spinning my head around to keep track of an epileptic mouse pointer. If only all videos were like this!
@mrMirzam3 жыл бұрын
Clear and concise. Full focus on the subject. No distteactions. Thank you for a quality video!
@nutsnproud69324 жыл бұрын
I did something similar with a cheap USB webcam and a Pi 3B+ to prove to my neighbour it was not our cat tearing up her garden.
@adaw904 жыл бұрын
Who was then?
@omarsharifpathan62784 жыл бұрын
I dont need sleep..... I need answers
@JBee154 жыл бұрын
This is driving me nuts Nuts
@markconger80494 жыл бұрын
I’m betting it was an armadillo or someone else’s pet.
@BatteryProductions4 жыл бұрын
@@markconger8049 meybe squirels
@FintanMoloney4 жыл бұрын
Always look forward to these videos every Sunday. As a person who has worked in I.T. for 22 years I often find something new to learn here. Thanks again.
@max10eb4 жыл бұрын
Very cool! Loved the storm trooper on the frig. its about time he had some backup, now he can take a much needed break. Loved the vid, Thank You.
@No1RaceDriver4 жыл бұрын
Another great video from you Christopher, your explanations are as always detailed yet you make them easy to follow. Thank you for the video guide it will help me make a surveillance cam to keep a checkup on my pet when I’m out.
@danbennett10053 жыл бұрын
So far, I've watched about 36 minutes of video, and now I know exactly how to build a wireless surveillance camera and a network attached storage device around a Raspberry Pi. Amazing tutorials.
@ExplainingComputers3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@_zelatrix3 жыл бұрын
Setting up a camera pointing at your fridge is a great way to catch a cereal killer.
@srtcsb4 жыл бұрын
Really excellent Chris. As others have mentioned, you can go quick and dirty with this setup, or expand on it for more than one camera, etc... As usual, RPi takes the project cost down while bringing the quality to good standard. Thanks for another great video.
@PeteVanDemark4 жыл бұрын
My mind is now racing to explore the potential applications for this setup. I love it when that happens. Thanks for another enlightening video! Love it!
The judge said he would consider the fact that he didn't harm any carrots.
@empireofgreatjanggeo78884 жыл бұрын
*"no pun intended"*
@JoseLopez-oz1xm4 жыл бұрын
I just love seeing all these projects, Thank you.
@BladeDoomer863 жыл бұрын
Your humour is quite witty, and entertaining. Lovely video, simple and informative.
@bfapple4 жыл бұрын
Super excited for the Pirate Headphone Amp, Chris. I’ve had that project on my “todo list” for years, your video might give me the kick I need to get it done!
@FatallyYours2304 жыл бұрын
on my list too dB lol
@HKey_Root4 жыл бұрын
I can't keep up with these projects. Interesting and marvellous as ever. Thank you.
@joegarza83914 жыл бұрын
The only channel I disable my Adblock for. Amazing content!
@ctbinary424 жыл бұрын
Wonderful project Chris! It's fired my enthusiasm for the Zero W again
@mjdxp56884 жыл бұрын
It's always great knowing every Sunday I'll get another great video from you.
@IMRANKHAN-we9un4 жыл бұрын
Proud to be your subscriber. Greetings from INDIA. I wait your every post and never to miss them.Your tutorials are unique and I have been learn a lot of them. I am lucky to purchased RPI ZERO-W in here INDIA because it's hard to find it usually. The camera you used is out off stock before lockdown in country. It's the worst situations in the world due to COVID-19 . May God blessed and relieve the whole humanity ASAP !!! AAMEEN!!
@ExplainingComputers4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. Glad you've got a Pi Zero W. :)
@IanHodgetts4 жыл бұрын
One neat feature of MotionEyeOS is that you can set a camera to be a "Simple MPEG" camera which will purely stream to another computer that can do the motion detection. That way the PiZero doesn't have the CPU overhead of running the motion daemon (and thus improve the framerate). Look for the "fast network camera" option in expert settings. I've been using this for years, expanding my coverage as I go. I'm currently running a combination of 3x ZeroW and a 3A+ as cameras but with a Pi4 (2GB) running MotionEyeOS as a central "controller" (doing the motion detection). I'm still juggling Pis and configurations to get better framerates but it's all good fun!
@ExplainingComputers4 жыл бұрын
Very useful info, thanks for sharing.
@Sup_D3 жыл бұрын
Would a "ROCK PI 4 Model C" help out, since it does support M.2 SSD.
@IanHodgetts3 жыл бұрын
@@Sup_D I think the bottleneck is CPU (for motion) rather than disk IO. I have my 4 Pis recording to an SSD connected directly to my router as a NAS drive.
@MFJLabs2 жыл бұрын
@@IanHodgetts Very interesting. We live in Florida and thinking of building a Pi Zero wifi-cam for our first surveillance project. Wondering if the Pi Zero will stand up in the heat if we use it outdoors?
@constantinehunter13223 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for the help with the Zero. Your video has been super helpful and informative. Spent many hours trying to make it work with raspian, to no avail and many permissions denied with motion and ffserver. This is easy and super accessible. Thanks very much.
@ExplainingComputers3 ай бұрын
Great to hear!
@pelvist4 жыл бұрын
Your videos are so good. Thanks for the effort you put into these.
@polymorphism19664 жыл бұрын
As always a great project. Thank you Chris.
@shivarampersaud23324 жыл бұрын
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="988">16:28</a> - <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1004">16:44</a> Only he could narrate a trip to the kitchen and make it entertaining
@pizzaivlife4 жыл бұрын
and call bran flakes exciting and genuinely mean it
@thegooobley19934 жыл бұрын
69 likes I'm gonna commit a war crime and like
@mickelodiansurname95784 жыл бұрын
Chris seriously missed his calling, he would make an excellant stand up comedian...
@yajbgaming2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha yeah
@Mike-tv9rk4 жыл бұрын
Just successfully built a ryzen3 gaming computer for my daughter using your videos with virtually no prior knowledge of how to do it . Absolutely no problems at all. Thank you so much for being clear and slow with your instructions unlike all the other coffee fuelled wiz kids that waste so much of the ley persons time on youtube. I watch many of your vids for just that reason. I think you help many people to understand this stuff. We do have brains just not those of the intolerant Mensa heroes that clog the airwaves. You have my full support. 👍🏼✌🏻
@ExplainingComputers4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. Great to hear that you've built your daughter a Ryzen PC. I hope that you enjoyed building it, and she enjoys using it! :)
@M4ttheww4 жыл бұрын
Keep up the good work man. You just simplified everything I wanted to know about computers for me (not really related to the video but eh, still wanted to thank you).
@ExplainingComputers4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! :)
@dazryan34634 жыл бұрын
I have had two of these setup for a couple of years now and find them excellent. Both are set to 1024 x 768 and give a very clear image during daylight hours. Motion detection is a little hit and miss even with a surveillance mask set but timed jpg images work great too
@philiponsolent72324 жыл бұрын
Clear instructions as usual thanks. Would be really useful to show how to set up a solar powered version
@sanjaybhatikar4 жыл бұрын
Another cool video! I love the videos where you make stuff.
@damodaranm.v19304 жыл бұрын
Yesterday, I really thought of buying a Pimoroni Pirate Audio Headphone Amp and combining Mopidy Music Server with it. Today You Announced it as your next project. that is Wonderful!. You are really reading the viewers mind. Appreciate that.
@JAY_K4234 жыл бұрын
We learn a lot from these videos such as in this one how to set up a Rasp Pi Zero to be a security camera but also what cereal Chris likes!
@elviraeloramilosic98134 жыл бұрын
Perfect. 👌🏻 Fast and simple solution for home security and more. Small, can be hidden. And a way to discover how Leo is opening doors around, especially fridge door to steal treats and working room door to sneak in where I find him often curled up between my machines. Greetings Chris, I hope you are doing well and staying safe. 👋🏻
@ExplainingComputers4 жыл бұрын
Hi Elvira, I am keeping well, and I hope that you are too. :)
@neilshobbyhq4 жыл бұрын
Great stuff, gonna give this a go, great fun and learning., getting us all through lockdown. Thank you Chris.
@BagusSumanjaya4 жыл бұрын
Yess. I think Its the best idea to make a project while stay at home. Thanks Mr. Barnatt 🙏🏻
@heinrichkeyser42174 жыл бұрын
Love this series!
@ExplainingComputers4 жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@AtlantaTerry4 жыл бұрын
Christopher, some things I would like you to cover: * insert text into the video stream such as time, date, camera number, etc. * alert us that the motion detection has "seen" something happen via a Google smart speaker or popping up a message on one or more of our television sets * show the motion activated video on our television sets The reason I am interested in these capabilities is that I have an 84 year old widow friend who is often bed ridden and can't see what is happening outside her house or at her front door. If something happens outside her house while she is watching TV, she would be immediately notified and could see what the camera caught. Thank you.
@henryschilling11204 жыл бұрын
I set up two of these some time back. One regular, one IR. Motioneye is great software. It wasn't shown but you can static IP on the config screen, send the files to a network share etc. Great stuff.
@makemoneynow50613 жыл бұрын
Glad I found this channel! Your videos are so good!
@ExplainingComputers3 жыл бұрын
Many thanks. :)
@AstroTechGuy4 жыл бұрын
And the Oscar goes to.... Christopher Barnatt for "The thief"!
@bardenegri214 жыл бұрын
Having used this exact setup for a while here are my thoughts: it does the job, it's quite usable if you just want pictures when motion is detected. If you want videos forget about it. If you're going to employ more than one of these a good solution is to have a full pi running as an NVR and the Pi zeros just running an rtsp or mjpeg streaming server with nothing else. Even so, you'll get better performance if you use Shinobi instread of motioneye for more than 2 cameras since motioneye recodes the video and shinobi can just copy it. Both have motion detect, recording etc. The pi zero is barely enough for the setup presented, you'll get broken videos, low fps etc.
@KOTYAR04 жыл бұрын
Can you please explain or link a tutorial on how to set up Pi Zero to make pictures when motion is detected? I plan to use it to track who is picking items from my postbox.
@KOTYAR04 жыл бұрын
Also, will Pi 1 or 2, I mean, those on cheaper side, be enough for video?
@KOTYAR04 жыл бұрын
Setup of 2 pi's is absolutely out of my league, I'm a newbie who can't even setup screensaver properly in Ubuntu.
@KOTYAR04 жыл бұрын
If a pi zero would record only to SD card? without network connectivity? Would it cut it?
@TheClembo4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the heads up re Shinobi. Looks the bees knees. Ta
@vineshgda4 жыл бұрын
Hi Christopher, good of you to upload this.
@rikprince84144 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, Sir! This got me thinking to replace my ancient D-link doorway camera with a Pi. The D-link is seriously old and low res. And the Pi will take up far less space as well. Nice one!
@gordo81894 жыл бұрын
We've 8 cameras based on Pi-Zero-W's around the house, all set up as simple-MPEG-streaming cameras (so no in-camera recording) and a Core-i5 based headless NUC running MotionEYE on Linux Mint as a server, which does all the motion detecting, storage, data management etc. automatically. It's been running now for almost 3 years and hasn't missed a beat, is extensively configurable, can be accessed remotely via a single open port on our router and is completely self-contained - ie. doesn't need a phone app or login to some Chinese server to operate or configure. Also, since the cameras use standard RTSP streams, we can watch a single camera from an iPad using any webcam app if we want to watch for, say, the mail-man or visitors in our driveway in real-time - without involving the server... All in all, a very slick system..
@ExplainingComputers4 жыл бұрын
Great to hear of these Pi's in action!
@fortgamer16733 жыл бұрын
Hello, which cameras are you using based on the Pi-Zero W's ?
@cogitoergosum71754 жыл бұрын
Aha, now we know why carrots and cereals are disappearing from the kitchen. As a witness, RPI Zero is called to the testimony :)) Great project and simply explained(computers).
@robX33 жыл бұрын
Great vid again Would this work from a mobile phone hotspot ,if there was no home broadband,? and how far does the camera see , cud I see my driveway from a bedroom window quite clear,or is it not strong enough,I don't expect much distance just a estimate
@wrxs17814 жыл бұрын
Good video Chris on a practical use of a RP, I have a similar set up using the very inexpensive "Wyze" cameras, which also have sound.
@robertdavis55694 жыл бұрын
Recently got a Raspberry Pi4 4gb after watching your videos. You are you doing an awesome job. I love the "The magic of film making" bit you do
@ExplainingComputers4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this -- I hope that you enjoy your Pi 4. :)
@superusermode4 жыл бұрын
I remember when if you wanted a single board computer to mess with, you bought a router like the WL-520GU and used that.
@SciStone4 жыл бұрын
Could have used this in my shared kitchen dorm days
@ericcarver83634 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to the next project! I've been using Raspberry Pis as video player devices for a while now, but I have a Pi Zero HW lying in a box without a use (couldn't figure out what I wanted to do with it), so making it into a potentially portable media device is suddenly appealing.
@IGqy3 жыл бұрын
I don't know if you already have a video for that, but it would be great if you were to make an instruction video on how to set it up, so that it could be accessed from anywhere, with the proper security etc. Thanks for a very informational video - always high quality production!
@DaGleese4 жыл бұрын
"Let's go and get started" I wasn't ready for this curveball.
@another39974 жыл бұрын
For those days where you come downstairs in the morning and realise your fridge has made a run for it. I've lost count of the number of times my fridge has escaped while I was sleeping. Cunning little blighters. 😁
@ExplainingComputers4 жыл бұрын
So true.
@Duewester4 жыл бұрын
Very well laid out CB. I rigged a Pi 0W up as a nature cam using a different program. I think Ill look into MotionEye. Thank you for the project and sharing it and your time with us.
@andrewpaige91523 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, only your video make it so for the not so tech savy to make it easier to understand. Hence I been a Subbie for a while now and with your recommendations have been swapping my old OS laptop into new ones. Thank you from down under Australia
@ExplainingComputers3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for supporting the channel. :)
@StephenC0504 жыл бұрын
I hope Kellogg’s pay well for the product placement 😂
@ExplainingComputers4 жыл бұрын
Yes, I should now I hope receive 100 boxes of All Bran.
@gauravraj93284 жыл бұрын
LoL xD
@mickelodiansurname95784 жыл бұрын
100 boxes.. of All Bran? Jesus Chris your videos are regular enough already!
@MajorSeventh4 жыл бұрын
Next video: "The Secret Life of Mr. Scissors". Seen here in surveillance footage, his tryst with Cling Film makes for gripping viewing.
@muazzulkifli15364 жыл бұрын
thank you so much for the video sir. love it. keep uploading! i really appreciate it.
@SuperHaunts Жыл бұрын
Nicely done video. I somehow missed it on the original release, but was looking for PI0 W projects, and will add this soon to my project list.
@bufordmaddogtannen4 жыл бұрын
I tried a similar setup with the pi camera module. In the end a second hand android phone was cheaper, more flexible (as it could switch to battery power and 3G/4G data automatically) and could handle 1080p effortlessly.
@MACTEP_CHOB4 жыл бұрын
And the IP camera would be even more cheaper
@niro196010 ай бұрын
There is a link on how this is done?
@russellhltn13964 жыл бұрын
My experience with that kind of motion detection is that it constantly triggers on changing light. I think you'd be much better off using a PIR for triggering.
@strongangel4 жыл бұрын
Always enjoy your videos; well presented, great graphics; well explained ... . Even though I have never used a single piece of info you have given, I have learnt much .... Thank You.
@ExplainingComputers4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@strongangel4 жыл бұрын
@@ExplainingComputers The pleasure has been mine .... Honest .....
@FocusProj3 жыл бұрын
You know you are watching a British YT channel when they say, "these are not my actual WiFi details".. loved it 🙌😊
@SarkarMotion4 жыл бұрын
The hamster can no longer steal from the fridge sneakily
@danbennett10053 жыл бұрын
Yes, Hammy will have to go back to waiting for his nuts to drop.
@runepedersenDK4 жыл бұрын
As always interesting. But I don't like WiFi for important surveillance - simply too easy to jam. I would use a pi with wired LAN.
@chriholt4 жыл бұрын
Fun project Chris, greatly looking forward to the next one!
@ExplainingComputers4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Chris.
@shaneofastrotek4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for all these amazing videos. I've been wanting to tinker with single boards since the CHIP was on kickstarter and I FINALLY bought one as well as an onion omega 2+ but still waiting on more parts to get it up and running.
@ExplainingComputers4 жыл бұрын
Good luck with your SBC adventure!
@MrGeekGamer4 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty certain that your wpa_supplicant file was saved with Windows line endings, because it said so in the bottom right corner of the window. It's likely the Linux code reading it is more tolerant of Windows line endings. Notepad would have assumed Windows line endings because the file was empty.
@ExplainingComputers4 жыл бұрын
As far as I am aware, the only thing that has changed is Notepad itself. The instructions for motionEyeOS on GitHub (which pre-date the revised version of Notepad) say that files saved with Notepad will not work. But they certainly do now (I did the install clean three times to be certain). You may be right that motionEyeOS has been upgraded to be more tolerant, but I have no info on that.
@kenkelvin40232 жыл бұрын
You have no save options
@abdraoufx4 жыл бұрын
finally i can know who eats my ice cream.
@bakanndy3 жыл бұрын
Very well explained. I wish I've seen this video before Christmas
@homemixer4 жыл бұрын
This is a really good sunday afternoon project, thanks Chris
@ltdees23624 жыл бұрын
...now I can prove to my wife's doctor why she is not losing weight...😎
@ExplainingComputers4 жыл бұрын
:)
@yaz29283 жыл бұрын
Oh that is quite devilish :P
@markstevens17293 жыл бұрын
You mean your future ex-wife? I’m sure you do...
@goku4454 жыл бұрын
So this is the secret of your slim waist? Carrots and whole cereals. Makes sense.
@Millzie-wf1ql4 жыл бұрын
What molecules are in Carrots and 'Whole' Wheats? How do they impact gene expression and protein synthesis?
@another39974 жыл бұрын
@@Millzie-wf1ql They contain the recently discovered 'Barnatt' boson, often referred to as "Gods diet pill". These interact with the Calorific Quark particles in your body to produce an inter-dimensional energy exchange, whereby someone else, somewhere in the multiverse, gets fat instead of you. This is referred to as the Universal Mr Anti-Scissors paradigm... because you don't have to cut anything out of your diet. I can fill you in on all the specific details, for a small fee. 😁
@cocosloan37484 жыл бұрын
LOL "Slim waist"
@capritsuno28854 жыл бұрын
Very interesting! I can't wait for the next project too
@Nibardocano4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video Chris. I am very curious to look at your next video about the media player. It's something that i have planned to do in the next weeks.
@mac78584 жыл бұрын
Have you managed to get your hands on the new Pi4 8GB?
@MESYETI4 жыл бұрын
the WHAT
@ExplainingComputers4 жыл бұрын
I have. I'll feature it in a video soon. We've been having a bit chat about it in the ExplainingComputers community tab here: kzbin.infoUgwXM_pYsmlJD2lu_CV4AaABCQ
@MarkTheMorose4 жыл бұрын
Just when I'd given up hope of finding scientific proof that Bran Flakes were tastier than carrots.
@wallaceshackleton18894 жыл бұрын
Excellent timing, I'm waiting on a SD card to install MotionEye onto my ZeroW That Zero camera is a bit of a pain to mount into a standard Pi Zero W case
@philkelsall12074 жыл бұрын
Great little project, works well just exploring are the available setting.
@Morphineck4 жыл бұрын
Old phrase: between a rock and a hard place. New phrase: between carrots and all bran.
@mllarson4 жыл бұрын
Fridge Films 10: The re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-opening
@ExplainingComputers4 жыл бұрын
:)
@Antonio-fl3nr4 жыл бұрын
This looks great. Looking forward to seeing that media player. Thanks, Mr. Chris.
@nrnoble4 жыл бұрын
Love to see more PI zero video projects! I personally would love to know how to power a PI zero remotely where there is power available. Best I can come up with at the moment is solar powered battery pack. Please let me know if there are other suggestions on how to power a PI zero (with camera) at remote locations to provide 24x7 monitoring. Another idea would be to use PoE if that is is possible with any model of Raspberry PI.
@LeemanJ4 жыл бұрын
Bran Flakes, well I never. I had you down as a Sugar Puff man.
@ExplainingComputers4 жыл бұрын
That would be some time ago . . .
@uiopuiop34724 жыл бұрын
same
@Colin_Fasoli4 жыл бұрын
i had some sugar puffs a while ago...the sugar police have ruined them
@lesliedeana51424 жыл бұрын
First! and just what I wanted to do as well!
@ExplainingComputers4 жыл бұрын
Hi Leslie -- so, so close! Second, and a silver medal is still very shiny.
@ezContents4 жыл бұрын
Very useful video. I might finally found a purpose for the Raspberry Pi Zero that I have stored somewhere in my drawer. I am sure a camera is also present in the same drawer.
@reggiep754 жыл бұрын
The intro never gets a chance to end before I click like on a slice of my Sunday evening entertainment. I'm also looking into making a few projects soon and helping my daughter with things on her Pi3 B+ she's recently got back into. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="861">14:21</a> - Everyone needs a fridge Stormtrooper. I currently have Darth Vader ensuring nobody is looking to acquire anything without checking with me!
@typxxilps4 жыл бұрын
Why in the hell didn't the develope the "shipping case" of that tiny cam into a re-useable pi zero case for that particular cam? Would make much more sense then to throw the plastic in the garbage.
@ExplainingComputers4 жыл бұрын
I totally agree.
@GrahamAtDesk4 жыл бұрын
Totally. My enthusiasm for getting that particular cam tanked when I saw the ill considered box.
@user-hl8dz6it8u4 жыл бұрын
Waiting for the raspberry pi 4 8gb video :)
@JeremydePrisco2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting. This was much easier to follow than some other tutorials that I found on the same topic. Only thing I see that is a bit odd is that you have tons more settings on MotionEye than I do, using the same version update. All I have are column/row settings and some dimmers for frame rate, etc.
@ExplainingComputers2 жыл бұрын
To have more settings you need to login in as admin (username "admin", password blank). :) You will then see everything shown in the video.
@JeremydePrisco2 жыл бұрын
@@ExplainingComputers Got it, thanks!!
@simoncox47883 жыл бұрын
Excellent clear, helpful presentation - good job 👍 and thank you
@matneu274 жыл бұрын
Now I can figure out which family members make a mess while feeding the cats. When I ask no one splattered while opening the food bags, no one leaves them lying around.... 😉🙄At least the cats feed them self ill see on the movies.
@LoneWolfZ4 жыл бұрын
That's the same password I use on my luggage!
@olemauda61874 жыл бұрын
love your videos, keep up the good work. I can't donate but i watch all the adverts
@ExplainingComputers4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching. :)
@StephenC0504 жыл бұрын
I can’t wait for your next pi zero project. I’ve been considering using a pi (3) for a music player but not too sure where to start. Considered the pi 3 as my media mostly flac files is on usb hdd and I found the rune audio software, but maybe a zero with WiFi will do the trick.
@JAY_K4234 жыл бұрын
Someone call the police for Chris! Someone stole his bran flakes!
@brad33784 жыл бұрын
Perfect timing. My city is becoming overwhelmed by "protestors"
@avejst4 жыл бұрын
Great project as always Thanks for sharing😀
@Giblet5354 жыл бұрын
The "Pi NoIr" cameras on Adafruit have the IR-cut filter removed. Color video in white light requires re-balancing (ImageMagick does this nicely), but the cameras work quite well with infrared LED flood lighting, and the Pi Zero W is capable of determining whether the IR flood lighting is needed or not. An inexpensive Day/Night IP security camera. Much better quality than the $1500 Axis cameras, although those have PTZ which would add some cost on this setup.