This is the ULTIMATE Video Doorbell that we've all been waiting for! And it works in Home Assistant!

This Reolink video doorbell is the video doorbell that we've all been waiting for! It supports almost everything that you could possibly want from a video doorbell. In this Reolink Video Doorbell Review, I will show you all the features of the Relink Video doorbell and on top of that, I will show you how you can integrate it perfectly into Home Assistant! Let's do this!
NOTE: since the new Home Assistant release 2023.2 there's an official Reolink integration now that supports this doorbell as well, so you do not need the HACS variant anymore!
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:13 What's in the box?
00:01:40 Connectivity
00:02:05 Storage
00:02:38 Installation
00:03:55 Video Quality
00:04:18 Speed
00:04:32 More options
00:05:12 The Chime
00:05:35 Integrate the Reolink Video Doorbell into Home Assistant
00:06:53 Automation: Play a doorbell sound through your Smart Speakers
00:07:21 Install the Reolink Integration in Home Assistant
00:08:44 Copy the MP3 file to Home Assistant
00:09:43 Create the automation to ring the doorbell through a Smart Speaker
00:12:49 Automation: Send a message with a video doorbell snapshot to your phone
00:16:05 Show the Video Doorbell live stream on the dashboard
00:17:17 Conclusion
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[@SmartHomeJunkie]

What do you think about this Reolink Video Doorbell and the Home Assistant automations? Let me know in the comments! NOTE: since the new Home Assistant release 2023.2 there's an official Reolink integration now that supports this doorbell as well, so you do not need the HACS variant anymore!

[@wimpoort]

I have been waiting for such a solution for a long time. Thank you !

[@MrFixma]

Loving it!

[@andrevanvlaanderen6666]

Love it !!

[@richardharnwell3331]

This looks amazing! Fed up of slow response and frequent charge requirements of my original Ring. Was thinking I’d have to spend loads of money on the Ring Elite to get POE, but glad I hesitated this option is much better and cheaper!

[@Martberg01]

super. finally cloud free. Thanks for your video

[@nickkroes5115]

Look, these kinds of instructions are very instructive. People can do a lot with this. thank you for the time in this video!

[@AtTheBarn]

Thanks. This is just what I was looking for!!!

[@mattjohnson7835]

I pre-ordered this product and received it recently. I got the wifi version. Works quite well. I was concerned about the view because my doorbell was mounted very low, like 3 feet off the ground. It turned out, the view was quite good and is wired angle to cover all the front entrance.

[@paulhyland3528]

Absolutely been waiting for something like this the possibility of poe and lan connection is a game changer. Great video as alway, look forward to the next one. Have a great Christmas!

[@paulhyland3528]

So finally got the door bell actually quite disappointed that the door bell doesn't actually call your mobile to say someone is at the door. A notification by default will only send you a notification which is a short notification. I've had to assign a 30 second notification ring tone to a notification tone?? unless me and lot of other who are moaning about this feature has missed it some where?? Thanks for this vid though i will eventually implement the what you have done. How has the door bell been for the last 9 months??thanks paul

[@jovs1407]

Once again a very good and clear tutorial from you. Thanks. I ordered this bell to and also took my ring doorbell off .

[@HiltonT69]

This is a really comprehensive review and configuration guide. Well done!

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Tom-ek5oy]

this was just what i have been looking for. Im buying my first house and i have been looking for the right door bell. thanks!

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

That's great to hear. I hope you enjoy it just as much as I do! 👍🏻

[@Joseph-ko2kl]

Great video! Thanks for all the details.

[@the_DOS]

Thank you. Subscribed and liked!

[@woodcat7180]

Waiting for this in Canada. Come on Reolink.

[@user-rd9kb6ox1v]

Great review!

[@ralfengler3076]

There are similar options like Foscam VD1 since 2020. Also perfect HA integration.

[@TheBroz]

Bought one recently, in the process of getting it fitted. I’m new to home automation and gonna be getting a Home Assistant Green.

[@AB-jt6ic]

Great content, as always!

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

Thank you!

[@johanarens9798]

Thanks, very nice video !

[@clive7788]

Yes ..I am waiting for one

[@tevincoburn1469]

I pre-ordered and just got my POE one in the mail. I'm SO happy with it. I ran cat 6 to my door when I redid the entry and built a nice enclosure with plans to get the unifi poe doorbell but ultimately decided to wait. Good thing too! I love relinks other cameras and use blue iris for everything. All my cameras are poe and my switch is connected to a battery back so my doorbell will keep recording even if the power goes out

[@Mesyu]

Just received my Reolink poa. Haven't yet thought about battery back up but do wonder how you arrranged the back-up of the TP-LINK 53,5V 70W power brick?

[@mluisx]

Please, explain a bit about that battery pack, thanks

[@westleyjohnstone4719]

This is looking perfect for that spare camera license I have on the nas. Our maybe , just being able to store it in my nas is perfect

[@fredrikzelazny4125]

Thanks a bunch, great tutorial

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@subthousandoaks]

Ty!!👍

[@tubesforyou7747]

Forget about the doorbell, nice guitar collection i am jealous.

[@tuffelhinni]

Thanks for your tutorial! Comes right on time to delivery of the doorbell. I really like the doorbell, excellent quality and full local control. Much better then eufy! One think i would like to have is when a visitor rings, the video is streamed to my nest display. Nevertheless - the doorbell is awesome - and your videos too! Thanks a lot!

[@tuffelhinni]

Meanwhile I solved this by streaming the picture to the display - much faster to display and sufficient for my case :)

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

Great that you managed to solve it yourself!

[@blazemanchannel477]

This is the second home in which kzbin.infoUgkx0jZ_lGlDVJhDnmagEU8gn47cmfPNlLQU we've replaced our "regular" doorbell with a Ring video doorbell and we really enjoy it. It is very easy to install and it works very well, with a clear picture through the app and good in-home use (we added the chime, which is also easy to install and doesn't require another thought to use).

[@mondotv4216]

I'm not sure you really understand the point of Home Assistant which is to make everything local. Ring depends on the cloud and is basically what I call subscription "bait'. Buy it, you want some feature and you have to subscribe to get it. It fits a large section of the market, it's just not for me.

[@ammej768]

I have the POE version. No wifi delay ! If I want to be picky, a fast login via fingerprint sensor would be quicker than punching in a 4 digit code . But in all other respects, it definitely ticks all the boxes. It is very easy to set up. The app works great. On the first day , I was able to talk to my postie to arrange a parcel redelivery, as I was away from home. Good price 👍

[@DominikZalewski85]

Great video. I'm looking to replace my Ring cameras and doorbell with Reolinik and HA as 2023 spring project :)

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

Good choice!

[@duchemindusel]

Great video ! I would appreciate a tutorial on how to store pictures or small videos from it on a hdd or through ftp.

[@simonblurton8009]

It totally blows the ring away! 😂

[@ramonstam5784]

Great video thanks a lot

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

Thank you!

[@micheldriessen7238]

This is the doorbell to buy! And it’s still possible to use you’re existing chime with a Shelly 1 like I did.. The Reolink triggers the Shelly 1 with an URL added in the settings and there ya go..

[@Lonestar101]

Thanks!

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

Thank you for your support! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@paulkelly8882]

Yes, a straight forward replacement for Ring, Reolink even have a replacement for the floodlight cam. Sick of not getting motion notifications from Ring until well after the event, if I get them at all. And the monthly fee.

[@PersonXes]

My wishlist for this doorbell: 1: Allow activating the “quick replies” from Home Assistant 1: If you want that as well please ask Reolink to enable it in their API. This has many uses. e.g. when you can configure home asistant to send you a notification with a picture when someone presses the doorbell (or even when it detects a person) and the notification can have several options that you can click on for what the speaker should say (e.g. leave the package at the door). face recognition: When the camera sees a person I have Home Assistant send me a notification with a screenshot. I’d like to be able to not send me those screenshots when it’s my wife etc. Not sure how to do that. 2: Allow activating the alarm sound from Home Assistant: 3: 2-way audio: would be great to have this working in Home Assistant and Synology Surveillance Station 4: Full integration with Synology Surveillance Station: (play custom sounds trough the doorbell, detect person, detect doorbell press, 2-way audio) (There's a form your can fill in to request Synology). Weird things about the doorbell: 1: Important information to make the Reolink work remotely with a VPN if you’ve blocked it from accessing the internet: by default the Reolink app adds the doorbell based on the ‘UID’ rather than it’s IP address and then it only works using the cloud once you have excited the app and open it again. To make sure you add the doorbell based on it’s IP address you need to delete the device if you already added it. Then disable wifi on your smartphone so that you are on mobile data. Then activate the VPN. Then add the doorbell using the option ‘input UID/IP’ then choose the IP option and enter the camera’s IP address. 2: This night the doorbell gave lots of person detection events (false as there was no-one) and no motion detection events. I don’t understand that as I thought a person detection event would always be preceded by a motion detected event. 3: When the doorbell switched to Infrared mode and vice-versa it seems to be falsely reported as a motion detected event. That’s a bit amateuristic.

[@MandeepSingh-bv2zw]

@lifewithrob512 and am assuming all are integrated with home assistant, or else you would have to deal with 3 different apps when someone walks through all those areas ? ;)

[@subthousandoaks]

Ty

[@OlivierToebosch]

screen layout changed too...stupid me not reading the comments before starting to execute the instructions. any how thumbs up for your efforts. groeten uit België

[@pjuhl2313]

Hey Ed, great vid as always. I have a question about the action URI in the automation. Is the URI you wrote out work generically? Or do I need a specific URI for my stuff?

[@mikefromwa]

I think the Falls cam dbw5 is better all around. It supports PoE and both 2.4 and 5G plus it has a genuine hardwired network video output through the RJ45 adapter.

[@KG12KG]

We bought the Reolink Wi-Fi doorbell camera to add to our other seven Reolink cameras. Oddly, it would record to the micro SD (128GB) but it would not present the Storage option on either Windows client. If we clicked Playback, it would warn us it had no playback...but once we confirmed the message, it would playback. We presumed it was defective and bought another one...with the same effects. All of our other cameras had the Storage option. After multiple days, we emailed support. The day that they replied, it suddenly had a Storage option and it now had the Talk, Audio Alarm, etc., buttons on the live video. I suspect something auto-updated, but I have no idea what resolved the issue.

[@Matisto1]

Great video! Thanks for the upload. I currently have two questions: does the HA integration work if I hook up the camera to a NVR (without PoE) and can the camera use a SD card for motion events and use the NVR for 24/7 recording?

[@peteyx44]

You can control the volume of the Chime by pressing its button. Initially the volume goes up when you press the button. After the volume reaches the highest, it goes down if you keep pressing the button. Please note that the settings of the Chime can only be done locally; you can NOT control the Chime via App or Client. [from the website]

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

This is correct. I mention that in the video. What you cannot do is send your own chime sound using an MP3 to the chime.

[@damienseidel3547]

Fantastic - have been waiting for this! Can you ditch the plug in chime once you have integrated with HA?

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

Yes you can!

[@JakobVarming]

Good review! I will look closer at that doorbell!

[@marc250872]

Leuke video en duidelijke uitleg over deze camera. Waar is deze te koop?

[@RonenLin]

What about sending the image instantly to a device such as an echo show when the doorbell is pressed?

[@martinottolangui4667]

registered but still waiting for release in the uk ,biting at the bit to junk the ring pro

[@DiegoSaavedra82]

First of all, Congrats for the Amazing Channel. I’m considering to buy this Doorbell but I have a specific need that maybe you can tell me if it’s possible. One of my most important needs is two way audio in AppleWatch. So I can see that reolink integration already have two way audio. (At least with Scrypted). Do you have any idea if it’s possible to achieve two way audio in AppleWatch using home assistant, scrypted and home bridge? Tks a lot

[@christiaanwiddershoven4596]

Thanks for your answer. Furthermore, do you have any tips to set it up to record movement and include the 30 seconds before, like Ring does?

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

Yes, it includes a couple of seconds before.

[@running_rich]

Your best statement: "Goodbye Ring, Hello Reolink". I am waiting for the POE version to become in the US, was promised for Dec. Will be using with Blue Iris with integration with HA. I have two Rings to replace, so I'm not sure if each Reolink can only work with it's dedicated chime, or if there is a way that both chimes will sound regardless of which Reolink is signaling it. That is possible with the Ring system. Thanks for going over the useful HA automations and this long awaited review.

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

As far as I know it is possible to pair multiple doorbells to one chime.

[@JasperJanssen]

@@SmartHomeJunkie does that also mean you can have multiple chimes for one doorbell?

[@ManfredRotgers]

@@JasperJanssen I asked Reolink support, and it will be available in the (near) future

[@manfredzimmer1199]

👍👍👍 Top Video

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

Thanks ✌

[@adampakula4285]

Excellent video! I’m in the market for such doorbell and was wondering if there is anything newer in the market today?

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

Thi sone is still the one that I prefer.

[@levvaisman]

Thanks for the review! I actually was waiting for this doorbell for a few months already. It's out of stock here in Australia. I was trying to organize it from the USA, but it's out of stock there as well. Where did you get it from?

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

It was sent to me by Reolink after waiting for months. They say it will be in stock in March or April because of Covid in China. 🥴

[@1982seca1]

Does it work with a digital chime . That a lot of homes have thru hardwire in your home.

[@lucamarcio4110]

Hi and thank you so much! The only thing remains to understand for me is if it is possible to use a tablet like the internal monitor of a normal doorbell. I need the video stream from the doorbell appears when someone pushes the doorbell button Will you clarify this in your next video, please? Thank you. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

Yes, I will in one of my upcoming videos.

[@mrbarrington-smythe9033]

Looks good, thanks. But no 2way audio?

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

Yes, of course!

[@Kiloptero]

thanks again! a question.. im moving to a house.. looking for cameras and the reolink looks great.. due the constrain of chips its dif to get a coral.. its really needed to have a good frigate system?

[@Famousjack]

I went wit the Eufy Doorbell. It saves on it's own Station that all cameras share. and one can store up to 16TB if they want to add a drive to it. I just have a 2TB rather than a 16gb it comes with. Thanks for sharing.

[@kylegurney8610]

will this work/easily integrate with frigate?

[@cmacmenow]

Does it work with Apple "HomeKit?" Excellent video! Thank you very much.

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

No, unfortunately not. See this: support.reolink.com/hc/en-us/articles/900000628746-Does-Reolink-Supports-Apple-Homekit

[@corevette]

Totally happy with the LINDO dual camera video doorbell that I just purchased. Great battery life. Awesome customer support!

[@BrandonDoyleMN]

I wish it would work with existing chime

[@roboravec9678]

Thanks for this. Any idea if it is water resistant, any mention on the box? Nothing mentioned on the link. Thanks again!

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

Well, it's for outdoor use, so I expect it to be water resistant.

[@michaelfalk5284]

Can you use this with the Eufy-doorbell as well?

[@andreasyiassemis]

Great video tutorial, did you manage to get a full screen image on tablet? If yes can you make a video tutorial? Thanks!

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

I will create a video about that shortly.

[@barthbarth8458]

Great! Thanks. Can you create a blueprint for this? On the comunity, there is so much bluprint about doorbell, but nothing work. Best

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

You can download the code through the link the description. I don't use blueprints myself. I'm not very fond of them.

[@berthennink4357]

Its great that you make these video's, much better then the written docs!😀 Had to do some extra setup to get the notofications pop up at my android devices. there is one thing still not working. I see the popup and the snapshot is a small thumbnail instead of the real image. I have to swipe down in the notification to see the larger image. Is there a way to just get the image as a notificatien? Such that it is large image?

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

Thank you! I do not have an Android phone myself, so I cannot test it. 🤷🏼

[@jaspernillessen8916]

Could you tell me what the extra setup you had to do was? I can't get it to work on my android device... Your help would be much appreciated!

[@MrCrUzEr101]

Uitgebreid en zeer goed uitgelegd, waarvoor heel erg bedankt. Ik gebruik nu al 3 jaar een BTicino class300 (veel te duur). Heb al enkele Reolink producten waarvan ik heel erg tevreden ben. Sinds kort gebruik ik ook home assistent. Dus ben wel erg hard aan het twijfelen om die BTicino buiten te gooien. Werkt de deurbel ook nog zonder dat je de witte adapter in het strocontact steekt ? als je dan wel alles integreert in home assistent bedoel ik.

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

You'll always need the adapter or connect it to your existing wiring.

[@Hb2oo]

Merry Christmas and thank you for your video. Question: I am interested in setting up the notifications with image to my phone based on person detection of a reolink 810a camera on an reolink NVR using HA. I tried to apply your instructions in this video for the doorbell but could not get it to work. Do you have a video for this? Is what I am describing possible just using HA? I am new to HA and have been trying to figure this out for some time. Cheers.

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

Hi! If you can trigger HA based on motion of your Camera, this should work in the exact same manner for your camera. You can test the action in the automation that sends the image to see if that works at least.

[@johnholllander]

As ever great video. Thank you. I've got mine up and running. Is there a way to play to more than one device (alexa). Thanks

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

I'm not sure. I do not have Alexa devices myself unfortunately.

[@akilfahd]

Can the Reolink Video Doorbell PoE be connected to Alexa and the live stream video be viewed with two-way audio on an Echo Show 8 or the Samsung Family Hub 6.0??

[@nicokamphuis4602]

Hi Ed, thanks for all your great work! All of your video's are very clearly. But this one isn't at the end. Notification with image is not working. I only get a message "er is aangebeld" no picture. What's the meaning of the part action URI? what am I supposed to do? I used my lovelace tab with my doorbel, but nothing is showing up.

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

Hi Nico. Thanks. I think you might have missed a step or your credentials for your camera in the action are not correct. It does work here. The uri is used to link to a dashboard in HA that show my cameras, but it's not needed to show an image in the notification on yor phone.

[@JamesMossR33]

This looks perfect to replace my Ring Pro doorbell. It's been ok, but usually laggy and I want better integration with HA and not have to use a cloud service. It'll also be fun to figure out how to manage the video files and keep them on a network device. Thanks for another great video, and Merry Christmas!

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

Great to hear! The camera also has an ftp option so that you can ftp the footage to a local NAS folder.

[@kenrickdavis9216]

Your WiFi is the problem

[@webeducation]

Mine was laggy too until I upgraded the doorbells transformer. The one I was using was a bit underpowered.

[@kylegurney8610]

@@webeducation what did you upgrade from? and what did you upgrade to?

[@kylegurney8610]

1. The Reolink Video Doorbell camera requires the user to bypass the existing chime first to get sufficient power. Without this step, there may be problems including but not limited to: The doorbell camera can't be powered on or it will be rebooted abnormally. The doorbell camera can be powered on but can't work stably. The existing mechanical chime will vibrate or sound abnormally. 2. The existing mechanical chime will not work anymore after the bypass. 3. Be careful when handling the circuit wiring. If you have any questions or need assistance, contact a qualified electrician. after reading this are you able to run the original chime with the doorbell and have sufficient power?

[@ashwinbahadoersing2647]

Bedankt voor deze geweldige video, ik heb hem inmiddels ook (de POE variant). De RSTP stream werkt echter niet stabiel wanneer ik deze toevoeg als Generic Camera. Via VLC werkt de stream zonder problemen. Iemand suggesties ?

[@the-cyber-monkey]

Thank you for another great tutorial. I am however having issues exposing the camera entity camera.doorbell_sub to the Google assistant. It shows up in Google home but if I try to view the camera in Google home it says Live video unavailable, any idea why this is happening when it steams fine in home assistant and in the Reolink app? I can ask the Google assistant to stream doorbell to Chromecast device just fine but the stream is about 30 seconds behind, any idea why it would be so far behind when it's a poe doorbell?

[@patrickhuisman5312]

Hi Ed, thank you for these instructions. I have setup the reolink integration but although the camera stream works fine the options like visitor and motion detection are visible but don't react. In forms I read that it is for the Reolink webhook necessary that home assistant is available on http port 80 and not 8123, do you know if this is true?

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

Shouldn't be the case. It works fine on my end with port 8123.

[@dob3079]

if i hook it up wirelessly to my reolink NVR does it take up one of the 8 channels?

[@gusfigueroa1071]

Does this door bell connects to any of the echo shows??????

[@robertfontaine3650]

Finally a doorbell that almost works. The plugin chime is a bit annoying. I'm still on the Ring doorbell and the Reolink is almost the thing that I was looking for in the first place. The video doorbell market is filled with devices that don't quite work.

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

I used a Ring doorbell too (and still have one at my backdoor), but I like the Reolink more!

[@mindracing]

Thank you for this. I may have missed you mentioning it. Does it work with Frigate?

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

I do not use Frigate, but if Frigate works with rtsp or Onvif it should work.

[@jellekoster]

@mindracing did you find the answer? I'd consider purchasing this if it works with frigate.

[@mindracing]

@@jellekoster No, not yet.

[@lgg4doru430]

Hello, I installed home assistant on a laptop. How can I monitor the laptop battery in home assistant?

[@JasperJanssen]

If I have a google hub smart speaker with a screen, can I see the ring and video on there as well? If not via hass, maybe just via the stock app?

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

You can stream the video on your Hub. You can also send a still image to the hub as soon as the doorbell rings as far as I understood from someone else's comment below this video.

[@luckyz0r]

This one vs dahua VTO2202F-P-S2? Reolink have a better design, for sure, but the rest?

[@DominikZalewski85]

Is there a way to setup two-way audio for this doorbell in the HA?

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

Not yet.

[@johnb2044]

wonder if Hiseeu NVR could added to this or have to wait tll they do a doorbell....

[@geirleirvik1478]

Apple HomeKit integration?

[@peteyx44]

Their website makes no mention of the camera being HDR. How does it handle strong sunlight from behind a person, is the face still visible and clear?

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

I'd have to test that. The point is that the sun is only visible on the camera in the evening at my front door.

[@artstech]

Is this better than the Amcrest AD410?

[@ictstelucjam3604]

Great video! I already have a doorbel cam from Foscam. Maybe you can give me some information about the quality? Is it really something to have it a long term outside device? With rain, freezing temp, Heat about 40, 60 degrees in summertime? It looks a little (sorry) cheap?

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

I can tell you in about a year or so. 🤪

[@ictstelucjam3604]

@@SmartHomeJunkie Sure I get that 😛 But whats your first imptression of it. Does it come cheap to you? Or is it something stable? (Goede afwerking)?

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

@@ictstelucjam3604 It's the same quality as the Ring video doorbell. It's made mostly of plastic, but the mounting bracket is made from metal. It doesn't feel cheap to me.

[@Meelobee]

Thanks for this great tutorial Ed got it all setup and running without breaking a sweat :) One question though, how to avoid double notifications? After setting this up I get notified by both HA and the Reolink app when a person is detected. In the Reolink app I see no way to only disable the notification for person detection. Fully disabling notifications for the Reolink app also disables the option to talk when someone rings the doorbell,which I'd still like to use. How did you handle this?

[@MichiMess]

Hi, thanks for this. I have HTTPS on my home assistant. So it doesn't work. Do you have a fix for this?

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

What does not work exactly?

[@unlock-er]

Hi, great video! Can this doorbell cast live feed when doorbell is pressed on Google home hub? So that I can interact with the person via Google home hub? (Just like his nest doorbell currently is}. If yes. Please do make a tutorial for this. Thanks

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

Hi, I don't think you can do two way communication like that. See my other videos about showing the live feed on a tablet or phone when someone rings the doorbell.

[@berthennink4357]

Hi I like your video's. I also got a reolink and am testing before I replace my old doorbell. In HA there is quite some delay. I see about 1 -3sec to a HA card. I have the bell wired to the network. IS that a normal delay that I should expect, or could it be faster? Is there something i could change in the settings to make that faster Also I see 2 protocols RTSP, RTMP and FLV could that make any difference in delay?

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

See this video to speed up the camera: Boost your Security Camera Video in Home Assistant using WebRTC kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqXUfZyqf6-Boc0

[@jarexxsuvexx8212]

Would have been the ultimate Doorbell if it was a dual camera doorbell with a camera facing downwards that could actually show packages on the ground.

[@webeducation]

Yeah that 98 degree vertical view is a bit underwhelming, especially compared to the ring pro 2's 150 degree vertical, and 150 degree horizontal

[@evert4205]

I find it strange that a post company leaves a package at the front door.

[@__Andrew_]

Not ideal but mount a mirror somewhere when needed?

[@kezzkezzkezz]

UNIFI doorbell does, also has HA intergration

[@ManfredRotgers]

Hi, great video, just one question. At the end you show the snapshot in the notification on the phone. There is also a option to open the camera. I have the HomeAssistent App installed on my android phone, how can I open the app instead of the browser?

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

I believe it opens the app if you have that installed. At least, that's how it works on my iPhone.

[@ManfredRotgers]

@@SmartHomeJunkie not on my Android, not sure what link to use in automation, I tried local ip / homeassistant.local / public url and nabucasa url all open the browser

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

@@ManfredRotgers Okay. Good to know!

[@mrl0zer]

Super video! het werkt al een jaar super, wat ik alleen graag zou willen is een extra knop bij de notificatie om de voordeur te openen met mijn smart lock! ik ben zelf al aan het proberen geweest maar is nog niet gelukt :( misschien heb je een oplossing als het überhaupt mogelijk is.

[@god6384]

hey, I'm looking for a doorbell that just uses audio but has a "brick phone" on the other end just for fun. Any idea how to accomplish this? I was thinking to buy one of those Chinese knockoff brick phones to use with bluetooth with some audio doorbell. Not sure if this is all possible though

[@robbinvanhoek121]

I've got the PoE Reolink doorbell also for a while now. What bothers me is that I cannot have push notifications of the doorbell overwrite my do not disturb settings in the andoid client. I can only do that for ALL notifications from reolink. Do you have any suggestions that could help me solve this?

[@lordlouisofmokum]

Thanks for the tutorial, I tried following step by step and I get the notificiation on my iphone, but when I hold it it shows a black screen, then taskes about 10 seconds and then I get a stream of the camera, not the image I was expecting first. Any idea why? The camera stream comes with audio and would actually be a nice action instead but to start with I just want the quick view of who's there...

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

There must be something different in your case. You can download the code (and sponsor me) to get the exact same code as shown in the video.

[@GosZk]

Hi! Great video, again! Your doorbell video's are the main reason I bought this doorbell to replace my Eufy doorbell. I have question about Generic Camera. Were can I find the link to my Doorbell for the "still image"?

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

You can use the link that I show in the video and replace the ip-address.

[@DavidCowen]

With the reolink integration being official and the sub stream supporting snapshot wouldn’t that be a faster /more reliable option and allow the image to be included as an attachment to the notification? I changed this and my notifications with images now arrive in 2-4 seconds instead of 10-15 while it waited for the url to load the static image .

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

@@DavidCowenAt the time of this video there was no official Reolink integration yet. I still use the generic camera for the stream. It seems still faster to me. I also use WebRTC to speed it up by the way. See my WebRTC video of last Sunday.

[@robertdalga128]

Will existing doorbell wiring power the Reolink?

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

You can do that as long as the power is the correct voltage. You can also connect the adapter to your existing wiring with connection cables that are included.

[@fintrollpgr]

Can you set it up without app? App requirement (even if it is only for first setup) is an absolute deal breaker for me.