While I will not be recommending any HW beside R-Pi - here is my
experience with the use of security cameras for similar purpose in the
past:
* If you want your recording actionable by PD - please talk to them
first about what they need.
* If the image quality or camera placement is not good enough to be
used as evidence - they might not be able to help you. This is
surprisingly hard to do.
* The only affordable and good enough camera placement I could come up
was in the door itself disguised as normal view port + porch light at
night + sound recording. This surprisingly unobtainable product, given
the obvious utility value.
* If you do not want to end up having additional hassle - make sure
that you are not recording public or neighbors, etc. - as that usually
invites challenges/conflicts or more vandalism with an aid of a hoodie,
distance rock throwing and various face covering schemes.
I found it very frustrating and almost impossible to defend self
against persistent occasional vandals and local harassment, especially
juvenile. The more you fight it, the more attractive it is for the
perpetrators. If your trouble is persistent, be ready for many
disappointments, lots of PD report filing legwork, cost for repair and
legal help.
Good luck
On Mon, 2017-03-13 at 16:40 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:
> A while ago someone exploded a small pipe bomb in my mailbox.
> While this
> is the first incident of its type in the 24 years I've lived here
> past
> performance is no guarantee of future behaviors. And, I have a couple
> of
> vehicles parked outside (one in the driveway the other along the
> curb).
> Neighborhood vandalism seems to be increasing in spots around the
> metropolitan area and where the next acts occur cannot be predicted.
>
> Given the hackability of many IoT devices, I would like to
> purchase a
> securable color video camera I can mount outside that would record
> when
> started by a motion sensor (like my exterior garage light) and
> transmit
> results to my desktop server.
>
> Is such hardware and suitable linux software available?
> Recommendations
> and advice are needed.
>
> Rich
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