Re: Advice on Security Cameras

2019-01-05 Thread Paolo Aglialoro
Hi, zoneminder is, as Stuart said, overcomplicated, plus unmantained and unable to catch the more modern streams from IP cams. The best free alternative is SHINOBI https://shinobi.video which is based on java and ported on linux, mac and wi(n)dows, I do not know it it would be feasible an OpenBSD

Re: Advice on Security Cameras

2019-01-04 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2019-01-01, kayasaman wrote: > Hi. For this type of setup Zoneminder is great. I have no experience running > it on OpenBSD though. There is an unfinished zoneminder port in openbsd-wip. I must say the architecture looked rather overcomplicated to me .. multimedia/motion is simpler and

Re: Advice on Security Cameras

2019-01-02 Thread Ed Ahlsen-Girard
> From: "Elias M. Mariani" > Date: 2019-01-01 17:46:25 > > Hi list, > I'm thinking in installing some cameras in my private home, I have > been looking for solutions, my concern is that I wish to be able to > look the videos from outside the house and I'm a little paranoid about >

Re: Advice on Security Cameras

2019-01-02 Thread Misc User
On 1/1/2019 9:46 AM, Elias M. Mariani wrote: Hi list, I'm thinking in installing some cameras in my private home, I have been looking for solutions, my concern is that I wish to be able to look the videos from outside the house and I'm a little paranoid about the quality of the software that the

Re: Advice on Security Cameras

2019-01-02 Thread Christian Schulte
Am 01.01.2019 um 18:46 schrieb Elias M. Mariani: > Hi list, > I'm thinking in installing some cameras in my private home, I have > been looking for solutions, my concern is that I wish to be able to > look the videos from outside the house and I'm a little paranoid about > the quality of the

Re: Advice on Security Cameras

2019-01-01 Thread Ipsen S Ripsbusker
On Wed, Jan 2, 2019, at 04:22, Nick Holland wrote: > Yes, I'd suggest an OpenBSD gateway to a commercial DVR security system > rather than rolling your own, if it is really to be a security system > (as opposed to maybe a, "who's at my front door?" or "what are the local > wildlife doing when I'm

Re: Advice on Security Cameras

2019-01-01 Thread Nick Holland
On 1/1/19 12:46 PM, Elias M. Mariani wrote: > Hi list, > I'm thinking in installing some cameras in my private home, I have > been looking for solutions, my concern is that I wish to be able to > look the videos from outside the house and I'm a little paranoid about > the quality of the software

Re: Advice on Security Cameras

2019-01-01 Thread Elias M. Mariani
Thanks all for the help. I will check out Zoneminder and the cameras that you have recommended. > What do you want to do from the Android / browser? Just look at the cameras from outside the house, I don't need any type of functionality besides that.

Re: Advice on Security Cameras

2019-01-01 Thread Ipsen S Ripsbusker
On Tue, Jan 1, 2019, at 17:46, Elias M. Mariani wrote: > I know that is a little off-topic but maybe someone knows about a good > brand of cameras. See uvideo(4). Linux has more options, including cameras of better video quality. I run GNU/Linux on one computer in order to use a Logitech BRIO.

Re: Advice on Security Cameras

2019-01-01 Thread kayasaman
on Security Cameras > 1 jan. 2019 kl. 18:46 skrev Elias M. Mariani : > > Hi list, > I'm thinking in installing some cameras in my private home, I have > been looking for solutions, my concern is that I wish to be able to > look the videos from outside the house and I'm a lit

Re: Advice on Security Cameras

2019-01-01 Thread Johan Mellberg
> 1 jan. 2019 kl. 18:46 skrev Elias M. Mariani : > > Hi list, > I'm thinking in installing some cameras in my private home, I have > been looking for solutions, my concern is that I wish to be able to > look the videos from outside the house and I'm a little paranoid about > the quality of the

Advice on Security Cameras

2019-01-01 Thread Elias M. Mariani
Hi list, I'm thinking in installing some cameras in my private home, I have been looking for solutions, my concern is that I wish to be able to look the videos from outside the house and I'm a little paranoid about the quality of the software that the different vendors use. I have seen clusters of