Camera for Home Assistant

Hardware
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As the topic states looking for the best camera I could get that ticks my boxes, and those are.

  • No Cloud, like only Home Assistant connection, and Maybe also the Apple Secure Thing connection.
  • A good quality video, at least 1080p but a sharp and detailed one
  • The memory I have is around 200gb of space for 6 cameras
  • They should be preferably battery operated and cargable through power bank or so
  • Face detection, but that can also be done on HA
  • Movement detection with zones, that can also be done on HA on the side
  • Two way audio would be a nice extra
  • No need for a local storage
  • Night mode with good quality picture
  • All the processing can be run on the Home Assistant, it should have the performance, it’s an M1 Mac Mini

P.S I already went through a bunch of topics here, but they were either couple years old or didn’t had the options I’m looking for :slight_smile:

UPDATE:
I’m kinda looking for a poi camera now so for now the topic is kinda closed because first I want to do my own research about them :slight_smile:
Still huge thanks to everyone for being so helpful and active !!! :slight_smile:

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I was about to write a similar topic.

I’d like to add:

  • Outdoor
  • PTZ with presets

I’ve been looking around for some answers: when I thought I had found Foscam as the best choice, I suddenly found that there are some issues with it too.

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I believe this is as detailed reviews of cameras you possibly can get.
(6) the hookup camera - YouTube

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I spent couple hours i think on that Chanel and Eufy seems to be a good choice, anyone has it in HA ? I’m like totally new to all this stuff :slight_smile:

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If you ask ten HA users for a camera recommendation, you will get eleven different replies.

Different people have different priorities. In my case the highest priority is NO CLOUD. I have four Wyze Cams (3’s and 4’s) with RTSP flashed to them and one Amcrest. I have no need for face or motion detection, but if there is a way to add this in HA, I would be interested.

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Yep that’s always the problem, but since I’m super new to all this stuff I’m learning with each minute, and now I kinda want a 24/7 recording camera, with movement / maybe also person detection, with usb cable for power and a way that the camera records directly to my HA / Mac Mini, but a really good quality one, not a professional grade, but one where you can definitely tell what person is in the frame… the more answers I get the better I know :smiley:

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24/7 recording camera on battery??
That is a tough one. Adding night mode makes it harder.
I think you might have to charge it at least a couple of times each day to get it to run 24 hours.

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I updated the topic so it’s kinda closed for now but still thanks for the help ! :slight_smile: