Hey All,
I don’t know anything about ip cameras I’m afraid, so I have some random questions.
- Are the cameras always active, so network issues might be a problem
- Is the RaspberryPi decent enough (what I run hassio on), or do I need different hardware.
- I have an UnRaid server, would I record to this, or a different device to stop my media server being affected etc.
So I guess my main concern is how it’s going to affect my current functioning house. Should I get something that records to an SD unless I open the UI, only reporting it’s motion/face state to hass. Or should I have a different network for camera’s, recording to a different device other than my unRaid and/or hassio raspberry pi.
My needs are only motion detection, short term recording so if anything happens I can check it out that day, I’m not going to want to go back weeks/months. Face detection a plus. Audio for Baby monitor a plus plus.
I’m looking at the Yi as it’s cheap, but I’ll defer to the more experience hive mind.
Sorry it’s such a generic question, as I say, I just have no experience with this and am finding it hard to get any information on what direction I should go in. Maybe I’m over thinking it.
Thanks
Christian