Simple indoor camera

Hardware
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Hello. I’m looking for a good indoor camera that easily integrates with Home Assistant. Can be Wifi or ethernet. I need a camera in my living room to check in on our dog.

I have a Kasa EC70 currently, but to despite my constant attempts, it can’t integrate and has no rtsp stream.

So I largely just want 24/7 live viewing; saved events is a plus too. For what it’s worth, I have frigate setup for all my outside cameras and storage set up as well. They are all dahau cameras, which would seem a little jarring to put in my living room. The Kasa camera looks kind of innocuous lol

Any recommendations?

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Try HikVision or Dahua.

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I have been using this one with the Reolink integration and Frigate. Works great.

https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Security-Zoom-Recording-E1/dp/B07Z841XYD/ref=sr_1_1_pp?crid=3PO8ILXCM0HBS&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.PPNLvTYQOwGWL3c-z1RY9UvHvwiW8CeDdawBSqREf5deckNppogWwcq2yPW8MlIeLWjny-WIppnh9qNc75tvJYosaRdFvwU4vmGCljjn7G-ICjy6bUZn-kLcGX2oLyLkXWR24rGwO7SxqRus2ZhDG7NM0O4vptv1Hm8_noDTyyWAXdSURQmT9cIMASc3qqxKodLxRLgKXuS-7bWiF1Xk6P6jmS3XEtkzreqPmHLn1Y1JvdICwbnb6P8HMJN5n0LzJeN8gRo7_Rolf_1gYTVKp071jttX6ZX5KQc9o3fvAEA.Etit9dYtiUlqA7JJ2rvOqmfBKdXFEywFVKbrJMk24GM&dib_tag=se&keywords=REOLINK+E1+Zoom+Indoor+Security+Camera&qid=1727824157&s=electronics&sprefix=reolink+e1+zoom+indoor+security+camera%2Celectronics%2C162&sr=1-1

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Or - Try IP Webcam Pro - Apps on Google Play with an old Android phone.

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Amcrest 4 Megapixel camera for $60 IP4-1041 in either black or white
https://www.amazon.com/Amcrest-Security-Two-Way-4-Megapixel-IP4M-1041B/dp/B095XCGKTF/

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Hi,

I have been wondering about this recently and to be honest for use cases such as “checking if the dog is ok in the living room” I would rather not have one of those excellent but enormous camera around.

I saw M5Stack has cute and cheap ESP32 based camera kit such as

I am considering it with the following pros and cons:

Pros:

  • Hackable with ESPHome and Tasmota
  • Integration with HA is garanteed
  • Very cheap
  • Very small
  • Probably very low power consumption, with a timer and deep sleep even batteries might be realistic
  • 3MP is good enough for a room

Cons:

  • No IR or night vision
  • No fisheye
  • You will only get a MJPEG stream out of them, you need to put it through ffmpeg to convert it to H265 if you need to record long periods of time (days)

Am I missing something? does anybody have experience with this type of setup?

I would really love this type of ESP32 camera kit with night vision but I can’t find one anywhere…

Many thanks :pray:

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I also saw Nous has “IP cameras” now Nous outdoor smart Wi-Fi Tuya PTZ IP camera W4 - Nous technology

but even though Nous is one of the few brand offering Tasmota devices my guess is their line of camera is just the generic cheap chinese stuff (I am pretty sure I saw the exact same designs under another name in hypermarkets)

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What you want is a ONVIF capable camera :cinema:

They can be found for around $10 up on aliexpress for example :raised_hands:

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Thanks! That’s exactly what I’m looking for.

I’m assuming no, but are you able to move the camera lens via HA/Frigate? Or only through the dedicated app? Or can you not manually move the lens at all (only auto movement)?

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If a camera supports the ONVIF standard (Profile S) you have the freedom to use/control it without the manufacture/vendor app but for example directly in HA :point_down: