4K Outdoor Security IP Turret PoE Camera

For those who have asked: I have 5 Amcrest 4K IP POE cameras (Model IP8M-2779EB-AI) around the perimeter of my house plugged into a gigabit POE switch. I also have an Amcrest Video Doorbell (Model AD410) connected over WiFi. This doorbell is ideal because it runs on the 12V power supply used for a t

That’s why you buy the cheap Chinese amcrest and reolinks toss them onto their own VLAN that’s segmented from your network and the open internet. I have 10 4k amcrest cameras and 1 Reolink doorbell camera/chime that all play very nicely with frigate and home assistant

WiFi camera (Ring, Nest, etc) are convenience camera, not security or surveillance cameras. They in varying degrees rely on the cloud to operate and are easily jammed/disabled, in addition to different limits on their use without subscriptions. Surveillance cameras will typically be described in meg

You could use just about any that exposes RTSP or ONVIF protocols, ideally providing a sub and main stream. I have a mix of Tapo WiFi cameras and Amcrest PoE cameras. The Amcrest are significantly more reliable, allow much more control, and are higher quality. I only use the WiFi cameras where PoE i

i noticed this on my 7.1.46 update too - think they quietly enabled basic onvif motion events. the api changelog mentions event webhooks now work for non unifi cams. you can disable it per camera under recording settings but its buried. if you want full motion zone control the amcrest onvif cams han

Not trying to stir up controversy, and I know a lot of folks use Empire Tech, but $244 for a 4MP turret camera is a bit high for what you’re getting. Is there any reason you use these as opposed to something like a ln Amcrest, or Anpiv?

awesome, would love to know if the 'no events' is specific to all reolinks or just some models all my amcrests work perfectly (i only have one one reolink i bought to evaluate for 4k indoor PTZ which amcrest doesn't have in the same form factor) i agree ONVIF table stakes features like this will def

It depends on the specific setup I guess. What do you stand to lose? What is your threat? Can you modify the building and run wires? Are you leasing a place for not much longer, or there long term? Lights always on, or need IR? I would use cameras that are wired only, and can be Power over Ethernet

If you are going to set up a monitor/record station, then PoE cameras wired with cat5 is the way to go. I've used Amcrest (now AMLINK) and everything worked and support was great. If you want to go light, an indoor/outdoor Wi-Fi camera with phone app will work. An LTE solar powered camera would be a

Not true. Amcrest cameras only work thru ONVIF on the AMLINK NVRs so that's not full compatibility. They're treated like any other 3rd party camera with onvif support. The AMCREST NVRs support amlink cameras thru RTSP. This part I haven't confirmed but from everything I've read, it seems even less c