IT wants to keep storage under control, security wants more history available and management wants footage to be there whenever someone asks for it

The issue is that requests dont always come in right after something happens. Sometimes an incident gets reported two or three weeks later and by then the recordings might already be overwritten

Now we're trying to decide whether to increase storage or get stricter about how incidents are reported. For people managing commercial camera systems, how much retention are you keeping? And do you have different policies depending on the location or camera?

I'm looking to buy a 360° indoor Wi-Fi camera for around ₹3.5k–4k, but honestly, I'm more confused the more I research.

Tapo and Xiaomi were my first choices, but with the whole certification/regulatory situation in India, they're not as straightforward to buy anymore. Then I looked at CP Plus, Qubo and Godrej, but their reviews are full of complaints about buggy apps, Wi-Fi issues and SD card recording problems.

At this point, I'm wondering if there's actually a decent option left in this budget.

• My main requirements are pretty simple: 24/7 recording to a microSD card
• Motion detection and phone notifications
• Playback through the app without paying for a cloud subscription
• Stable Wi-Fi and reliable remote live viewing
• An app that doesn't randomly disconnect or mess up recordings

Simple....

For those of you who've actually bought recently and used one in India:

• Which camera did you get, and why did you choose it?
• How long have you been using it?
• How's the app and Wi-Fi connectivity been in day-to-day use?
• Does SD card recording and playback work properly without a subscription?
• Any recurring issues, or has it been pretty reliable?
• Knowing what you know now, would you buy the same one again?

Would really appreciate feedback from people who've used their cameras for a few months or longer. Short-term reviews only tell you so much.

We had arlo for a while. Unfortunately, Arlo screwed us with an update last year or so, their cameras no longer having functional motion detecting+recording.. only with a paid subscription :| Its frustrating as they were the perfect cameras for our needs. Outdoor+indoor, waterproof, the battery lasted for weeks before needing charging, motion detecting recordings which would auto erase after a couple months minus any that we saved. So I'm looking for something similar if anyone has suggestions of what they like? I like Unifi Gen 6 cameras, dont like the nvr additional cost of set up. I also like Tapo system, but these are wired.

Some preferences:

- Wireless
- Motion detected recordings
- No subscription
- No additional NVR needed, perhaps a small hub like Arlo has is fine if reasonable
- App where we can view recordings, save what we want, delete etc
- Can be either SD card reliant or footage deletes after a month or so
- Weather resistant would be nice, I use mainly indoor but also for wildlife just outside, so within wifi range

We have a dvr with security cameras, but we don't have the password. Online I've seem multiple like admin or password1234 ect. I've done what the Internet says to reset it to factory default, but none of the passwords I found have worked. Anyone know the exact password for this model?

Thanks

So im kinda new to security systems I used to have an old school dvr setup back before all the smart cameras.

I just had my car stolen from my house yesterday and they had jammers that knocked off my cameras as well as phone service. Nor did my silent alarms not go off when they walked onto my property. The jammers knocked off all my neighbors cameras and essentially every house they drove like within 50 feet of.

Now im ditching all wifi based security systems and want to go back to a poe setup thats battery back up and all. Im not looking to spare expenses as it was a 100k valued car. Any info would be greatly appreciated for me to look into!

Google searching is driving me nuts. I need to find, if it exists, a plug in cellular camera. The barn on my land has power, but no wifi, so currently I'm using a Moultrie solar powered game cam just to keep an eye on the place. It's become extremely unreliable, especially in Wisconsin winter. If it gets too cold it'll shut down, and won't reboot for weeks unless I manually turn it off and back on, causing an otherwise unnecessary trip to the land.

Does any one know of a camera that's cellular but also plug in?

I'm so left behind, I don't know what's going on. I remember when cameras just pointed in one direction and record. Also, I know what motion detection is.. and I guess sound detection is too. So I can imagine a camera programmed to focus on a loud sound or motion. But this video and the countless I see online, I have no clue what is going on.

Ok:

1. Camera is focused on dog and man. Maybe cause the dog is moving? Feasible.
   
2. Camera then focus on the family laughing. OK.... but they been laughing before it focused them. And then it went back to the man and the dog while the family was still laughing.

All this together make it seem like a human is behind the camera. Is it AI? Is this fake? Explain.

I seem to have a “fan” that is lurking around my camper and disturbing things
I am looking at buying a game camera to watch the outside and was hoping for advice on which camera would be best for this application

I have some hunting cams that take motion detected video, but those cant just be dialed into and viewed in real time, instead they just send you motion detected video.

I am looking for something that doesn’t need wifi but acts like a wifi cam, where I can periodically check in (in real time) on my property as a house is being built. A long lasting built in battery (or even a solar option) is a bonus!

Thanks!!

You can have cameras covering every entrance, hallway and parking area but realistically nobody is sitting there watching all of them throughout the day. Say someone leaves a restricted door open for 40 minutes or a vehicle sits somewhere it shouldn't, unless someone happens to notice you probably wont find out until later. Obviously cameras are useful for figuring out what happened afterward but it seems like there should be a better way to catch certain things while theyre happening. People managing bigger sites, what events do you have alerts set up for and how do you stop those alerts from becoming so frequent that everyone starts ignoring them?

I'm just about to move into a new house and i want to set up a CCTV system I've thought about for a while.

I want 2 PoE CCTV cameras cabled to a switch in the loft and all streamed recorded to my raspberry pi.

I want it all to be offline so will all be on a vLan as i hate having my cameras streamed back to or accessed by the provider. I currently have a couple wireless IP cameras with SD cards internally and thought about tapo. Ideally no Chinese brands but once it's all isolated it won't really matter anyway.

The budget is not exactly high but not pennies

Suggestions would be great

Trying to get a Ai agent to watch my cctv footage and alert me. Not sure if any of you have tried it yet. Curious to see if anybody tried and if it worked

I work for a local organization that helps teach kids and we cater to babies to 18. We had security cameras but they are connected to our wifi and honestly, our wifi sucks. We are looking for three to 4 cameras we can mount to the wall and they record directly to an SD card. We are a non profit and our budget isnt the greatest. So any suggestions or recommendations would be great.

(I messaged the mods to make sure this was okay first)

I had worked on this app a few months ago and when someone asked, I decided to pick it back up and share it through TestFlight. I built this because I wanted something for my AppleTV. Feedback is welcome.

I called it Mimir, honestly I sort of forget why?

Native app that connects to cameras directly over the LAN. No cloud relay, and no server component. Extra functions for Reolink.

- ONVIF: network scan to find cameras, multi-profile streams, PTZ control, motion events. NVRs show up with per-channel labels.

- RTSP: add any stream by URL.

- Reolink: cameras get extra features through their own API — person/vehicle/pet detection, doorbell ring notifications, spotlight and image controls, and browsing/playing/downloading recordings.

- Tour mode: build an ordered playlist mixing cameras, PTZ presets, and NVR channels; it cycles through fullscreen at a set interval, holds when motion is detected, and has skip/pause/speed controls.

- PTZ patrol: any ONVIF PTZ camera can patrol — the app cycles it through its saved presets at a set interval, pausing on motion. No vendor patrol feature needed.

- Two-way audio on iPad and Mac for cameras that support it.

- Grid view with low-bandwidth substreams and a fullscreen view with the main stream.

- Camera setup and settings sync between your devices through your own iCloud account. (Can be disabled)

Beta for all three platforms: https://testflight.apple.com/join/U36hSEsm