Comment on Finally have the stream from my HikVision, now the challenge of Frigate
trilobite@lemmy.ml 2 weeks agoBecause you can’t get it working or because you think BI is better? And if the latter, can you expand on the “why”?
Comment on Finally have the stream from my HikVision, now the challenge of Frigate
trilobite@lemmy.ml 2 weeks agoBecause you can’t get it working or because you think BI is better? And if the latter, can you expand on the “why”?
ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Oh, I can get it working well enough. But it’s really bare of features. PTZ is a mess to get working. Motion-sensor control is very non-intuitive. The mobile app is a PWA.
BI completely outclasses it, in so many directions. It’s ONVIF self-configuration is flawless. The AI object recognition lets you use multiple backends if you don’t want to use the CodeProject one they ship. Automations are very easy to set up and clone/slave to other cameras. The WebUI is almost as full featured as the desktop client. The mobile app is it’s own beast and can easily jump between servers. Support gets back to you quickly.
I could go on, but it’s not even a contest currently. Maybe someone that has hours upon hours to work on Frigate would be able to configure the same things, but it’s not at all easy.
I’d absolutely love to go with something opensource and I keep trying to find something, hell, I’ve tried to build it myself. But I’m not hopeful that I’m going to find enough reason to stop paying $70/yr for anything that’s even half as good.
But good luck.
trilobite@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Ah, yes, the small detail i was missing … BI is not open source. I had forgotten.
ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Very rudimentary. It was what I started with when I was trying to roll my own, and I had to tack on anything to deal with PTZ and alert automation.
trilobite@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Sounds like Frigate is the olny open source NVR out there then …