Comment on Wildlife cam setups?
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks agoGet a CCTV camera for it. Make sure it supports ONVIF. An IP camera can be run 100 meters on CAT5.
Trail cams are not intended for remote viewing. They are battery powered and a remote connection would drain the batteries quickly.
Flamekebab@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
That essentially boils down to “build your own solution”, which under my current circumstances amounts to “don’t do it”. Not that I lack the skill or will but the spare time and energy I have is used on my baby daughter. I can’t justify rabbit holing on something like this.
It’s why I created this thread - to see if there’s a software and hardware combo that solves this with minimal additional work.
papertowels@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
There are multiple wifi-connected solar powered cameras that will do the motion-activation, IR night mode, etc. thing that you’re asking for, that you can just drop into a location, but they won’t be self hosted.
Unfortunately pretty much everything you’d self host takes time and finagling, it’s just the price of privacy/independence. I know you’re asking for a self hosted solution but that will be difficult with little free time.
Flamekebab@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
An honest answer that it’s not currently easily doable is in and of itself useful.
This is a “nice to have”. I figured I’d ask preemptively so that I didn’t go down a blind alley. Thanks!
papertowels@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
You got it! Best of luck with the baby