Comment on Unifi Protect - Wife Approval Factor? +HA integration
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days agoI’m not going to be storing 24/7 footage outside of important motion detection instances, which we can just download to our phones or whatever if it’s important enough to hold onto. Everything else can be recorded over.
When I was testing Frigate, I ran a single camera storing 24/7 footage specifically to see how long it would go for. I think it used 100GB after a week or so. Multiply that by 6, that’s, well, 600GB. But I’m also not super concerned with having crystal clear footage at all times (Ring set my expectations really low), and even 1366x768 @ 20-30 FPS is more than plenty for what we need.
For the doorbell, I’d use a proper doorbell cam that can use the existing wires for power.
That’s how my current Ring doorbell is connected.
Reolink’s wifi one comes with an adapter to use it with existing wiring.
I keep seeing Reolink pop up. Would a Reolink doorbell work with a Unifi NVR? I’d rather have a G4 wireless, but that’s very likely to not happen.
officermike@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Sort of. You can add most cameras that support ONVIF and they’ll be viewable and record just fine in Protect, but third party cameras won’t support detection unless you also add a Unifi AI Port. I also wouldn’t count on Unifi recognizing it as a doorbell for the purposes of two-way audio or for doorbell notifications. Those would likely have to be handled outside of Protect.
dan@upvote.au 3 days ago
Does Unifi not support ONVIF events? Seems like a pretty major missing feature if so.
officermike@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Not sure. I don’t really have working knowledge of ONVIF.
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
I have a Wyze Doorbell v1 flashed with Thingino that was going to be my next test before my wife vetoed Frigate (relieving me of a very frustrating experience myself).
Pretty sure Thingino supports ONVIF. I’ll try it with my FIL’s UDR that has Unifi Protect.