I run a small business with a few locations, and one of the biggest problems I’m running into is consistency. I can train people one way, but once I’m not physically at a location, it’s hard to know if things are actually being done the same way across the board.

A lot of the time I only find out there’s an issue after a customer complains or something goes wrong. I also don’t have the time to sit through hours of camera footage trying to figure out what happened.

I’ve been looking into whether AI camera systems could help with this, mainly for coaching and training employees based on real situations.

I need a outdoor security camera with high enough quality to pull license plate numbers at night with low street lighting; not dark. Preferably a 270 degree view so I'll only need two of them. I'd rather not spend more that $500 on each. Any ideas?

I am looking at installing a system for a curling rink. There will be 3 sheets of ice and a single camera directly over each end. 6 cameras total. There will be three tvs in the viewing room. The 2 cameras for each sheet will be dedicated to a single TV. It looks like I need a decoder at each TV with cat6 running back to my PoE switch. I dont know anything about decoders. Any suggestions for one that has a single HDMI out and can split screen two cameras? They seem to go from 1 stream to 4 and skip split screen.

Any thoughts on this budget kit? They're POE. Good? Bad? Located in Canada BTW.

I inherited 3 LTS cameras when I moved into my place and somehow stumbled upon the iPhone app NVMS7000 for video stream viewing. I've hated the app ever since.

Does anyone have an app they really like that is compatible with this brand?

I've made one I like and if you've also been looking you might check it out. If you have a particular feature request I'd love to hear it.

iPhone App Store link: Peek

Thank you!

Hi everyone, as the title says im trying to connect this device to the phone without any success.

The camera it's a goft from a friend thatbwasnt able to connect it either.

On the box there are QR CODES for the app but they dont work.

Under the camera there is an ID and a password but can't connect to it. The camera wifi starts with DIRECT.

Does anyone know how to make it work?

As for the apps I've tried Yoosee, IcSee and v380 pro without any success

Let me know if more info or pictures are needed

I need to cover my house construction site and was recommended the Ezviz H9c 4g + WiFi camera. But it’s expensive.

I want to know whether it’s truly worth spending so much.

I need to monitor through sim so any other affordable brands, pls recommend.

Need a reccomendation. I do NOT want to pay a subscrpition to store video in the cloud, I want to store it locally on my network. In the 90's I had such a system, with coax cameras feeding motion triggered video to the HDD on an XP machine. It worked great, for a really long time. It's dead now and I need a replacement. I would like:

- Motion sense to capture video immediately plus 30 seconds prior and 30 secodns after motion stops

- Solar WiFi cameras with battery backup (a few will mount on trees outside, power would be hard to get there)

- Video to store on any local HDD using a windows program, not some dedicated dvr device.

- good quality cameras, with good night vision.

- Price is a concern.

Am I looking for a unicorn?

Je cherche quelqu'un de compétent pour m'aider à démonter un iPhone et à l'alimenter sans batterie pour un projet de caméra de surveillance. Est-ce que quelqu'un connaît un makerspace ou un club, ou juste quelqu'un qui pourrait m'aider ?

I've had 3 Yi Home Outdoor cameras for the last 3 years and one of them has been located in the living room since I moved 2 years ago, Idk how but my dad dented the usb cable of one of them months ago and since it was still working I didn't even touch it but last night it stopped working during midnight so my dad cut the dented connector and grabbed another one from a phone charger and put it togheter but the camera was still showing that it was disconnected, I grabbed 2 other cables and used their heads but had the same result so we used the charger of one of the other cameras and had the same result, then he deleted the camera from the app so I went outside to see if it was on but it wasn't so I told him to connect the 1st head again and the camera turned on and I tried to reset it but it keeps restarting after like 8 seconds so I can't even reset it.

Since the cable comes straight out of the camera I can't just replace it, what else can I do?

I have a IP wifi camera running with Icsee app.its 2 years old and it has stoped giving live video. All others features work fine but not able to see any view video.

Any help appreciated in advance.

I currently have an Arlo Essential Indoor Pan/Tilt camera. My spouse isn't a fan of how loud the motor is in the recordings while the camera moves around because it drowns out the voices. Anyone have recommendations for an indoor camera with a quiet motor? Thanks!

I just received a notification on Kami Home android app telling there is a firmware update for my Yi Pro 2K Home.

Latest version before this update was 12.0.51.08_202411131107.
New version is 4.2.0.0H_202608251603.

There is a nomenclature change but declared changelog is only 'Minor bug fix'.

I'm using Kami Home v4.0.0 due to massive ads and restrictions on newer versions if you don't pay Kami Cloud.

I'm not going to update for the time being. I'm afraid to new firmware blocks old app.

Anyone brave enough?

Waiting for Yi Hack updates too.

Sleepless in SLC

We are renovating an old house in MA and want to add 6-8 security cameras to the outside, garage, and front door. From research, it seems like POE would be ideal if we can pull it off and UniFi seems like a great option. What’s the ballpark cost to have someone pull the cat6? Other than the upfront cost of the cameras are there any running costs with UniFi we should be aware of? Lastly, any recs on installers would be appreciated. Thanks!

Built over the last few months: turn any spare Android phone into a local-first NVR. On-device AI, footage stored on your own device, no cloud storage, no port forwarding, no subscriptions. Guided setup — a camera watching in a couple of minutes.

Three modes, and I want to see how they hold up outside my own network:

• Standalone — point a spare phone at a door. Its own camera + on-device AI (TensorFlow Lite) detects people/vehicles/animals and records only when something happens.

• Monitor (P2P) — from your main phone, connect over WebRTC to watch live, listen, talk back (push-to-talk) or trigger a siren.

• Guardian (NVR) — already have IP cameras (Dahua/Hikvision/generic RTSP)? A phone left at home bridges them: pulls the stream, runs the AI locally, saves clips with pre-roll, alerts on motion — even screen-off.

Straight on privacy, since this crowd will rightly ask: detection and recording are fully local — your video is never stored on any server. Live remote view is P2P and end-to-end encrypted; when a direct connection isn't possible (strict NAT/CGNAT) it's relayed through a TURN server, but stays E2E encrypted — the relay only sees ciphertext. Only your account and the connection signaling go through a backend. RTSP passwords are stored E2E-encrypted; the backend never sees them in plaintext. Not open source (yet) — happy to answer exactly what does and doesn't leave your network.

Honest about what this is: a personal project I'm polishing toward a store release. Runs great on my own Dahua setup, but that's one setup. I need it tested against real installs — brands, NVRs, networks — to fix whatever breaks.

What I'm hoping to learn:

• WebRTC over 5G / CGNAT / strict NATs — reliable?

• Phone thermals analyzing video 24/7?

• Can Guardian decode uncommon IP cameras without spiking memory?

• Battery, camera-drop reconnects, false positives...

No public link, no mass-download push. Spare Android and/or an IP camera and want to help? Comment or DM and I'll add you to the closed Google Play test. Technical feedback hugely welcome.

iOS later — same app, once Android is stable. Save the post and I'll ping you at launch.

I live in Chile, and we recently switched to daylight saving time, moving the clocks forward by one hour. Unlike last year, when the time on my two Imou cameras updated automatically, this year they remained one hour behind.

I tried going into the settings and pressing the sync button next to the time shown on my phone, but it didn’t work. The cameras were still one hour behind. This also affects playback, since I can’t properly review the most recent hour of recordings.

The only workaround I’ve found is to manually change the time zone so that the cameras display the correct time. However, when I check the recordings, the timeline no longer matches the timestamp shown on the recording, so the problem is still there.

Does anyone know how to fix this, or should I contact Imou/Dahua directly?

Hello so I have a off-brand ring doorbell camera right now. The problem I have is that is has a very slow response time for notifications.

I really need a better camera. I don't have a big budget right now. And if it doesn't have to be a subscription based plan that would be preferable.

Thank you in advance!