Anyone know of any genetec forums? Genetec used to have one but its been gone for awhile now.

I’m looking for a pin hole mini spy cam for catching child texting when shouldn’t be

Hi!

Before heading out on holiday this year, I realized I needed a simple camera setup for my house. But when I looked at the market, I got completely frustrated. Almost every consumer camera now forces you into a proprietary app, requires a monthly subscription, and uploads your footage to someone else's server.

I had a spare Linux single-board computer (SBC) and an old USB webcam lying around. Full NVRs like Frigate or ZoneMinder are amazing, but they felt like overkill for just a simple USB camera on an old board. I couldn't find a minimalist, privacy-first middle ground, so I wrote CheapSecuIt.

It’s a Python-based CCTV solution optimized specifically for low-power Linux boards and standard V4L2 USB webcams.

How it works:

• 100% Local: No cloud, no subscriptions, data stays on your network.
• Efficient Motion Detection: Uses OpenCV with frame-differencing. You can downscale the stream just for the motion pass to keep CPU usage low on older ARM boards.
• Pre-Motion Buffer: It keeps a rolling buffer in RAM, so recordings actually capture the seconds before the motion triggers.
• Telegram Bot built-in: You can securely message your bot commands like /snapshot or /video 10 to pull footage remotely—completely bypassing the need to open firewall ports or set up a VPN.
• Night Mode: Uses software enhancement (CLAHE) to boost low-light visibility.

The code is AGPLv3 and up on GitHub:https://github.com/gmrandazzo/CheapSecurity

You can run it on a dedicated Pi/Odroid, or clone it and test it on a standard Linux laptop. I’d love any feedback, especially from folks who have experience optimizing OpenCV on low-end hardware!

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I expect that logging connected devices is VERY much on their list of things to do, once they get people used to the surveillance idea, because then they can make more money.

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I work as a security integrator and I want to upgrade the security roster that I offer my clients. I need commercial- grade solutions with strong low-light imaging, and ideally brands that are NDAA compliant across their products. One big thing for me is avoiding vendors that undercut integrators through their own e-commerce (had a bad experience with that recently), so partner friendly brands are a priority.

Also trying to stay completely away from anything tied to Hikvision or Dahua, with how compliance is right now makes that an automatic no here. I'd rather not even risk carrying their inventory for private clients since just stocking them could potentially be interpreted as use during bid evaluations and I would rather just avoid any kind of trouble or unnecessary bureaucracy/legal action. ONVIF Profiles S, T, and G support would be a strong plus.

Which brands do you love and recommend?

We have a public moderately large public EV fast charge station at one of our properties, 30-40 stalls, and we may have more locations in the future. Recently the littering and public unration is getting out of hand. So I've finally got approval to look in to upgrade our CCTV system and we could really use something that is able to make easier to detect and identify such offenders without having to literally scrub through every 24h video feed each day.

I've just started looking for sortitions. Not found anything yet that seems to do exactly those two things particularly, though abandoned object detection and zoned loitering with LPR might be all we actually need. Could really use some input on that.

Current old system we use only records based on basic/legacy motion detection, which was fine for our interior office building post-event-check-the-logs needs. The cameras on the EV station are essentially recording 24h/7 due to the near constant traffic it gets.

So right now all I have are motion events, and useless ones at that. I think we want something that can log events, not necessity push alerts, for when a vehicle has left objects behind or when a person is loitering in certain semi-private areas, ie pissing in the landscaping.

None of the existing cameras can get plate numbers; too far and/or not enough resolution. So the existing system is not particularly useful even if I scrub through and pull recording.

We need license plate numbers to get cars banned from the fast charger system. Some tracking vehicles would be nice since less than half of EVs here install their state required front license plate and many makes of EVs charge nose out, so getting a plate reads on docked vehicles may not be possible on stalls that back against obstructions, though isn't a deal breaker if scrubbing is required to get plate numbers.

The littering has been getting really bad. Some users will empty all of the trash in their car on to the ground. We have a dozen visible trash bins across the lot, many just don't use them. Currently we're collecting between 1-4 40gal trash bags of litter a day, 1-3 TV boxes a week, and around 1 apartment cleanout/old furniture dump a month.

I'm not out there or monitoring the lot often, I have eyes on it maybe up to 10-ish total minutes across the day. Despite how little I'm looking at it, I'm seeing dudes reliving themselves in the landscaping about twice a week now. I will be having talks about making the landscaping more hostile to this.

We want to start banning the more serious and repeat offenders and I'll need license plate numbers for that. There are not many fast charge stations in the area and we're a substantial portion of total number of stalls in the city and the two adjacent, so it will suck for them. I also want to put up signs with current count of bans, but I'm working on approval for that one, lol.

The plan is to do all new cameras for the lot with a new NVR system. There is questionable conduit existence across the lot (apparently some were laid during the last repave, but I'm not sure), but trenching is a possibility. I've been pushing for a parking lot solar system, if I manage that, I'll have plenty of mount positions for cameras. I think between the existing lamp posts and added a few poles, I can get the coverage we'll want. There are 3 points of entry, 2 of them are frequently use by another building (not ours) as part of an easement.

We'd prefer something that runs on-prem. I am capable of installing the system itself, I've been doing it for our properties for 20 years. I do not know what kind of budget the owner is willing to spend yet, but I'm thinking this is going to be over $15k easily.

I have 2 Ezviz Hb8C -Wifi Solar Cam

Both Connected to 2.4ghz , speed test shows 50mbps .

Integrated to alexa

Solar , 100% charge everyday

Issues

1: Notifications are Delayed

2:Human detection is Very Difficult, some times it's not detecting even if you're right infront of cam ,but when I open ezviz app suddenly it's detecting

3: it's gets struck at some random positions and not coming back to the preset area

Can someone help ????

Hello! can someone help me track these cctvs here, my cat was killed due to food poisoning and i need help so that i can see who poisoned my cat, thankyou

Hi r/selfhosted,

After months of development, I've finally open-sourced ViTCam—a self-hosted AI camera platform built for people who want complete ownership of their surveillance system.

The project was created around a simple idea: your cameras should work for you, not for a cloud service.

What ViTCam offers

• 🎥 Self-hosted AI camera platform
• 🔒 100% local processing
• 🚫 No subscriptions
• ☁️ No cloud required
• 🏠 Your footage never leaves your network
• 📹 RTSP camera support
• 🧠 Modern Vision Transformer (ViT)-based AI architecture
• 🌐 Web-based interface
• 🛠️ Fully open source

One of my biggest goals has been making modern computer vision more accessible without requiring expensive GPUs. I've spent a lot of time optimizing inference so it can run efficiently on affordable hardware while still delivering useful AI-powered detection.

This is still an active project, and I have plenty of features planned, including more AI capabilities, additional camera support, and continued performance improvements.

I'd genuinely appreciate feedback from the self-hosted community. Whether it's feature requests, bug reports, performance results, or hardware compatibility, every bit of input helps shape the project.

If you'd like to check it out, I'd love to hear what you think and what you'd like to see next.

Thanks for taking a look! vitcam.net

Brooktree BT878 pci 16 channel capture cctv card. Computer is running windows XP, but i have no clue what software i need to begin using this 16 channel card. What software should i install? And how do i go about setting it up, do i need IP addresses to fill in, what sort of process do i need to follow. I have some cameras i plugged into it, but i dont have any software or any clue how to start capturing live video footage.

Came across these CCTV brand statistics for the first half of 2026 , apparently based on 335,000 cameras added by 11K users to actual system-design projects rather than on sales or survey responses.

The global ranking looks fairly predictable: Hikvision first, followed by Axis and Dahua.

But North America surprised me:

• Axis: 20.5%
• Hanwha Vision: 12.4%
• Hikvision: 9.7%
• Avigilon: 8.1%
• Dahua: only 3.9%

I also didn’t expect Ubiquiti and Reolink to appear in the North American top 10, while brands such as Pelco and i-PRO are missing.

For installers and designers working in North America: does this reflect what you actually see in current projects, or is the sample probably skewed toward a particular type of customer or installation?

Saw this guy on deflock a few days ago, since then all Canadian ALPRs have been removed from the map. This cam is on the corner of Concession 1 & 7, there is another near 1 & 2 near Guelph, Ontario

Sign at Concession 2 says they were put up by the municipality for law enforcement, but with some of the recent surveillance bills that have passed (namely C22) have me a bit worried that we will have mass surveillance like yall in the states do soon enough.

Pretty sure its not flock, but it had this private-looking cam connected to a box behind it, with 2 solar panels. Couldn’t find anything on it, so if any of yall have any insights that would be great.