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Old Axis cams show up on eBay. Those are pretty standards oriented and easy to work with. Most hanwah and some Samsung are fine too.

by kotaKat5 hours ago|

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Arecont Vision cameras are fun too. Casino mode, anyone?

"This feature ensures continuous full-motion recording at 30 frames per second (fps) to comply with gaming industry regulations. Casino Mode guarantees that the frame rate will not dip below 30 fps by forcing automatic bit rate and exposure control to maintain specific predetermined settings."

[1] https://www.retailitinsights.com/doc/arecont-vision-adds-cas...

by ranger_danger5 hours ago|

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In my experience, budget USB cameras are not reliable as a long-term solution because they randomly stop working in different ways after days of use and must be power-cycled.

Instead I would suggest either a direct CSI connection or an external GigE camera.

by fy201 hours ago|

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I'd just bite the bullet and get proper security cameras. I got a few 4K something or other from Ankke (rebranded HikVision) 5 years ago and they still work fine. They were about €100 each.

by ranger_danger1 hours ago|

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For those that don't know, Hikvision is banned in several countries now due to both cybersecurity reasons and human rights violations: https://ipvm.com/reports/hikua-bans

I have also tried many other IP camera brands over the years, but it seems none of them have figured out how to output fully compliant RTP/RTMP/etc. streams so I end up always having strange and random problems receiving fluid streams from them into a central server.

Coupled with the fact that many brands are just using the same recycled white-label Chinese firmware, I'm not surprised.

Would love better recommendations though if any exist.