Partly because of your help, I now have a pretty decent HA set-up with lights and motion sensors. I was wondering if I could again pick your brain/ experience with the next step I need to take: add a camera.
A few days ago I bought a TAPO camera, and to my disappointment it was practically impossible to get it working without an app + account. Luckily I could return it.
I now want to avoid making the same mistake 😬 And I would love to hear how you approached this.
Are you looking WiFi or lan is OK as well? I’ve found PoE works decent for this scenario (initial setup through web server running on camera). I used Amcrest with PoE (put them on subnet without internet access), they have rtsp out of the box, integrates no problem with frigate. Reolink rtsp is not out of the box with frigate but cameras worked out of the box on PoE.
Doorbell (amcrest) is connected to WiFi however it needed app for initial setup.
+1 for Amcrest PoE.
I also use a Reolink Doorbell PoE and it’s better than any Nest or Ring doorbell, without the cloud bullshit attached.
My only issue with the amcrest is that they get bad IR pollution at night and are sometimes unusable. But that’s apparently an issue with most dome cameras at night.