I've been using the Xiaomi Yi Ant camera for some years now. It's the first generation, the 720p one with build-in IR. (looks like this).
We first used it with stock firmware but that didn't work that well. The last few years I've been using it with custom firmware which gave it RTSP-stream, no data going in and out from my network etc.
It's been a great, cheap camera that I use for all sorts of things; mainly monitoring my cousins when they sleep (or rather when they don't
), or silly things like watching baby chicks.
My sister in law is now looking for a camera like this too. Their daughter is incredibly silent when she wakes up, not even the baby monitor picks up the sound.
So a simple IP-camera would be nice to have, to check in on her once in a while.
It doesn't have to record 24/7 or have all the bells and whistles, just a RTSP-stream and an easy way to see the recordings (triggered by some sort of motion detection).
The usual camera's people like this for kind of situation (both on this forum and other forums) are the Hikvision/Annke cube camera's, Amcrest IP2M-841 and somewhat more recently the Dahua IPC-K35A/IPC-K35S.
On other forums people are raving about the Wyze Cams, which are basically rebranded camera's with different firmware of newer versions of my camera.
But the problem is; they're recommended by people in the US. I'm in The Netherlands, so the Amcrest, Wyze Cams and Annke cube camera's are not an option, the Hikvision cube may be an option if I can get it from Aliexpress (but I'm kinda lost in which version of the Hik cube camera's I should be looking at).
The Dahua IPC-K35A is an option, since @EMPIRETECANDY sells them, but that's the IPC-K35A version that lacks Wifi. I need the IPC-K35S version with Wifi (or the older IPC-K35 version with older version of wifi?)
These IPC-K35* camera's are like regular Dahua camera's right? So with web interface, RTSP-stream, regular Android app (not that subscribtion based Imou (formerly Lechange) app) etc.?
As what's available here locally, it's either cheap camera's of questionable quality, old stuff and terrible apps, or the expensive cloud based stuff like Nest and Ring.
Personally, I don't want either.
I can find 1 camera though, that might be an option; the Foscam C2M. Yes, the app needs an account, but this camera also has an webinterface and RTSP-stream (so you should not have to use the Foscam app, just use TinyCam for live view and webinterface for potential recordings). It also has ethernet, Wifi (including 5GHz. support), RTSP- and Onvif support, SD-card slot).
But it's a really new model (first listed in September this year) and I can't find many reviews; the only ones I can find are on Amazon but they are in quite positive about this model.
The Ubiquiti G3 Flex would be a nice camera (solid brand, solid quality etc.) but can't be used on it's own, no Wifi, no SD-card slot etc.
The newer Xiaomi/Mija (whatever they're called now) camera's are quite interesting, they provide decend quality image, are dirt cheap and you don't read a lot of negative reviews on them.
However, I don't want the stuff going through Xiaomi's servers. I could use a custom firmware which would make these camera's a good solution, but I'm not very fond doing this sort of tweaking on stuff that's meant for other people. Also; I don't know how solid these camera work with custom firmware anyway.
TLDR: any recommendations for an IP camera that's affordable, does not need an account or subscribtion and does not feed the image through the company's own server.
Basically just a RTSP-stream, local recordings on a SD-card and nothing more that is available for me here in the Netherlands for an affordable price?
We first used it with stock firmware but that didn't work that well. The last few years I've been using it with custom firmware which gave it RTSP-stream, no data going in and out from my network etc.
It's been a great, cheap camera that I use for all sorts of things; mainly monitoring my cousins when they sleep (or rather when they don't
), or silly things like watching baby chicks.My sister in law is now looking for a camera like this too. Their daughter is incredibly silent when she wakes up, not even the baby monitor picks up the sound.
So a simple IP-camera would be nice to have, to check in on her once in a while.
It doesn't have to record 24/7 or have all the bells and whistles, just a RTSP-stream and an easy way to see the recordings (triggered by some sort of motion detection).
The usual camera's people like this for kind of situation (both on this forum and other forums) are the Hikvision/Annke cube camera's, Amcrest IP2M-841 and somewhat more recently the Dahua IPC-K35A/IPC-K35S.
On other forums people are raving about the Wyze Cams, which are basically rebranded camera's with different firmware of newer versions of my camera.
But the problem is; they're recommended by people in the US. I'm in The Netherlands, so the Amcrest, Wyze Cams and Annke cube camera's are not an option, the Hikvision cube may be an option if I can get it from Aliexpress (but I'm kinda lost in which version of the Hik cube camera's I should be looking at).
The Dahua IPC-K35A is an option, since @EMPIRETECANDY sells them, but that's the IPC-K35A version that lacks Wifi. I need the IPC-K35S version with Wifi (or the older IPC-K35 version with older version of wifi?)
These IPC-K35* camera's are like regular Dahua camera's right? So with web interface, RTSP-stream, regular Android app (not that subscribtion based Imou (formerly Lechange) app) etc.?
As what's available here locally, it's either cheap camera's of questionable quality, old stuff and terrible apps, or the expensive cloud based stuff like Nest and Ring.
Personally, I don't want either.
I can find 1 camera though, that might be an option; the Foscam C2M. Yes, the app needs an account, but this camera also has an webinterface and RTSP-stream (so you should not have to use the Foscam app, just use TinyCam for live view and webinterface for potential recordings). It also has ethernet, Wifi (including 5GHz. support), RTSP- and Onvif support, SD-card slot).
But it's a really new model (first listed in September this year) and I can't find many reviews; the only ones I can find are on Amazon but they are in quite positive about this model.
The Ubiquiti G3 Flex would be a nice camera (solid brand, solid quality etc.) but can't be used on it's own, no Wifi, no SD-card slot etc.
The newer Xiaomi/Mija (whatever they're called now) camera's are quite interesting, they provide decend quality image, are dirt cheap and you don't read a lot of negative reviews on them.
However, I don't want the stuff going through Xiaomi's servers. I could use a custom firmware which would make these camera's a good solution, but I'm not very fond doing this sort of tweaking on stuff that's meant for other people. Also; I don't know how solid these camera work with custom firmware anyway.
TLDR: any recommendations for an IP camera that's affordable, does not need an account or subscribtion and does not feed the image through the company's own server.
Basically just a RTSP-stream, local recordings on a SD-card and nothing more that is available for me here in the Netherlands for an affordable price?
