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    Alexa compatible cameras with local HTTP access?

    Thanks Robert, Monocle is working great for me with the proxy solution you provided as a workaround for my off-off-brand (JideTech) cheap camera. And thanks for all the help working through the issues. I can finally use my camera with my Echo Show.
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    Plugging of nvr and ip cameras to the internet

    Can you recommend any non-POE NVRs? I haven't been able to find any that aren't POE-equipped. Since realizing this was a possibility, I'd much rather put the NVR near my living room TV, and terminate all the cameras at a POE switch in my equipment closet than keep the NVR in the closet where...
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    Plugging of nvr and ip cameras to the internet

    Thanks, this is all good information to consider as I try to figure out the best system to buy for my house. :)
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    Plugging of nvr and ip cameras to the internet

    So I assume that typically the number of ports mirrors the number of channels? They wouldn't sell a 4-port NVR that supports 8 channels?
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    Plugging of nvr and ip cameras to the internet

    So if it's feasible to connect cameras to an external POE switch, and then just connect the POE switch to one port of the NVR, is it still necessary to buy a 8- or 16-port NVR? Could I buy a 4-port NVR and then hook up 8 or more cameras to it using a separate POE switch? Or do the "guts" of...
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    Alexa compatible cameras with local HTTP access?

    I recently found an Alexa skill called "IP RTSP/RTP Security Cameras" that seems to allow you to configure the Echo Show to pull an RTSP URL feed from a camera, but so far I'm not having any luck getting it working. I emailed the developer of the skill (he responded within minutes when I...
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