Hey,
I'm in the process of looking into a camera system. Currently I have 2 eufy cams which in my opinion are absolute garbage.
My experience with euphy cams are that they 100% aren't reliable and don't start recording fast enough. Events are for sure missed completely or truncated at the start/end. I can barely consider these things a novelty.
I think I want to move to an NVR based system that uses PoE style cameras. My requirements are really quite simple.
I would need up to a maximum of 4 4k cameras with really great IR night vision(not spotlight color). A mix of 120-90° fov, basic motion detection, any AI would be a plus. The primary purpose is more for insurance, wildlife tracking, and general awareness of events on the property as opposed to a heavy security drive. But really at this point I'm trying to ask about nvr hardware and software but thought the cameras and usage might have value to the discussion.
Anyway, the real question(s) are:
1) I have a stupid expensive computer sitting idle doing little more then running my plex server. Can I just repurpose this as an NVR? What software options are there? How bad are they? Am I just better off getting a dedicated NVR solution despite my small requirements? I am interested in remote access, which in my case might be a bit trickier without a helper app since I'm on starlink and don't currently have an IP(kinda).
This post is a thought mess but really just looking for pros/cons or computer based or dedicated NVR solutions and how that might affect my cam choices.
I'm in the process of looking into a camera system. Currently I have 2 eufy cams which in my opinion are absolute garbage.
My experience with euphy cams are that they 100% aren't reliable and don't start recording fast enough. Events are for sure missed completely or truncated at the start/end. I can barely consider these things a novelty.
I think I want to move to an NVR based system that uses PoE style cameras. My requirements are really quite simple.
I would need up to a maximum of 4 4k cameras with really great IR night vision(not spotlight color). A mix of 120-90° fov, basic motion detection, any AI would be a plus. The primary purpose is more for insurance, wildlife tracking, and general awareness of events on the property as opposed to a heavy security drive. But really at this point I'm trying to ask about nvr hardware and software but thought the cameras and usage might have value to the discussion.
Anyway, the real question(s) are:
1) I have a stupid expensive computer sitting idle doing little more then running my plex server. Can I just repurpose this as an NVR? What software options are there? How bad are they? Am I just better off getting a dedicated NVR solution despite my small requirements? I am interested in remote access, which in my case might be a bit trickier without a helper app since I'm on starlink and don't currently have an IP(kinda).
This post is a thought mess but really just looking for pros/cons or computer based or dedicated NVR solutions and how that might affect my cam choices.
