Wondering if this would be possible

[BigFoot]

Hello, I live in a small village and would like to set up a community CCTV system

Would it be technically possible to have multiple IP camera's around the village (on peoples homes, connected to their computer & their internet) and sending the images to one central Blue Iris computer ?

The 'remote' PC's wouldn't run BI, they'd just act as a point for the camera feed to access & transmit across the internet

I'm trying to figure out the best cost-effective way of blanketing our community with CCTV coverage

Any suggestions would be ever so gratefully received

Thanks in advance & Seasons Greetings to you all

 

[djernie]

Good idea, but i would let a professional set this up.

 

[bigredfish]

So these homeowners would all use their personal net connection to stream upload 24/7 real time video? mmmmmmmm.....

How many locations/cameras are you guessing?

You may want to check out a service such as Eagle Eye.
Cloud Video Surveillance | Eagle Eye Networks

I dont normally suggest Cloud service but you may have no other cost effective choice.

 

[BigFoot]

Good idea, but i would let a professional set this up.

Thank you - do you know if it is technically possible with Blue Iris ?

 

[BigFoot]

So these homeowners would all use their personal net connection to stream upload 24/7 real time video? mmmmmmmm.....

How many locations/cameras are you guessing?

You may want to check out a service such as Eagle Eye.
Cloud Video Surveillance | Eagle Eye Networks

I dont normally suggest Cloud service but you may have no other cost effective choice.

Thanks @bigredfish - do you know if this would be technically possible with BlueIris ? ?

 

[fergenheimer]

Hello Bigfoot, I'm also looking at doing this. There are several treads that touch on this. Using Blue Iris with multiple sites I'm not a network professional but think it should be easy. Also, I don't use blue iris yet.

 

[devastator]

And those people would let their PC's on 24/7 ?
Wouldn't do it personally, but you could use port forwarding to make the cam accessible over the internet. Use a strong password (and non default ports), and add the (remote) cam to your blueiris setup. Depending on your internet speed (and number of cams), you might have to limit the FPS.

 

[bigredfish]

Thanks @bigredfish - do you know if this would be technically possible with BlueIris ? ?

Not a BI user so can’t say for sure but I would think it would.

The bigger problem I think is going to be the 24/7 streaming upload of the video feeds from your neighbors personal internet connections. Recommend calling a Pro

 

[pozzello]

technically possible? yes. practical and cost-effective? probably not...

each cam would need to be directly accessible from the BI server over the internet (or town wifi or what-have-you),
so there's the security concerns there, as well as the bandwidth (upload from each cam might be 500kbps, depending on the cams of course)...

Now, if there's already some sort of town wi-fi setup, where some level of security could provided at the AP and the local bandwidth is not metered, it might make sense...

 

[BigFoot]

technically possible? yes. practical and cost-effective? probably not...

each cam would need to be directly accessible from the BI server over the internet (or town wifi or what-have-you),
so there's the security concerns there, as well as the bandwidth (upload from each cam might be 500kbps, depending on the cams of course)...

Now, if there's already some sort of town wi-fi setup, where some level of security could provided at the AP and the local bandwidth is not metered, it might make sense...

Thanks @pozzello

Ideally would be looking for other fibre broadband users like me with both high speed connections (66Mbps D/l, 17Mbps U/l) and unlimited data - mine is capped by a 'fair use' policy, provided I don't exceed 50Tb per month ...... so fairly safe on that count

 

[TonyR]

Thanks @pozzello

Ideally would be looking for other fibre broadband users like me with both high speed connections (66Mbps D/l, 17Mbps U/l) and unlimited data - mine is capped by a 'fair use' policy, provided I don't exceed 50Tb per month ...... so fairly safe on that count

From my post April of 2018: Show cam stream from a Remote BI server on a Local BI server