Scrypted is damn neat, I've got all 6 cameras on homekit, lot of config options including hardware based transcoding and custom motion detection. Getting the max quality possible from the cameras, very low latency on wlan, feed opens up in ~2-3 seconds remotely on lte, a little faster than the tapo app.
Can definitely run on the NUC, but can be demanding depending on the configuration. For example, pre-buffer previews will use cpu to update the preview image from the last 2-3 seconds.
Scrypted NVR is paid but optional, $10/year per camera, works remotely also. Its very slick and seemless, but $60 for 6 cameras is pricey, especially since I need to use my own storage.
Ubuntu 22.04 + Plex + Scrypted now
ironwolf 1x4TB 1x2TB
old seagate shucked external HDDs 2x2TB
The NVR is paid? :O
No Opensource option?
So otherwise it only links cameras with homekit, homeassistant etc?
Do you have any idea about how it plays with non-apple ecosystem? I have tonnes of cameras but nearly zero automation and if i do, it will probably be opensource.
AS for power, do you think, if we install this in a container, it'll be able to use the NUC Igpu and transcode whatever 1-2 streams you'll view at a time? My NUC11 has a better igpu i think.
This is why I was looking for something that just stores the stream, and also streams the same encoding, with just an app that can decode any of these. Considering most 10k+ phones can easily decode most streams. This way I dont need very good hardware, and my server can handle other VMs easily and not spend significant resources on it.
https://docs.scrypted.app/
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@Party Monger dude this scrypted app is amazing. works quite well with tapo cameras.
tplink nuked 3rd party motion detectiond which is passed via onvif, but thats okay, scyrpted has a plugin 'opencv' that enables server-side motion detection. passes all of my cameras to homekit with homekit secured video recording. If you have icloud 200GB plan, you get free storage for 5 x cameras.
ANNNDDDD. HomeKit secure video has face recognition also! So happy.
Will move over the docker compose to the NUC to see if it can handle, motion detection for 6 cameras, because it's power requirement is low. If the electricity goes, the NUC can survive much longer.
God damn this does seem to fit very well as an ecosystem.
As far as I checked with Frigate, object detection takes quite some resources or a google coral device. But face detection could be less heavy. But euther way, it will take significant resources if you have a 24fps stream.
Which NUC do you have? Man im so busy for next few weeks, once im free i'll be trying all of this shit together.
TPlink has been an asshole till now. Even my Yi cams had a desktop app. These ****ers didnt release one yet. They removed motion timeline in some of the basic cams. too. So even though you see motion bars on the timeline, you have to manually move there in recent c100 models. Thankfully flipkart had some cheap TC70 which i snagged. Cheaper, better quality video and audio, pan and tilt, and got them for 1500 ish hehehe.
