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Doorbell kamera solution (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by fluxx@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hi, anyone have any good self hosted solution for a doorbell camera? What I need is to have the option to look at who is at the door and be able to actuate a lock (relay operated). I have a cheap Chinese brand solution, but it uses an unknown cloud solution and is very unreliable. A phone app would be fine, but if there's a standalone tablet, that's even better.

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[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Home assistant, and frigate. Along with whatever type of smart lock you choose (even building one with esphome, diy version)

[–] colebrodine@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago

It's a year old video, but it still is pretty relevant I think.

Local Control Video Doorbells - Reolink, UniFi, Amcrest, Hikvision, Dahua. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XCu6L0xn4Y&t=904s

If you'd rather read than watch the video, he has a nice companion blog. https://www.thesmarthomehookup.com/local-control-video-doorbells-reolink-unifi-amcrest-hikvision-dahua/

[–] Bronzie@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not exactly what you asked for, but I went with Eufy with local storage. There is a home base so everything is stored here and not in the cloud. Costs a bit more but gives me peace of mind.

Downside is that it won’t work if my internet or power is out, but that happens once a year, max.

For door I’d go with Yale with the hub to lock and unlock remotely.
Don’t know of a combined solution, sadly.

[–] fart_pickle@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

I was about to suggest the same thing with a small caveat. From what I know, communication between doorbell and base station is unencrypted. I might be wrong, it's been a while since I read about it, so double check the current status.