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Simple video doorbell software recommendations? (self.homeassistant)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Heavybell to c/homeassistant
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So I'd like to have a video doorbell set up so that it communicates locally with my HA, raising an event when the button is pressed, allowing me to watch its audio and video stream live, and speak back to whoever is at the door. Ideally either from the browser or my phone, when I'm at home or not.

I don't care about motion sensing or AI or even NVR functions really. What software do I need? Should I bother going through the process of setting up Frigate or is there something simpler that would do the job?

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[–] keyez 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Awesome that's good to hear, all my LEDs and stuff I have blocked to everything but HA at my firewall but some devices like my smart vacuum apparently NEED internet access to work at all which I was hoping it didn't. My current doorbell needs it I think but hoping to get a new doorbell and camera when I move next year.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Yep, Reolink cams can be fully local only and still work fine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

One of my key buying points for hardware is "will this run without any internet, and could I set it all up again without internet?".

This is why I'm so happy to finally have Hue on my zigbee controller. And it's why I'm always on the lookout for a second hand Valetudo compatible robovac.