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Local only doorbells (self.homeassistant)

submitted 1 year ago by dbrand666 to c/homeassistant

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To expand on a previous poster asking about local only devices in general...

Has anyone found a reliable local only doorbell? I've been meaning to replace my Ring doorbell ever since Amazon bought them. I finally bought a Reolink WiFi doorbell and it looks great and was really easy to set up without Internet or their app, BUT...

It doesn't work. Capture to FTP gives me nice clear images but the videos are corrupt, maybe truncated. I can't even open them with VLC.

I tried installing an SD card and then moving the SD card to my laptop. The videos on there play for a few seconds and then freeze.

Reolink support hasn't responded to any of my questions, which is another minus for them.

I did notice that the unit seems to run very hot. Did I just get a dud?

So are there any alternatives? Should I just try buying another of these? At least returns (Amazon, Walmart) are easy.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been using the Reolink Doorbell (POE) for the last few months. I use it with both local on board SD card recording and with Frigate. It's been perfect and the Home Assistant integration is awesome too.

I haven't tried the FTP feature but have with my other Reolink cameras and that worked as expected.

The Reolink subreddit /r/reolinkcam is great, an employee lurks there and is very helpful.

[–] dbrand666 1 points 1 year ago

I may have a dud. We'll see. I finally started getting responses yesterday. Seems their help desk system was upgraded and the email was broken?