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Tue Apr 30, 2019 9:16 am
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jay (support)
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I'm running an early 2009 Mac Pro with 20GB of memory, a 640GB SATA mechanical drive. I'm just looking at no more than 4-5 cameras, just 2 in the near-term.
I have to say that the whole camera thing is still frustrating as heck (been half-heartedly trying it for many years). I've got a license for SecuritySpy, and trying to find decent/reliable but inexpensive cameras that will connect to it has been a big challenge. I bought 3 cheap Wansview cameras, which worked fine with SecuritySpy, but they were cheap and often failed in odd and unreliable ways (including one that just started flooding the network with garbage, bringing everything to a grinding halt at a very inconvenient time).
I then tried another camera that didn't connect to anything outside it's own ecosystem despite multiple claims that it did (this seems to be the trend with the less expensive camera makers).
My latest attempt is a Foscam R2C, which also claims ONVIF support but which SS would just not connect reliably. I also couldn't connect directly to the camera's embedded website (kept getting timeouts and other odd issues on Mac browsers, a total refusal to load on iOS Safari, and I even tried it on an old windows laptop which also ended up just timing out). These same cameras specifically mention Blue Iris in their sales pitches, so that's why I'm asking here. I suppose I'd be open to buying a NUC specifically for Blue Iris (my spouse does Windows support so at least I wouldn't have to deal with problems myself), but again now the cost of entry has gone up to the point I'm not sure it's worth it.
Here's what I want: a less expensive WiFi cameras (yeah, I don't want to crawl around my attic trying to get wired PoE connections where I want cameras) that will reliably work with an NVR system of some type that can integrate well with Indigo (motion detection, refreshing static image, PTZ support, etc). Less expensive because, frankly, I'm just not overly sold that I really need cameras, but knowing that cameras will augment my current DSC alarm system in terms of security.
I know there are others wanting this as well because we periodically get these kinds of support inquiries.