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> So my thought was to just have a really good recording system so that in the aftermath of whatever happens, you can give really good info to the police... I

> So my thought was to just have a really good recording system so that in the aftermath of whatever happens, you can give really good info to the police... I think along these same lines, so I have a combination of some raspberri pi's running a customized version of RPi-Cam-Web-Interface [1], and a ring.com video doorbell. [1] http://elinux.org/RPi-Cam-Web-Interface http://elinux.org/RPi-Cam-Web-Interface

Klathmon 9y ago
Speaking of the Ring, if you or anyone else that is reading this has experience with both Python and the SIP protocol, we would love your help with a python project that is trying to get a real-time video stream out of the Ring device without using their App. https://github.com/tchellomello/python-ring-doorbell/issues/23 https://github.com/tchellomello/python-ring-doorbell/issues/...
- heywire 9y ago
  I've been watching this project/issue with interest :) It is on my long todo list to dig into this. One of my worries is that even with a hardwired device, the doorbell transformer may not give enough juice for continuous video use. I notice that just after a few minutes of watching the live feed the health status reports 96% battery (down from 100%). Hopefully that isn't the case, and someone is able to find a way to pull the video feed without funneling it through ring.com's infrastructure (I'm sure they wouldn't appreciate a 24x7 video feed running through their systems :))
  - Klathmon 9y ago
    Well one "solution" could be to just grab "snapshots" of the camera once a second (if it responds fast enough) then close the connection. I have a Ring "Pro" so the battery level isn't an issue and it's able to do live-view for a few hours no problem (I tried it by leaving the windows 10 app up and running on live view for a while). Still, if it really is running SIP the whole way, then it most likely can be accessed locally without touching their infrastructure (unless they are using something custom for the Ring-Servers -> Doorbell connection...)

Klathmon 9y ago

Speaking of the Ring, if you or anyone else that is reading this has experience with both Python and the SIP protocol, we would love your help with a python project that is trying to get a real-time video stream out of the Ring device without using their App. https://github.com/tchellomello/python-ring-doorbell/issues/23 https://github.com/tchellomello/python-ring-doorbell/issues/...

heywire 9y ago
I've been watching this project/issue with interest :) It is on my long todo list to dig into this. One of my worries is that even with a hardwired device, the doorbell transformer may not give enough juice for continuous video use. I notice that just after a few minutes of watching the live feed the health status reports 96% battery (down from 100%). Hopefully that isn't the case, and someone is able to find a way to pull the video feed without funneling it through ring.com's infrastructure (I'm sure they wouldn't appreciate a 24x7 video feed running through their systems :))
- Klathmon 9y ago
  Well one "solution" could be to just grab "snapshots" of the camera once a second (if it responds fast enough) then close the connection. I have a Ring "Pro" so the battery level isn't an issue and it's able to do live-view for a few hours no problem (I tried it by leaving the windows 10 app up and running on live view for a while). Still, if it really is running SIP the whole way, then it most likely can be accessed locally without touching their infrastructure (unless they are using something custom for the Ring-Servers -> Doorbell connection...)