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For constant streaming of video you're going to be constantly swapping out batteries as you're powering the camera itself, the ir array, and the wifi.

• pdonis 7y ago
  > For constant streaming of video I don't need constant streaming of video, only when an event occurs that needs to be recorded.
  • ohyeshedid 7y ago
    The camera still has to run for that to work, unless you're also going to power a separate motion sensor and/or a small computer to handle automating the recording; all of this just decreases how long the battery lasts.
    • pdonis 7y ago
      > The camera still has to run for that to work, unless you're also going to power a separate motion sensor and/or a small computer to handle automating the recording Security cameras will have motion sensors built in. Recording would be elsewhere, the camera would just need to stream video for some configurable time if the motion sensor detects an event. (This is all functionality built into Ring cameras, so for anyone looking for an alternative to them it doesn't seem at all unreasonable to me.)