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I bought one of their security cameras to act as a nursery cam last year, which I could later convert into a home security camera. The 'in house' software, uni
by mixologic 6y ago
I bought one of their security cameras to act as a nursery cam last year, which I could later convert into a home security camera.
The 'in house' software, unifi-video, was discontinued 3 months after I got it set up. All of the apps I use to connect to the system have been pulled from the app store, and you now have to use their camera controller for the one camera, vs the software Im running on my linux box.
Their controller is much more limited, and many, many security camera installers were caught off guard with no path forward for their customers. It's a nightmare of a shitshow and I would never in a million years recommend Ubiquiti as a company at this point.
- spockz 6y agoI now use the camera in direct rtsp mode. This way it can be used by any rtsp tool including video recording and the lot. For the nursery camera I just use IPCams on iOS on an iPad.
- halefx 6y agoYep, I also use their cameras as baby monitors. RTSP mode to VLC on an old chromebook as an always-on monitor. The Protect app works pretty well now assuming you have a controller to connect to, but the time between the Video app shutting down and Protect actually working properly was very frustrating. I would never trust the Protect app to stay connected while I'm asleep, though. It's definitely not stable enough for that.
- mixologic 6y agoThe very first night I got the camera set up was the night that there was a level 3 outage and major internet snafu, making it so that I couldnt actually get into the app to view the camera. RTSP mode sounds pretty good at this point with only one camera. (Ignoring the fact that Ubiquity marketed these cameras as having a speaker, when, in fact, you cannot send audio to the camera, only that it makes noise on its own)