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I'll change my tune when news like this breaks about Apple, but I paid extra for a HomeKit video camera because Amazon's data policies give me heebie-jeebies.

I'll change my tune when news like this breaks about Apple, but I paid extra for a HomeKit video camera because Amazon's data policies give me heebie-jeebies. I get a notification and a live video on my TV when someone shows up on my doorstep, but not when someone walks by on the sidewalk. It's easy.

CubsFan1060 4y ago
Do you use HomeKit cameras or HomeKit Secure Video cameras?
- MengerSponge 4y ago
  HomeKit Secure Video on a Logitech Circle View. It is decidedly aight. It's expensive, but it works well enough. The video was high enough quality that the local police could ID the guy who stole letters from my mailbox a few months ago. But it's easy and reliable and notifies us when somebody drops a package on our doorstep.
  - CubsFan1060 4y ago
    My biggest gripe is the searching. Other systems let you say "search for videos with an animal". HKSV is basically just a long list of videos that are hard to search through. Sure hope they fix that.
Pakdef 4y ago
Why wait? host your own...
- MengerSponge 4y ago
  If I host my own, I know how to get openCV to only get notifications when a particular feature is detected, but can I get a live preview as a picture-in-picture on my TV while I'm watching NBA basketball? Or while my girlfriend is watching college basketball? I don't think there's a reasonable solution for that. Buying a HomeKit hosted camera, and AppleTV, and the prerequisite WiFi network upgrade costs about two hours of my time. Could a standalone camera, ethernet/wifi connection, server, and software be stood up for fewer dollars or less time? I really doubt it.
  - Pakdef 4y ago
    Sorry I can't help you, I'm not always in front of my TV (I don't even own a TV)... but there are probably easy solution to cast it to your phone or computer... But to tell you the truth, I hate looking at the camera footage... I just keep a month worth in my archive and never look at it unless something important happened.

CubsFan1060 4y ago

Do you use HomeKit cameras or HomeKit Secure Video cameras?

MengerSponge 4y ago
HomeKit Secure Video on a Logitech Circle View. It is decidedly aight. It's expensive, but it works well enough. The video was high enough quality that the local police could ID the guy who stole letters from my mailbox a few months ago. But it's easy and reliable and notifies us when somebody drops a package on our doorstep.
- CubsFan1060 4y ago
  My biggest gripe is the searching. Other systems let you say "search for videos with an animal". HKSV is basically just a long list of videos that are hard to search through. Sure hope they fix that.

Pakdef 4y ago

Why wait? host your own...

MengerSponge 4y ago
If I host my own, I know how to get openCV to only get notifications when a particular feature is detected, but can I get a live preview as a picture-in-picture on my TV while I'm watching NBA basketball? Or while my girlfriend is watching college basketball? I don't think there's a reasonable solution for that. Buying a HomeKit hosted camera, and AppleTV, and the prerequisite WiFi network upgrade costs about two hours of my time. Could a standalone camera, ethernet/wifi connection, server, and software be stood up for fewer dollars or less time? I really doubt it.
- Pakdef 4y ago
  Sorry I can't help you, I'm not always in front of my TV (I don't even own a TV)... but there are probably easy solution to cast it to your phone or computer... But to tell you the truth, I hate looking at the camera footage... I just keep a month worth in my archive and never look at it unless something important happened.