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Ring sounds like such a neat idea. I'm in bed and I heard a noise at the front door...I open the app...start live view...black screen Really? Is it that hard

Ring sounds like such a neat idea. I'm in bed and I heard a noise at the front door...I open the app...start live view...black screen Really? Is it that hard? The extension ringer is a great idea too. Place it wherever you will hear it...ding-dong...there was someone at your door about 20-30 seconds ago. Seriously! A doorbell with a camera, the camera won't connect, the bell won't ring

kevincrane 4y ago
Do you think the camera didn’t work because the parent company got ransomwared? Or is this anecdote related to the posted story in a different way that I’m missing
Vrondi 4y ago
I have a wifi webcam with no Internet access at my front door. It doesn't need Internet access (in fact, it's blocked from going outside the router). It's happily streaming video onto my home network. I just open the stream in VLC on any device to see the live video feed instantly. Easy to make a shortcut that opens the address in VLC. Video is also being archived locally elsewhere on my home network, but no outside hosting is needed for either instant live access or home archiving. Just a minimum of research. When shopping for a camera, only buy one that has ONVIF compatability. Then you can use it with third party apps.
- stuckkeys 4y ago
  Which one/s you got? I got the eUfy and the only reason I went for it is because of the built in battery. Curious to know what product you are using.
vorpalhex 4y ago
Even my beloved Ubiquiti's doorbell cam suffers in much the same ways (and my nest had it too). There must be some difficulty here that is non-obvious for all the competitors to be falling into the same flaws.
- darknavi 4y ago
  I personally blame Unifi's SSO for a lot of the slugishness. My old Reolink (1/3rd the price of Unifi's offerings) was instant when loaded and connected via IP+port.
kobalsky 4y ago
I've worked professionally with wifi equipment and my take on the whole deal is this: if it's on wifi, it will fail not as frequent enough to be replaced by something better, but often enough to be make you miserable. Yes, $1000 phones work fine, but every other device? the standard must be a mess because every other wifi certified device is unreliable. Everything on my house that can be wired, is wired.

kevincrane 4y ago

Do you think the camera didn’t work because the parent company got ransomwared? Or is this anecdote related to the posted story in a different way that I’m missing

Vrondi 4y ago

I have a wifi webcam with no Internet access at my front door. It doesn't need Internet access (in fact, it's blocked from going outside the router). It's happily streaming video onto my home network. I just open the stream in VLC on any device to see the live video feed instantly. Easy to make a shortcut that opens the address in VLC. Video is also being archived locally elsewhere on my home network, but no outside hosting is needed for either instant live access or home archiving. Just a minimum of research. When shopping for a camera, only buy one that has ONVIF compatability. Then you can use it with third party apps.

stuckkeys 4y ago
Which one/s you got? I got the eUfy and the only reason I went for it is because of the built in battery. Curious to know what product you are using.

vorpalhex 4y ago

Even my beloved Ubiquiti's doorbell cam suffers in much the same ways (and my nest had it too). There must be some difficulty here that is non-obvious for all the competitors to be falling into the same flaws.

darknavi 4y ago
I personally blame Unifi's SSO for a lot of the slugishness. My old Reolink (1/3rd the price of Unifi's offerings) was instant when loaded and connected via IP+port.

kobalsky 4y ago

I've worked professionally with wifi equipment and my take on the whole deal is this: if it's on wifi, it will fail not as frequent enough to be replaced by something better, but often enough to be make you miserable. Yes, $1000 phones work fine, but every other device? the standard must be a mess because every other wifi certified device is unreliable. Everything on my house that can be wired, is wired.