[shostack]

Are there any companies out there making smart doorway camera and such like this that just work off your home wifi network, and can stream directly to your phone or store to local media (or cloud media like Gdrive, Dropbox, etc.) without requiring a subscription?

I really don't want that data hitting some random company's server (setting aside issues with trusting other cloud storage providers), and I just don't feel like adding any more recurring payments to the list. I want one and done.

[CaptSpify]

Seems like something you could build with a Raspberry Pi. I too would like a pre-built solution though.

[yardie]

You can already do this with a Synology, QNAP, G-drive, etc. and an IP streaming camera. Most of them have a hybrid cloud service where you get a URL to your NAS and can download files, run services remotely (torrent for example), or stream camera footage.

And its been like this for years. Ring seems a little more polished. But I'd prefer the privacy of keeping that information on premise.

[shostack]

Are there any good tutorials out there on how to hook all of this up? Not super sure of the best thing to Google for this.

[yardie]

The camera service is built-in. The Synology series is really good at getting you started. You don't need Google it has wizards that will walk you through it.

This is from a few years ago, but their cloud service consists of punching an outgoing port from your home or office and giving you a permanent address to access your files from. There were some backup synchro options as well but I only used streaming videos and music which I replaced with Plex.

Also it has SSH access if you want to install packages through that method.

[ec109685]

Not doorbell, but nest doesn't charge for streaming from their cameras.