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by drnick1 2 days ago
What is the difference between this and Frigate? Before clicking the link, I thought this would be a hardware solution (build you own camera from open components).
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The difference is that you have a spare board.... a webcam lying around somewhere, and you put them together to run some CCTV. That's all :)
Frigate is so amazing. The lightweight object detectors plus home assistant automations and notifications are way too fun and powerful. I keep setting up new systems for family members after they see mine.
Which cameras do you use with it? Frigate + Thingino has been a constant source of stability issues for me, I've given up on it. Finding the right combination of parameters that had <2s latency, working audio, and didn't cause the stream to crash constantly seemed impossible.