Trying to get away from the Google Nest IQ camera and find something similar in features (eg: People talking, dog barking detection, etc). The video quality of the IQ is poor during night mode.<p>I'm dropping it because of the cloud-only option, the subscription service, poor quality, etc.<p>I've been looking around and can't seem to find something similar in features.
I use Annke (rebranded HikVision, and firewalled off from the Internet) and Eufy cameras in non-cloud (RTSP) mode. I use Blue Iris[1] as an NVR. Blue Iris has a cent mobile app.<p>I also run Skrypted[2] container on my Synology that concurrently makes me able to use HomeKit Secure Video.<p>I've been using this setup for years. I kinda miss the ease of the cloud, but love the configurability and modularity. What you save in leaving the cloud you will spend in personal time maintaining your setup.<p>1. <a href="https://blueirissoftware.com/" rel="nofollow">https://blueirissoftware.com/</a> . Blue Iris has a huge learning curve, but the following video will fast track you into a viable setup without that curve: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqc1ukrkMmI" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqc1ukrkMmI</a><p>2. <a href="https://www.scrypted.app/" rel="nofollow">https://www.scrypted.app/</a>
I had to get a new setup spun up very quickly, didn't know what to get, so I went out and got a bunch of cameras ranging from $49 to $500 from MicroCenter. For my requirements the cheapest cameras ended up serving my needs the best.<p>I ended up returning all of the expensive stuff and only keeping a bunch of really cheap Amcrest PoE cameras.<p>Here is one such example:
<a href="https://www.microcenter.com/product/634071/amcrest-5mp-ultrahd-outdoor-security-ip-turret" rel="nofollow">https://www.microcenter.com/product/634071/amcrest-5mp-ultra...</a><p>I've been very impressed with Amcrest cameras.<p>They support being configured without an outside internet connection.<p>They support dual streams.<p>They have all kinds of tuning settings, and come with sane defaults.<p>They support H.265 encoding, so you get good quality at small file (and bandwidth) sizes.<p>They also have MicroSD slots, and some cloud stuff that I don't use.<p>They work great with Fridate and Google Coral with is what I use them with.<p>Highly, highly satisfied and recommend.
I really like my Wyze cameras, especially their night sensors and SD card support. They are cheap, the optional cloud sub is cheap, their nighttime/low-light imagery is really good (both in color, with their special sensor, and in black/white with built-in infrared lighting).<p>Each camera is only $26 and works great. In fact I prefer their ecosystem to the super-bloated Ring and Nest ones that I used to have.<p>They have sound-activated recording and some basic AI features (package dropped off, I see a pet, your wife is home, etc.) but not specific sound detection.
Ubiquiti G3 Instant and G4 Instant to a local Ubiquiti UDM Pro SE with an 8TB spinning rust drive. The G4 Instant claims the following: "Smart Detections: Includes person, vehicle, and motion detection, as well as smoke/CO alarm detection on cameras with a microphone."