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I've got a server running Debian and I've previously borrowed a wildlife cam for my garden. It activates on motion and records, has night vision, etc..

That said the only way to get the footage is to go out there and pull the SD card.

Is there a self-hosted approach to this? I don't know what weather-proof camera setup people like for this sort of thing.

Edit for clarity: I don't own a camera. I would need to buy one. That's part of what this post is about - is there some self hosted software for this sort of thing that has a list of cameras it supports? Or a standard that the software needs the camera to support?

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[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The hunting cams all use cell modems, which honestly sucks (a subscription to pics on land near you...). Ive been looking at wifi halow (802.11ah) for it personally. Which can support low power longer range (km/miles long) at 4-40 mbs.

I can find m.2 modules that support it too(i.e. GW16167) so its just matter of SBC and camera choice from there to me. The RPI camera honestly seems pretty decent.

[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hmmm, an RPi with a camera might well work. The problem there is more the amount of work I'd need to do - I haven't got that kind of time right now.

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Tell me about it. If you find a off the shelf built kit that works let me know so i dont have to build one too