#zoneminder

the upgrade to the newest mysql with its replacement conf files, messed mine up.

so my server is now maxed out (ive been running the h264 branch for a while now). but I need to add another camera.

what would be a better option, get a more powerful intel processor (but less powerful gpu) and switch back to the main branch? or get an AMD apu and keep the h264?

I havn't found any benchmarks comparing the hardware acceleration between intel integrated and amd graphics

hi

i am wondering if there is a way to have face recognition

if so how

so, what's the approach toward viewing cameras over the internet ... use a vpn? - or another alternative ? - thanks

Nokaji, yes either vpn or ssh -L or ssh -D but do use encryption

or https if you really must

though you should then put fail2ban on to stop dict attacks on your zm login

i prefer not to expose zm to the tubes ... vpn / ssh ftw

Ah, okay, ... I'll do me some research into using those two, then - thanks jzaw

vpn seems straightforward enough, just choosing a supplier, unless I create my own, somehow

Nokaji, ssh is super easy ... lock it down to pubkey auth only ... and either use iptables rate limiting or fail2ban

good, I like easy :)

then you can ssh from anywhere even with your 'roid phone and use -L forwarding or -D socks proxy

make sure you know how to secure ssh

roaming vpn is somewhat harder to arrange ... but does work too

I will, thanks for the tips, I'm still in early stages of designing/building my system but this will ensure I don't make a crucial mistake in the spec

as a potential extreme I may have a camera system, a burglar system and a home automation system - I'm hoping ONVIF will go in that direction

with your cams (and indeed ANY AND ALL home automation) avoid cloud / p2p / upnp functions ... the recent attacks on dyndns and dns that almost killed facebook were all those unsecure IoT devices out there formed into a bot net

unsecured * and insecure

I'd rather be archiving my own footage if poss, I'm not a big cloud fan as far as privacy goes. Was toying with buying my own web space as a cheaper alternative to cloud but we'll see as things progress - secure home storage may be enough

I'm also considering an automatic water sprayer for when the starlings take over the bird feeders, but that can wait

not sure how i'd 'alarm' that one, either, maybe the weight difference or frantic nature

bottom of my list of priorities though

I'll be looking at some point to find what insurance companies specify as systems which 'reduce risk/premium', as a guide on the build

so far I've only found locks

Here we go, ... "Having a burglar alarm may lower your Contents insurance quote.Only answer ‘Yes’ if the alarm is activated at night and when the property is unoccupied."

&- "Has the alarm been professionally fitted and maintained? " (by) NACOSS, NSI, SSAIB

Nokaji, i AM a professional

so ans: yes

Well, I'm a qualified engineer, just not a member of those particular groups

im wearing a suit ... cos my doctor said i was impotent ... so im dressing impotent

;)

maybe i could pay an installer to put an adhesive doorbell on the front, then I could tick 'yes'

that would count

wasutton3: current ffmpeg is not using any hardware acceleration. So what you need is more CPU.

I am wokring on packaging ffmpeg with hwaccel though. I'm hoping it makes a big difference.

ic0n_, could it not be added via the FFMPEG_INPUT_OPTIONS tag?

or will that just not do anything at all?

Any recommendations of a good camera for inside the house?

trumee: I prolly don't have the answer but it will depend greatly on your requirements/purpose

with digital, there are a lot more options to choose form - maybe you can take a look at some of the specs to see what is available