Any recommendations for a system like this that runs on old smartphones as cameras?
Kerberos: Open-Source Video Surveillance
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#62Interesting. I’ve been building a home camera network and the state of this space (the nvr software) is pretty abysmal: zoneminder, blueiris, shinobi, etc… gonna take this for a spin. This is a terrible name for an open source project though.
It would be a perfect name for a surveillance system in a dystopian government though
a system in "The Ministry of Surveillance"
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#63Choosing a name like "Kerberos" for a new project will make it very difficult to search for anything related to it. Kerberos is an old concept in many operating systems with 8.4 million google search results(and none of them are related to this video product). Pick a new name IMO.
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#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
A better name for a multi-headed security system would be Cerberus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus
Same dog, different language.
It’s pronounced about the same in either case. “Cerberus” in Latin is pronounced “Kerberus”, just like “cent” is actually pronounced “Kent”.
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#65Interesting. I’ve been building a home camera network and the state of this space (the nvr software) is pretty abysmal: zoneminder, blueiris, shinobi, etc… gonna take this for a spin. This is a terrible name for an open source project though.
The name is a giant red flag. If someone doesn't care about a giant name conflict of a very uncommon word with a very common project, then they just brush it off with rationalizations, it makes me wonder what other reasonable things they are willing to ignore.
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#66Does anyone have some outdoor camera recommendations? The ones I had were very low resolution, I could hardly recognize myself in video.
I'm happy with Amcrest cameras, both for indoor and outdoor use. They have some very affordable 4k options with PoE if that matters to you.
I've come full circle with Amcrest. I work in video surveillance, and over time Amcrest just continue to work. I think of them like the consumer priced Axis. As far as their app, ditch it - they are ONVIF compatible. I'm currently using mine with both a rebranded hikvision NVR and a home brewed NVR I'm coding myself, plus a few RaspberryPIs running VLC in different rooms.
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#67Does it support Kerberos authentication?
To add on to this -- the about page acknowledges how "many are confused" about the name but effectively brushes it off because "kerberos is a good name", then "it's not actually kerberos, but kerberos.io", followed by "it's a mouthful so we'll just say kerberos" (and the HN submission just says kerberos) I feel like the name really might be an impediment to the project. Not that people can't ever re-use names, but th…
The documentation introduction is where the name confusion is mentioned.
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#68Interesting. I’ve been building a home camera network and the state of this space (the nvr software) is pretty abysmal: zoneminder, blueiris, shinobi, etc… gonna take this for a spin. This is a terrible name for an open source project though.
Other than the windows dependence, what’s the issue with blueiris? I’ve tried the others you’ve listed as well and found it to be the most robust by quite a bit. I wish the web interface were better, and having to use a reverse proxy or vpn to get mobile access is also… meh.
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#69where is the code? I only see open source client, but the server side(nvr etc) are really the key.
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#70Interesting. I’ve been building a home camera network and the state of this space (the nvr software) is pretty abysmal: zoneminder, blueiris, shinobi, etc… gonna take this for a spin. This is a terrible name for an open source project though.
Generally I downvote name griping here because it's both an inevitable topic and the ultimate in bikeshedding, but this is one of those rare exceptions. Link to the "other" kerberos (a very well-referenced and utilized authentication protocol and implementation) in case anyone's curious what this is being driven by: