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?
I would think you would need a wifi trail cam or something more permanent using buried cable.
That would be possible, yep.
Yes, there are trail cameras with WiFi or 4G connectivity, but the good ones are expensive. The Chinese ones are often a pain.
I had one with 3G, it wasn’t reliable. I had a Moultrie one that was nice, but like yours, only SD card.