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I'm looking at dusting off my motion setup. It was an old setup to monitor what my pets are doing in the house with a webcam.

However, I need cameras outside to monitor my gardens and the webcams are not really usefull for that (for one, the're not waterproof and USB cams)

I try to look for stand alone cameras, but can't find a good test of them. (probably user error) Any tips on good, safe, cameras for outside? (pref poe, wifi when it can't be avoided, not battery powered)

Thanks in advance

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[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 40 minutes ago

I’ve had a good experience with Reolink PoE cameras. They do RTSP and ONVIF and integrate well with Homeassistant.

[–] terabyterex@lemmy.world 1 points 15 minutes ago

i am not sure what "stand alone" means but unifi protect is self hosted. amcrest can tie i to home assisstant