ZoneMinder - state-of-the-art video surveillance software system

[girish]

https://zoneminder.com/
https://github.com/ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder/

[humptydumpty]

@Kubernetes do you feel like taking a crack at this?

[humptydumpty]

I'm willing to put a bounty to get this packaged if others are interested too.

[humptydumpty]

One last bump before I commit to Blue Iris. I'd rather have the money go to the project and having ZM packaged on CR!

[girish]

@humptydumpty is Blue Iris also a web app?

[humptydumpty]

Mainly, it's a Windows desktop app only. I don't think it can be self-hosted. It does have a web portal to view your cams that can be activated in the settings. I installed the demo on a SFF PC and set up an Amcrest camera on it. It works well and I'm blown away by the amount of available options. For instance, when it detects a motion, it emails me 4 low resolution images, sends a second email with higher res images. I can also have it send the videos to an FTP server. It has an iOS app ($9.99 one-time purchase) that I should be able to view my cams and arm/disarm the system remotely. BI is $40 for a one cam system and $80 for up to 64 cams. I'd rather spend this money on an open-source/self-hosted app like ZM if possible. I do need to get this going soon though, so let me know if anyone is interested. Let's do this!

[humptydumpty]

reviving!

[timconsidine]

@humptydumpty what is your deployment plan ?
are your cameras on the same network as where the Cloudron where you would install ZoneMinder ?

[humptydumpty]

@timconsidine Yes, they would be. Currently, I'm using BlueIris. But, that means I'm running a dedicated device just for that. It barely uses any resources so it would be ideal to have CCTV app on my Cloudron servers instead.

[timconsidine]

@humptydumpty
I was worried about cameras on remote networks.
I will see if I can do ZM for Cloudron.