I don't know about battery powered, but a great many IP (wired or wireless) cameras can interface with programs like iSpy, Blue Iris, Milestone etc to save video locally.
Of course if your video is stored locally and you have a break in, your footage is vulnerable. I sync my video folder to my Google Drive using Backup and Sync. It is near real time so if someone breaks in and steals the PC running the cameras, the footage of them doing so is already in the cloud.
OP may not want to pay for a cloud account, and many of the ones from Chinese camera vendors are sketchy in their own right, but don't discount the value of real time off site storage.
Also everything between your cable modem and security camera should be battery powered or on a UPS in case the thief cuts the power before breaking in.
Also everything between your cable modem and security camera should be battery powered or on a UPS in case the thief cuts the power before breaking in.
Agreed. I have 8 separate UPSes protecting cameras, severs, and network equipment. The coax cable for the internet is the weakest point, and easier to cut than the power. My alarm system has LTE backup though, I would like to extend that to the entire network eventually.
Where do you people live that requires "8 separate UPSes protecting cameras, severs, and network equipment" from thieves? Admittedly, I have NEVER been broken into, but it seems many people here think there are Ocean's 11 type criminals out there trying to get their iPhones and 70" TVs.
My old D-Link DCS933L is a bit junky but it does support automatically uploading videos over FTP, even to local servers. It's plug-in, but you could probably make it battery-powered. I think it only takes 5V, so a standard phone powerbank could potentially do it.
Use third party software. (Score:4, Informative)
I don't know about battery powered, but a great many IP (wired or wireless) cameras can interface with programs like iSpy, Blue Iris, Milestone etc to save video locally.
Of course if your video is stored locally and you have a break in, your footage is vulnerable. I sync my video folder to my Google Drive using Backup and Sync. It is near real time so if someone breaks in and steals the PC running the cameras, the footage of them doing so is already in the cloud.
OP may not want to pay for a cloud account, and many of the ones from Chinese camera vendors are sketchy in their own right, but don't discount the value of real time off site storage.
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Also everything between your cable modem and security camera should be battery powered or on a UPS in case the thief cuts the power before breaking in.
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Also everything between your cable modem and security camera should be battery powered or on a UPS in case the thief cuts the power before breaking in.
Agreed. I have 8 separate UPSes protecting cameras, severs, and network equipment. The coax cable for the internet is the weakest point, and easier to cut than the power. My alarm system has LTE backup though, I would like to extend that to the entire network eventually.
Ocean's 11 criminals? (Score:2)
Where do you people live that requires "8 separate UPSes protecting cameras, severs, and network equipment" from thieves? Admittedly, I have NEVER been broken into, but it seems many people here think there are Ocean's 11 type criminals out there trying to get their iPhones and 70" TVs.
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You may not think you face that threat, but the other guy needs to be behind eight layers of UPSes and seven layers of dip.
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