*We purchased this after moving, and previously had a spotlight **Newest.Technology** cam with solar power. The wired pro cam has much better light (about the same as a bright porch light), and the image is significantly more clear with much better details.*
You might want to check out the Foscam brand of cameras. They are pretty nice for the price, though they do have some issues with quality control sometimes, but I'm guessing that's pretty common on cheap cameras from china. There are good reviews on several of them by a guy called AkwardHamster here on YT
i have a sricam too. About 1 year on, totally abused it, it somehow stil works LOL. it is built like crap, the images is not that great (but still not bad for such low price) but it does the trick and see's well in low light.
Correction. *some* types of IP Cameras are not secure, OR, Cameras setup by people who do not know enough networking skills or do stupid things like leave passwords at default are not secure. A good quality camera, setup properly by someone who knows networking is as secure as *any internet connected device is.
+SpockieTech I was simply making a statement not a full explanation. I was referring to none internet connected cameras, which can be jammed or have their password cracked. If you want to argue how secure they are because you're an expert be my guest but I will not reply.
Simply correcting an over-broad statement. You might as well have said "Internet Routers are not secure". Some are, some aren't. its up to the users skill much more than just the device type. A deadlock is useless if you leave the key in it. IP Cameras *can be secured as well as any internet device, so I just wanted to point that out, that they are not all inherently insecure as your statement suggested.
I buy it, Cheap IP camera from ebay. First Day - 100% working Second Day - 100% working One Week - No working I never buy one more time Cheap Ip camera ...
+TPAI But it shows that you're apparently using Windows 8 or 10, and have the Avira antivirus software installed. I strongly recommend against that, because Avira is the Apexis camera of antivirus softwares. Under Windows 10, even the Windows Defender app that comes directly with your system has better recognition rates than that p.o.s. software from Avira. Just a friendly advice...
Could you point me to what exactly you mean (a time marker and maybe the "name" you're referring to. I actually created this gmail-address for this demonstration and checked the scrrenshots for any personal data, did I miss something?
I find Factore 1080P IP camera is just USD29.99 now:www.amazon.com/security-wirelss-Camera-Android-surveillance/dp/B074L4GRDT/ref=sr_1_2?m=A306SE90LCZJ60&s=merchant-items&ie=UTF8&qid=1512526917&sr=1-2
Hello , this is Lucy from Sricam factory, If you are interested in Sricam ip camera, please feel free contact me ! Email : sales01@sricam.com www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Sricam-SP017-Camera-Wireless-P2P-Security_1296020450.html?spm=a271v.8028081.0.0.7b3acefbwzVSWt
I've worked with some IP security cameras (IQeye, Axis, Sony IPELA) and many cameras will provide an RTSP stream which is just a live feed of whatever they see. Many NVR applications can simply capture that stream and do the processing of motion detection in the application itself. It's not great for your bandwidth in your house, but it is an option for cameras that have no native support. If you can get a dedicated NVR system for IP cameras, you can use that for your processing and storage.
Best way to use these is without wifi - use Ethernet with Poe - I made my own Poe convertor 12v->5v so one cable gives me power and networked directly to the router or internal network - easily the most reliable way of connecting!
Hello , this is Lucy from Sricam factory, If you are interested in Sricam ip camera, please feel free contact me ! Email : sales01@sricam.com www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Sricam-SP017-Camera-Wireless-P2P-Security_1296020450.html?spm=a271v.8028081.0.0.7b3acefbwzVSWt
I used to hack and hijack private ip cameras back in the early to mid 2000's. : = / Back when wifi routers were sold without encryption enabled. Like you've shown, there are people nowadays who set up cameras to be remotely controlled by strangers purposefully. (i.e) to look at their city from a high rooftop. #TH-camFixLineBreak
Except for that 90EUR one Your cameras are 0.3MP, or course they're gonna have a shit image. I recently bought this on: www.ebay.com/itm/720P-Wireless-Pan-Tilt-Nachtsicht-Uberwachungskamera-Network-2-4G-WIFI-Webcam-/152018808537 It's relatively cheap, 1MP (720p) image is decent and it can be controlled by Xeoma. Regarding security, disable WLAN (or rip out antenna altogether), forget about local storage + a VPN, firewall, seperate VLAN and preferably a seperate vrf will make wonders... :)
Mine is Mounted Inside and fixed pointed thru the Kitchen Window with a Deflector( from the Glass) and Just scans the Driveway ..I bought it at my Goodwill store for $5 and after devoting about 2 hrs over 3 days of my free time, got it to work.. For most others? Suggest you Use a Local Professional/Dealer and plan spending $2oo-$4oo.but it will save you alot of Frustrations and Time..
At the Least? Buy one for $20 or Ck for used one's On Ebay or at Good Will store, like we did ( bought one for $8) and mount it Up High outside yur House under a Eve so they can't et to it and its a Dummy Cam.. but they( criminals don't know that, e=right?) and add a Motion Sensor Spot Like Next to it to Flash On at night..It will deter them from comming to your Home and go to the Next One..
camera make noise? so what, better for me. Most burglars are oportunistic. Sound of moving camera will be keep on distance 90% burglars. We are both in EU so cannot legaly have trip wire alarm with 12 gauge blank. But in US it is normally on the remote location. After I become victim home intrusion( minimum 10000€ damage) I think I can do anything to protect my property. I have moral right even most solution will be outlaw.
I don't mean this in any negative way, but please don't use the word 'homepage' when you want to say website. We Germans make that mistake so frequently, and when anyone asks me for my homepage, I'll answer 'about:blank' because I like my browser to start with an empty page - and that's indeed the meaning of the word "homepage", it's where your browser directs you when you click on the little house (or "home") icon somewhere next to your address bar. What everyone in Germany means when they say "homepage" is a website, and somehow it's a mistake that is only made by Germans, and I find it embarrassing. So if you want to help improve the mental accuracy of us all, change the habit of saying 'homepage' to the correct word, which is 'website'. Nichts für ungut, ist nicht böse gemeint, aber mir rollen sich jedes mal die Fußnägel hoch, wenn ich das so falsch benutzt höre...
its where everything has to be perfectly aligned and clean, thats the best i can explain it, to make it more simple lets just says everything has to be perfect!
Why is it so, that EVERY SINGLE Samsung phone I see has scattered glass? Is the quality of the case so poor that it cannot protect the glass? My HTC One M8 fell to concrete and granite as well as marble. Nothing major other than few small dents in the alumin(i)um body...
They all look pretty good I think the best ones will be the cameras you can move around side to side and up and down, night vision, records everything so you can play back, a notice or message on your phone when motion is set off, and one you can talk through so you can talk smack to a robber. The question is do you have to pay a monthly fee or do you use a program for that one time set up? It would also be pretty useless if you recorded a thief who stole your camera then the computer that has all the
Very good review and advice. Better if can review more cameras types. These china private companies, 95% has the same business conman strategy. After sometimes having many problems, bad names,..... they will change the company name, brand name, model name, company location, and even lied saying changed company boss, management or bought over! In the past 30 years ago, they were not so bad but they were taught by these HK and especially Taiwanese who had tricked them. Now they had learnt to be better than these Taiwanese!
the mac has to do with the network chip used, bilian electronics is a network company, it doesn't mean they're the same model, just use the same network chip family. Just like many laptops use broadcom chips for wifi.
ip camera = $25-30USD, arduino nano = $2USD, 2x servos = $4USD, wifi for arduino = $1USD, scrap parts = $0USD, time wasted = $pricelessUSD its way cheaper to build your own if you dont value your time tho...
Except the time spent on learning how to integrate all those components is not wasted. People pay lots of money to be trained to do this very thing and come out of it knowing less after spending a lot more money and a lot more time.
When it comes to IP security cameras I can only recommend Mobotix, as they have no moving parts, one camera can record an average sized room from the ceiling without blind spots and it always records the raw video, not the part you are currently focused on. The pan/tilt/zoom works via software and the optics are hemispheric, so the recording always contains the whole image and you can pan/tilt in the recorded video. Which enables you to track a burglar "post-mortem", even if the camera wasn't focused on him at that moment. The same applies to motion detection. Since the camera always processes the entire image, it won't be "blind" there either. Only real drawback of these cameras: They're not cheap at all. One can cost easily around 1000 Euro. But you can't just compare them to these "cheapo" PT-Cams that will die quickly, aren't ready for rough weather and rough treatment etc... that would be like comparing a Mercedes S class to a Bobby-Car. :D A _good_ mechanical PTZ-Cam (I did some live streaming with a Sony SNC RZ-25P some years ago) with actual optical zoom will easily also cost about the same as a Mobotix brand... with the disadvantages that they have moving parts and only record what they're currently watching. Not to mention blind spots directly under the camera.
Beim ComputerClub2 th-cam.com/video/-H_BlEZvEwA/w-d-xo.html gab es kürzlich eine Folge mit der Idee, alte Smartphones als Webcams zu nutzen. Hab den Inhalt aber nicht mehr in Erinnerung, wie man den Schlafmodus verhindert, ob man nachts Infrarotbeleuchtung hinbekommt u. dgl..
MAC just identifies the manufacturer of the "network card" inside the device. It can be the same as the real camera manufacturer or it could be different. Of course it´s a good place to start. Also quite often its a single chip solution thus the camera and the network card part are made by the same manufacturer.
I'm looking for something to place outside on my porch so I can monitor my front door. I guess this won't work as it is not waterproof. Also, wearing that hoodie and the gloves with your accent.. I think you could play the part of Dr. Strangelove in a sequel to Stanley Kubrick's movie. ;)
I have two IP Pan/Tilt cameras and both failed on me turning on Motion Detection... One is 4 years old X10's Airsight HD xx59 (crappy camera that I can't even use it) and brand new Sricam SP012 (recently bought and crapped on me. got refund but told me to keep this camera for me to play with). BOTH cameras have SAME chipsets which is "G"rain (actually Grain) branded chipset (Airsight have 8128 and Sricam have 8135) which is ARM 9 processor. They have not changed much. Chipset tend to overheat and crashes. Sricam tech support told me that it have heatsink but turned out it's not when I cracked the case open. How camera failed .. BOTH works fine when Motion Detection OFF and ALARM OFF. Let it runs for few days fiddling around with Pan/Tilt via phone app. It's really cool until I decide to turn "ON" Motion Detection and ALARM (set Email and record to SD card), AIRSIGHT HD did sent pictures to my email and recorded but in a while it crashed and reboots constantly.. SRIcam crashed as soon as I turned "ON" Defence (Motion Detection, Email and ALARM turned "ON" but does not polls until Defence turned "ON"). Funny thing is that I did factory reset Sricam and re-set it back. Sricam Tech support tested my camera and said it's working fine (I provided camera's # and Password). It seem to behave good when Tech support tested it. But when I moved the camera and plugged in. It was running fine with Defence "ON". But flurry of Motion Detection activities (my kids in kitchen) caused Camera to crashed because it was polling Email and Record to SD card that overheat Grain chipset.. I can easily pin blame to flaky Grain chipset. What I could do is to do hacks by using Southbridge cooling fins ripped out from old broken Motherboard and old laptop 5V cooling blower fan and use Thermal glue the Southbridge fins on Grain Chipset (Just simply screw the camera). See how camera handle with such load when Motion Detection set at moderate.. If Sricam works with cooling system installed then I would be able to use it in one room for 24/7. I use my refunded $$ to ordered SRIcam SP009 because it have HiSilicon High Performance chipset. I'm going to see how it handle with Motion Detection. This camera is thin profile and I can easily conceal it with decor. I simply wanted reliable Security Camera to catch who's eating cookies, icecream or food while I'm at work (got sick and tired of kids pointing at each other or scrape goating to toddler who can't reach high cabinet!!). If you want more reliable Security camera that don't craps when Motion Detection Alarm turned on then get the one which is expensive like $500 or more PZT Security cameras (commonly used at Mall or Offices) unless you wanted to hack crappy one. If different branded camera with exact same design and exact same chipset then perhap you might as well try getting Firmware flashed and Camera's UC (user control) flashed after that. I don't have Airsight HD xx59 firmware, I lost it. Hey guy.. Lose the glove! Look like you are Mr. Monk who is afraid of germs and dirts
Oh my, the prices are insane. I think one could get a good 1080p outdoors camera on Aliexpress for $30. Thanks for the video though, especially for the tip about the device's MAC!
I would not recommend using an FTP server on the internet, except if the camera can use the SFTP protocol, which is encrypted, and use public/private key authentication with that, so a passwort login isn't necessary. Otherwise, the footage still isn't really that safe.
I Think an ESP8266, Microwave radar sensor, and arduino or Pi camera with Micropython coding would be a better and cheaper alternative...could be hidden in everyday goods and record to a rasberry pi server with a a hard drive....would be a great project, I can't do...out of my league...still learning....cheers.
I've just repurposed an older Thinkpad X61 subnotebook I had laying around as a home server. Installed Debian Linux on it, and set it up with Apache and Owncloud for syncing phone contacts/calendar and files etc. - however, even if you're a little bit experienced in using Linux, like I am (I'm using different flavors of Debian and Ubuntu since 2006), it's still a long way to actually being able to secure your system, as in not having your ftp server accessible from outside your LAN, but using SSH instead (which is the same as SFTP). However, despite the limited knowledge I hold, I offer to be open for questions if you need someone to point you in the right direction.
A MAC ID or MAC address is normally assigned to each network interface, so the camera should have one for its Ethernet port, and one for its Wifi adapter. If the camera is designed in such a way that the Wifi chip is of an external manufacturer like for example Broadcom, you might even get a Broadcom MAC address with it, but of course the camera isn't manufactured by Broadcom. Of course, with small gadgets like IP cameras, this is often not the case, but with anything more powerful (as in "more computing power, and closer to being a universal computer), you will have this more often...
I bought the Meisort ip20 cam off ebay - did wot u suggested and got the manufacturer but i am not able to get this camera to work on any app except the one that came with it ipc360 app on google play. i have Cam Viewer1, iCamviewer,IP Cam Viewer, OWLER:Foscam and TinyCam Pro but i CAN'T seem to find the port of this cam. yes it is on my router (192.168.1.15) and i used nmap once it showed port 23. tried it on the apps i got. nada. i checked nmap again and i couldn't find any port. any suggestion?u can also see the cam on youtube. it ain't bad tbh but i need to have more control with great apps.tx man
Oh, Apocalyptic Inventor, I am sending greetings from the North of England. I have a young name, Michelle, but am 78! I cannot make this camera work at all. I am very into technology and have used computers and mobile telephones, Tablets and now have Sky Q. I have kept up to date with computers and Bank online and Shop online and could not imagine life without the Internet. Yet I cannot get this damn camera to work. Any Advice? Very best wishes from, Michelle (Young name but Old lady, 78)
I was given a camera and the software disc has nothing on it. There is no Mac number on the label. The disc says "L-Series driver". Are there generic drivers to be had for windows7? Thank you!
8:25 that's, if i'm not mistaken, five CDK700 telescopes at the Caltech/MINERVA installation on Mount Hopkins, Arizona (inside enclosures) in the top right image. Now, that's not out there, but what's cool is the fact that Oxtoolco's Tom Lipton has footage of the installation. For those interested on his channel it's "Meatloaf 61 Mount Hopkins parts 1 and 2 ". Talk about coincidences, huh.
I think you're going about this the wrong way. Whilst the argument that "it's complicated" stands, i'd still build my own. As it stands, whilst static (simply because i have a choke point entry) i have a camera i've built myself from parts. Far less expensive and far better quality. Heck, with a little internet probing and some help from an electronics forum for the really complicated parts, i could use a phone module and make a really powerful camera for really cheap and bypass all the issues stated above. I think this "buy" mentality is a bad thing to have. We need to step out of our comfort zone if we are to get good results.
Or use the old fashion low tech method of if they think you dont own anything they might not even try to break in..park that huge hunk of junk Mercedes in the drive way wash it off so it looks like your average daily driver all worn out and rusted thru and they might feel pity on you..lol
I have been working with these cameras for years, trying lots of different ones. Currently, the ones I like most are Tenvis IPRobot3. They are a *fairly cheap (~50Euro) camera that still has a good 720p picture, great nightvision, reliable software that works with aftermarket apps ("IPcamviewer" is v.good) and no security issues (to my knowledge so far) if you turn off the "P2P auto-network feature and do your own network port maps. Use a network cable (Not Wifi) and UPS powerbackup for best reliability. They even work outdoors (3 years no failures so far) if you put them undercover of a cut in half bucket to keep the rain off them. Reliable Motion detection and secure recording is best done by IPcamviewer on a cheap android tablet acting as a viewer/NVR (Network Video Recorder). Im not an agent for them or anything, just thought Id tell you which ones Ive found that work best for low $ after trying many. Very good video, sums up a lot of concerns of people just learning about IPCams well.
Motion Eye OS is a great build of turning a Raspberry Pi into an IP camera. It's very simple to get started with and gives you several exotic features like the ability to add multiple USB cameras to a single Pi and customisable quality IP streams of any of those feeds. The best performance however is with the built in camera port. github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos/wiki
One problem with using infrared cameras to detect burglars is the sensor leak red light. A thief would notice the light and unplug the camera.Another problem is many of the cameras are made for a longer distance than your room. The leds over expose the picture. When mapping automated storage rack addresses with a target only two feet away, the problem was corrected by covering some of the leds with tape.
Few things to mention, wifi jamming is easier then you might think, I can be done using pretty much any newish wifi module by broadcasting de-authorisation packets. In case when using multiple cameras relatively cheaper to rather get ethernet cameras without any wifi, sdcards, motors etc. and then use some central server to record, send emails and whatever else you like. I myself got good quality 720p30fps IP camera from China for ~20€ with proper thick metal casing and 4x1W IR leds builtin. Rpi2 or even Chinese versions like orange pi has video codecs so they have more than enough performance to process and record videos, although saving them on sdcard is not a long term solution due to write limitations, perhaps usb to pata converter and an old HDD would do better, if you're going cheap.
a little while ago i took a similar ip-camera apart. the reasom for the spooky startup routine is that positioning works with stepper motors in open loop and without end-switches. (mounts for endswitches where there, but unused). so these cameras drive into the mechanical stop for a preset number of steps to set the zero point. and the internal cameras are USB 2.0, didn't try to connect but measured it with a scope. and i was able to find docs for the board with the "System On Chip": nixcores.com/nixcore_x1.php#documentation
First, you'd need a router that allows you to set up a port forwarding for at least port 80, but that again isn't secure, so the camera should come with an automatically renewes Let's Encrypt certificate to be able to use https, for which you'd need to forward port 443 to your camera. In addition to that, there are many cameras like these that just stream their stuff openly into the internet for everyone to see. If you think this is a privacy issue, then you should set up a password so the video feed can't be accessed by anyone without authentication.
although not exactly cheap i have used blastproof lighting fixtures to mount external cameras in.they have metal grates on the outside and are sealed with glass completely from outside contamination.here is a link for an example below. www.directindustry.com/prod/wiska/product-14556-540583.html
Just a clarification: MAC addresses identify the manufacturer of the network card/interface. So the manufacturer you find for that MAC isn't necessarily the manufacturer of the camera, though it can obviously help narrow down the possibilities. All network connected devices have a MAC(or should by standard) address but usually don't display it on stickers since it's useless to most end users.
What you think about use a raspiberry pi as a local FTP server and sync over dropbox? There is dropbox for linux-ARM? I suggest use raspiberry pi as server because energy use (-;
I just purchased one and am returning. Read reviews of the apps, they are poorly designed and don't work. Hardware might be fine for the money, but I'd let someone steal everything in my house before I'll use those apps. These are all cheap novelty toys and not very useful.
I'd rather install a Raspberry Pi with the dedicated camera in some kind of enclosure taken from a broken cheap camera or even fake ones. It wouldn't pan and tilt without additional microcontroller, but the quality is much better for the price and you can run a server directly from the camera enclosure.
You should put a server on your home network and run ZoneMinder ontop of whichever Linux distribution you like most, I'm sure your IP cameras will all work with ZoneMinder.
I have three SRICAM under the eaves of the house for weather protection. Have worked really well for the past five years! Great description of these cameras. Thanks!
I put up those cheap cam. Many of them. I prefer using app like ip cam pro and use it with the arrows so I just keep pressing and the cam will go in the direction that I chose. But before we have to create a port in the router page. I prefer this way so it’s private, it does not connect to a server. Just type the Internet address and the port number and that’s it.
the mac address may also just be the discrete phy used and not the manufacturer of the camera. most of these companies do not make their own silicon. they just integrate components and create software for it.
Amazingly informative video. Can you tell me..im looking at a £26 wifi cctv camera similar to these on ebay, will i be able to connect it to an ipad that uses mobile data, without a router?
Excellent review and analysis! You really do a great job explaining things! During your testing and research did you by any chance come across a covert POE camera that could be installed in a porch light or outside garage light?
I have a Geenker IP camera which I managed to set up just using wifi and my mobile phone. I use it as a Nanny cam so i can make sure my Mother is safe . I would like to know how to set up a second camera in the same house using the same app. I would be very grateful for info on how to do this.
would this camera be okay to monitor your pets while your at work? and do you have to use WiFi to use it or can I use mobile data to steam live monitoring? Sorry guys I have no idea about things like this 😂
how do i access the camera from my office? or when i am away from my house? i can access it while i'm home from my home computer with the camera's software, but not away. i tried the ip that i got from my isp, but that didn't work.
*We purchased this after moving, and previously had a spotlight **Newest.Technology** cam with solar power. The wired pro cam has much better light (about the same as a bright porch light), and the image is significantly more clear with much better details.*
I like the spider app of your Smartphone ;)
You might want to check out the Foscam brand of cameras. They are pretty nice for the price, though they do have some issues with quality control sometimes, but I'm guessing that's pretty common on cheap cameras from china. There are good reviews on several of them by a guy called AkwardHamster here on YT
i have a sricam too. About 1 year on, totally abused it, it somehow stil works LOL. it is built like crap, the images is not that great (but still not bad for such low price) but it does the trick and see's well in low light.
Most important for me is the availability of the cgi list. So i can program and use the camera in my own software.
Can we look at our house from office using this camera??
yes, you could look at your home at your office.
Also FTP sucks, use SFTP (SSH FTP) it's much more secure.
IP cameras are not secure as many have pointed out
Correction. *some* types of IP Cameras are not secure, OR, Cameras setup by people who do not know enough networking skills or do stupid things like leave passwords at default are not secure. A good quality camera, setup properly by someone who knows networking is as secure as *any internet connected device is.
+SpockieTech I was simply making a statement not a full explanation.
I was referring to none internet connected cameras, which can be jammed or have their password cracked. If you want to argue how secure they are because you're an expert be my guest but I will not reply.
Simply correcting an over-broad statement. You might as well have said "Internet Routers are not secure". Some are, some aren't. its up to the users skill much more than just the device type. A deadlock is useless if you leave the key in it. IP Cameras *can be secured as well as any internet device, so I just wanted to point that out, that they are not all inherently insecure as your statement suggested.
I recommend the ones that allow you to use Ethernet as that can't be jammed
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that's one nasty crack on your smartphone
I buy it, Cheap IP camera from ebay.
First Day - 100% working
Second Day - 100% working
One Week - No working
I never buy one more time Cheap Ip camera ...
you get watched by man from china
Hey guys, sorry about the annoying task-bar that appears in some of the footage, I only noticed that when it was already too late.
Don't sweat it, it doesn't really disturb anything that there is to see.
Mach Dir keinen Kopp, passt schon, stört nicht wirklich :)
+TPAI But it shows that you're apparently using Windows 8 or 10, and have the Avira antivirus software installed. I strongly recommend against that, because Avira is the Apexis camera of antivirus softwares. Under Windows 10, even the Windows Defender app that comes directly with your system has better recognition rates than that p.o.s. software from Avira. Just a friendly advice...
There's a name on top of gmail that you might want to edit out.
Could you point me to what exactly you mean (a time marker and maybe the "name" you're referring to. I actually created this gmail-address for this demonstration and checked the scrrenshots for any personal data, did I miss something?
I didn't even notice before you told me. :D
My IP-Camera-Teardown video:
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I find Factore 1080P IP camera is just USD29.99 now:www.amazon.com/security-wirelss-Camera-Android-surveillance/dp/B074L4GRDT/ref=sr_1_2?m=A306SE90LCZJ60&s=merchant-items&ie=UTF8&qid=1512526917&sr=1-2
It is good to know that when I run out of TH-cam videos to watch I can just watch random security camera feeds.
lol
China Shenzhen factory production IP camera, looking for partners dianwan.aliexpress.com/store/338231
Hello , this is Lucy from Sricam factory, If you are interested in Sricam ip camera, please feel free contact me !
Email : sales01@sricam.com
www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Sricam-SP017-Camera-Wireless-P2P-Security_1296020450.html?spm=a271v.8028081.0.0.7b3acefbwzVSWt
I've worked with some IP security cameras (IQeye, Axis, Sony IPELA) and many cameras will provide an RTSP stream which is just a live feed of whatever they see. Many NVR applications can simply capture that stream and do the processing of motion detection in the application itself. It's not great for your bandwidth in your house, but it is an option for cameras that have no native support. If you can get a dedicated NVR system for IP cameras, you can use that for your processing and storage.
this was really cool! i've wondered about those IPcams but figured they were junk....guess i wasnt too wrong. haha
I have 5. 3 of them failed within a year.
I'll buy anything so long as you pay for it.
Best way to use these is without wifi - use Ethernet with Poe - I made my own Poe convertor 12v->5v so one cable gives me power and networked directly to the router or internal network - easily the most reliable way of connecting!
Hello , this is Lucy from Sricam factory, If you are interested in Sricam ip camera, please feel free contact me !
Email : sales01@sricam.com
www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Sricam-SP017-Camera-Wireless-P2P-Security_1296020450.html?spm=a271v.8028081.0.0.7b3acefbwzVSWt
I used to hack and hijack private ip cameras back in the early to mid 2000's. : = / Back when wifi routers were sold without encryption enabled. Like you've shown, there are people nowadays who set up cameras to be remotely controlled by strangers purposefully. (i.e) to look at their city from a high rooftop. #TH-camFixLineBreak
Except for that 90EUR one Your cameras are 0.3MP, or course they're gonna have a shit image. I recently bought this on: www.ebay.com/itm/720P-Wireless-Pan-Tilt-Nachtsicht-Uberwachungskamera-Network-2-4G-WIFI-Webcam-/152018808537
It's relatively cheap, 1MP (720p) image is decent and it can be controlled by Xeoma.
Regarding security, disable WLAN (or rip out antenna altogether), forget about local storage + a VPN, firewall, seperate VLAN and preferably a seperate vrf will make wonders... :)
Mine is Mounted Inside and fixed pointed thru the Kitchen Window with a Deflector( from the Glass) and Just scans the Driveway ..I bought it at my Goodwill store for $5 and after devoting about 2 hrs over 3 days of my free time, got it to work.. For most others? Suggest you Use a Local Professional/Dealer and plan spending $2oo-$4oo.but it will save you alot of Frustrations and Time..
At the Least? Buy one for $20 or Ck for used one's On Ebay or at Good Will store, like we did ( bought one for $8) and mount it Up High outside yur House under a Eve so they can't et to it and its a Dummy Cam.. but they( criminals don't know that, e=right?) and add a Motion Sensor Spot Like Next to it to Flash On at night..It will deter them from comming to your Home and go to the Next One..
I'd like to make an IP Camera outof a cheap esp8266 and 2x servos. But i'm not sure howto do the camera bit.
camera make noise? so what, better for me. Most burglars are oportunistic. Sound of moving camera will be keep on distance 90% burglars. We are both in EU so cannot legaly have trip wire alarm with 12 gauge blank. But in US it is normally on the remote location.
After I become victim home intrusion( minimum 10000€ damage) I think I can do anything to protect my property. I have moral right even most solution will be outlaw.
I don't mean this in any negative way, but please don't use the word 'homepage' when you want to say website. We Germans make that mistake so frequently, and when anyone asks me for my homepage, I'll answer 'about:blank' because I like my browser to start with an empty page - and that's indeed the meaning of the word "homepage", it's where your browser directs you when you click on the little house (or "home") icon somewhere next to your address bar. What everyone in Germany means when they say "homepage" is a website, and somehow it's a mistake that is only made by Germans, and I find it embarrassing. So if you want to help improve the mental accuracy of us all, change the habit of saying 'homepage' to the correct word, which is 'website'. Nichts für ungut, ist nicht böse gemeint, aber mir rollen sich jedes mal die Fußnägel hoch, wenn ich das so falsch benutzt höre...
I just noticed that you always seem to be wearing gloves. You aren't hiding anything are you?
no I don't think so, maybe he's got OCD
John borg what is ocd?
its where everything has to be perfectly aligned and clean, thats the best i can explain it, to make it more simple lets just says everything has to be perfect!
He is secretly micky mouse
Hi i need some help.
How to setup my rocam to get acces with mobile internet from my Phone.
All works fine with home network.
Don't wait for things to happen, make them happen. This is wonderful.
Why is it so, that EVERY SINGLE Samsung phone I see has scattered glass? Is the quality of the case so poor that it cannot protect the glass? My HTC One M8 fell to concrete and granite as well as marble. Nothing major other than few small dents in the alumin(i)um body...
They all look pretty good I think the best ones will be the cameras you can move around side to side and up and down, night vision, records everything so you can play back, a notice or message on your phone when motion is set off, and one you can talk through so you can talk smack to a robber. The question is do you have to pay a monthly fee or do you use a program for that one time set up? It would also be pretty useless if you recorded a thief who stole your camera then the computer that has all the
Very good review and advice. Better if can review more cameras types.
These china private companies, 95% has the same business conman strategy.
After sometimes having many problems, bad names,..... they will change the company name, brand name, model name, company location, and even lied saying changed company boss, management or bought over! In the past 30 years ago, they were not so bad but they were taught by these HK and especially Taiwanese who had tricked them. Now they had learnt to be better than these Taiwanese!
could you make a wireless camera pack and some arduino/raspberry pi controller using lithium ion cells. for a cordless security solution?
Im not supprised that most are made in Shenzhen, a lot of rather cheap electronics are made there, cheap switchmode supplys come from there.
the mac has to do with the network chip used, bilian electronics is a network company, it doesn't mean they're the same model, just use the same network chip family. Just like many laptops use broadcom chips for wifi.
ip camera = $25-30USD, arduino nano = $2USD, 2x servos = $4USD, wifi for arduino = $1USD, scrap parts = $0USD, time wasted = $pricelessUSD
its way cheaper to build your own if you dont value your time tho...
Yeah i was thinking the same.
Except the time spent on learning how to integrate all those components is not wasted. People pay lots of money to be trained to do this very thing and come out of it knowing less after spending a lot more money and a lot more time.
Drop the Arduino, use an esp8266 to run those servos (and wifi).
also wifi isn't $1
hoppes9
yup true... for some of us this comes naturally so we forget that the majority will not handle well while building such devices...
roidroid
yeah but using standalone esp will be really crude... your right esp8266 is not $1USD its actually $1.78USD on aliexpress...
I have ip cam like that but i dint know how to commect to my phone. Hope you make videos how ti connect that cam in the smart phone. Tnx
The most important question is, can these camera's be used to setup my own pornhub channel?
When it comes to IP security cameras I can only recommend Mobotix, as they have no moving parts, one camera can record an average sized room from the ceiling without blind spots and it always records the raw video, not the part you are currently focused on. The pan/tilt/zoom works via software and the optics are hemispheric, so the recording always contains the whole image and you can pan/tilt in the recorded video. Which enables you to track a burglar "post-mortem", even if the camera wasn't focused on him at that moment. The same applies to motion detection. Since the camera always processes the entire image, it won't be "blind" there either. Only real drawback of these cameras: They're not cheap at all. One can cost easily around 1000 Euro. But you can't just compare them to these "cheapo" PT-Cams that will die quickly, aren't ready for rough weather and rough treatment etc... that would be like comparing a Mercedes S class to a Bobby-Car. :D A _good_ mechanical PTZ-Cam (I did some live streaming with a Sony SNC RZ-25P some years ago) with actual optical zoom will easily also cost about the same as a Mobotix brand... with the disadvantages that they have moving parts and only record what they're currently watching. Not to mention blind spots directly under the camera.
You can't zoom into any particular area with out moving parts!
*.15.2020 we could use and you date on these IP cameras and how to set them up.
I want to use my old unit for a tilt pan unit without the camera. Is there a way to operate the tilt pan without the software?
Beim ComputerClub2 th-cam.com/video/-H_BlEZvEwA/w-d-xo.html gab es kürzlich eine Folge mit der Idee, alte Smartphones als Webcams zu nutzen. Hab den Inhalt aber nicht mehr in Erinnerung, wie man den Schlafmodus verhindert, ob man nachts Infrarotbeleuchtung hinbekommt u. dgl..
in my apartment a neighbour have one of this cameras, and al the time when i pass to go down stairs a hear the relay tour on the infrared leds haha
So what's the story behind the smashed screen on your phone?
German Tool Reviews An iPhone attacked it
MAC just identifies the manufacturer of the "network card" inside the device. It can be the same as the real camera manufacturer or it could be different. Of course it´s a good place to start. Also quite often its a single chip solution thus the camera and the network card part are made by the same manufacturer.
I wonder if it is possible to put a vpn in a ip camera
I'm looking for something to place outside on my porch so I can monitor my front door. I guess this won't work as it is not waterproof. Also, wearing that hoodie and
the gloves with your accent.. I think you could play the part of Dr. Strangelove in a sequel to Stanley Kubrick's movie. ;)
What is the brand and model of these cameras? It’s not on the description
I have two IP Pan/Tilt cameras and both failed on me turning on Motion Detection... One is 4 years old X10's Airsight HD xx59 (crappy camera that I can't even use it) and brand new Sricam SP012 (recently bought and crapped on me. got refund but told me to keep this camera for me to play with). BOTH cameras have SAME chipsets which is "G"rain (actually Grain) branded chipset (Airsight have 8128 and Sricam have 8135) which is ARM 9 processor. They have not changed much. Chipset tend to overheat and crashes. Sricam tech support told me that it have heatsink but turned out it's not when I cracked the case open. How camera failed .. BOTH works fine when Motion Detection OFF and ALARM OFF. Let it runs for few days fiddling around with Pan/Tilt via phone app. It's really cool until I decide to turn "ON" Motion Detection and ALARM (set Email and record to SD card), AIRSIGHT HD did sent pictures to my email and recorded but in a while it crashed and reboots constantly.. SRIcam crashed as soon as I turned "ON" Defence (Motion Detection, Email and ALARM turned "ON" but does not polls until Defence turned "ON"). Funny thing is that I did factory reset Sricam and re-set it back. Sricam Tech support tested my camera and said it's working fine (I provided camera's # and Password). It seem to behave good when Tech support tested it. But when I moved the camera and plugged in. It was running fine with Defence "ON". But flurry of Motion Detection activities (my kids in kitchen) caused Camera to crashed because it was polling Email and Record to SD card that overheat Grain chipset.. I can easily pin blame to flaky Grain chipset. What I could do is to do hacks by using Southbridge cooling fins ripped out from old broken Motherboard and old laptop 5V cooling blower fan and use Thermal glue the Southbridge fins on Grain Chipset (Just simply screw the camera). See how camera handle with such load when Motion Detection set at moderate.. If Sricam works with cooling system installed then I would be able to use it in one room for 24/7. I use my refunded $$ to ordered SRIcam SP009 because it have HiSilicon High Performance chipset. I'm going to see how it handle with Motion Detection. This camera is thin profile and I can easily conceal it with decor. I simply wanted reliable Security Camera to catch who's eating cookies, icecream or food while I'm at work (got sick and tired of kids pointing at each other or scrape goating to toddler who can't reach high cabinet!!). If you want more reliable Security camera that don't craps when Motion Detection Alarm turned on then get the one which is expensive like $500 or more PZT Security cameras (commonly used at Mall or Offices) unless you wanted to hack crappy one. If different branded camera with exact same design and exact same chipset then perhap you might as well try getting Firmware flashed and Camera's UC (user control) flashed after that. I don't have Airsight HD xx59 firmware, I lost it.
Hey guy.. Lose the glove! Look like you are Mr. Monk who is afraid of germs and dirts
Oh my, the prices are insane. I think one could get a good 1080p outdoors camera on Aliexpress for $30. Thanks for the video though, especially for the tip about the device's MAC!
I would not recommend using an FTP server on the internet, except if the camera can use the SFTP protocol, which is encrypted, and use public/private key authentication with that, so a passwort login isn't necessary. Otherwise, the footage still isn't really that safe.
I Think an ESP8266, Microwave radar sensor, and arduino or Pi camera with Micropython coding would be a better and cheaper alternative...could be hidden in everyday goods and record to a rasberry pi server with a a hard drive....would be a great project, I can't do...out of my league...still learning....cheers.
These are Good to be Use for Bird Feeders,
I've just repurposed an older Thinkpad X61 subnotebook I had laying around as a home server. Installed Debian Linux on it, and set it up with Apache and Owncloud for syncing phone contacts/calendar and files etc. - however, even if you're a little bit experienced in using Linux, like I am (I'm using different flavors of Debian and Ubuntu since 2006), it's still a long way to actually being able to secure your system, as in not having your ftp server accessible from outside your LAN, but using SSH instead (which is the same as SFTP). However, despite the limited knowledge I hold, I offer to be open for questions if you need someone to point you in the right direction.
A MAC ID or MAC address is normally assigned to each network interface, so the camera should have one for its Ethernet port, and one for its Wifi adapter. If the camera is designed in such a way that the Wifi chip is of an external manufacturer like for example Broadcom, you might even get a Broadcom MAC address with it, but of course the camera isn't manufactured by Broadcom. Of course, with small gadgets like IP cameras, this is often not the case, but with anything more powerful (as in "more computing power, and closer to being a universal computer), you will have this more often...
Maybe you can point me to a video where you explain the best and most cost effective alternatives, including outdoor use please?
therealnightwriter I guess that would be one way to go about it, but not interested in Forums. That's why I ask.
Cheers
I bought the Meisort ip20 cam off ebay - did wot u suggested and got the manufacturer but i am not able to get this camera to work on any app except the one that came with it ipc360 app on google play. i have Cam Viewer1, iCamviewer,IP Cam Viewer, OWLER:Foscam and TinyCam Pro but i CAN'T seem to find the port of this cam. yes it is on my router (192.168.1.15) and i used nmap once it showed port 23. tried it on the apps i got. nada. i checked nmap again and i couldn't find any port. any suggestion?u can also see the cam on youtube. it ain't bad tbh but i need to have more control with great apps.tx man
Oh, Apocalyptic Inventor, I am sending greetings from the North of England. I have a young name, Michelle, but am 78! I cannot make this camera work at all. I am very into technology and have used computers and mobile telephones, Tablets and now have Sky Q. I have kept up to date with computers and Bank online and Shop online and could not imagine life without the Internet. Yet I cannot get this damn camera to work. Any Advice? Very best wishes from, Michelle (Young name but Old lady, 78)
I was given a camera and the software disc has nothing on it. There is no Mac number on the label. The disc says "L-Series driver". Are there generic drivers to be had for windows7? Thank you!
8:25 that's, if i'm not mistaken, five CDK700 telescopes at the Caltech/MINERVA installation on Mount Hopkins, Arizona (inside enclosures) in the top right image.
Now, that's not out there, but what's cool is the fact that Oxtoolco's Tom Lipton has footage of the installation.
For those interested on his channel it's "Meatloaf 61 Mount Hopkins parts 1 and 2 ".
Talk about coincidences, huh.
Great job man...nice to see some bullshit free video besides all the "Branded awesome product reviews " you know the ones. ..5 star everything shite 😆
I think you're going about this the wrong way. Whilst the argument that "it's complicated" stands, i'd still build my own. As it stands, whilst static (simply because i have a choke point entry) i have a camera i've built myself from parts. Far less expensive and far better quality.
Heck, with a little internet probing and some help from an electronics forum for the really complicated parts, i could use a phone module and make a really powerful camera for really cheap and bypass all the issues stated above.
I think this "buy" mentality is a bad thing to have. We need to step out of our comfort zone if we are to get good results.
Or use the old fashion low tech method of if they think you dont own anything they might not even try to break in..park that huge hunk of junk Mercedes in the drive way wash it off so it looks like your average daily driver all worn out and rusted thru and they might feel pity on you..lol
I have been working with these cameras for years, trying lots of different ones. Currently, the ones I like most are Tenvis IPRobot3. They are a *fairly cheap (~50Euro) camera that still has a good 720p picture, great nightvision, reliable software that works with aftermarket apps ("IPcamviewer" is v.good) and no security issues (to my knowledge so far) if you turn off the "P2P auto-network feature and do your own network port maps. Use a network cable (Not Wifi) and UPS powerbackup for best reliability. They even work outdoors (3 years no failures so far) if you put them undercover of a cut in half bucket to keep the rain off them. Reliable Motion detection and secure recording is best done by IPcamviewer on a cheap android tablet acting as a viewer/NVR (Network Video Recorder). Im not an agent for them or anything, just thought Id tell you which ones Ive found that work best for low $ after trying many. Very good video, sums up a lot of concerns of people just learning about IPCams well.
Motion Eye OS is a great build of turning a Raspberry Pi into an IP camera. It's very simple to get started with and gives you several exotic features like the ability to add multiple USB cameras to a single Pi and customisable quality IP streams of any of those feeds. The best performance however is with the built in camera port. github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos/wiki
One problem with using infrared cameras to detect burglars is the sensor leak red light. A thief would notice the light and unplug the camera.Another problem is many of the cameras are made for a longer distance than your room. The leds over expose the picture. When mapping automated storage rack addresses with a target only two feet away, the problem was corrected by covering some of the leds with tape.
Few things to mention, wifi jamming is easier then you might think, I can be done using pretty much any newish wifi module by broadcasting de-authorisation packets. In case when using multiple cameras relatively cheaper to rather get ethernet cameras without any wifi, sdcards, motors etc. and then use some central server to record, send emails and whatever else you like. I myself got good quality 720p30fps IP camera from China for ~20€ with proper thick metal casing and 4x1W IR leds builtin. Rpi2 or even Chinese versions like orange pi has video codecs so they have more than enough performance to process and record videos, although saving them on sdcard is not a long term solution due to write limitations, perhaps usb to pata converter and an old HDD would do better, if you're going cheap.
a little while ago i took a similar ip-camera apart. the reasom for the spooky startup routine is that positioning works with stepper motors in open loop and without end-switches. (mounts for endswitches where there, but unused). so these cameras drive into the mechanical stop for a preset number of steps to set the zero point. and the internal cameras are USB 2.0, didn't try to connect but measured it with a scope. and i was able to find docs for the board with the "System On Chip": nixcores.com/nixcore_x1.php#documentation
First, you'd need a router that allows you to set up a port forwarding for at least port 80, but that again isn't secure, so the camera should come with an automatically renewes Let's Encrypt certificate to be able to use https, for which you'd need to forward port 443 to your camera. In addition to that, there are many cameras like these that just stream their stuff openly into the internet for everyone to see. If you think this is a privacy issue, then you should set up a password so the video feed can't be accessed by anyone without authentication.
although not exactly cheap i have used blastproof lighting fixtures to mount external cameras in.they have metal grates on the outside and are sealed with glass completely from outside contamination.here is a link for an example below.
www.directindustry.com/prod/wiska/product-14556-540583.html
Just a clarification: MAC addresses identify the manufacturer of the network card/interface. So the manufacturer you find for that MAC isn't necessarily the manufacturer of the camera, though it can obviously help narrow down the possibilities. All network connected devices have a MAC(or should by standard) address but usually don't display it on stickers since it's useless to most end users.
What you think about use a raspiberry pi as a local FTP server and sync over dropbox?
There is dropbox for linux-ARM?
I suggest use raspiberry pi as server because energy use (-;
I just purchased one and am returning. Read reviews of the apps, they are poorly designed and don't work. Hardware might be fine for the money, but I'd let someone steal everything in my house before I'll use those apps. These are all cheap novelty toys and not very useful.
I'd rather install a Raspberry Pi with the dedicated camera in some kind of enclosure taken from a broken cheap camera or even fake ones. It wouldn't pan and tilt without additional microcontroller, but the quality is much better for the price and you can run a server directly from the camera enclosure.
Just got a cheap IP cam and this video is so helpful. PS. Saw your reflection in the mirror. I knew it, your Boris Becker!
You should put a server on your home network and run ZoneMinder ontop of whichever Linux distribution you like most, I'm sure your IP cameras will all work with ZoneMinder.
I have three SRICAM under the eaves of the house for weather protection. Have worked really well for the past five years! Great description of these cameras. Thanks!
Concerning the app; do they update the app? for example: iOS 12,13,14 etc.
I put up those cheap cam. Many of them. I prefer using app like ip cam pro and use it with the arrows so I just keep pressing and the cam will go in the direction that I chose. But before we have to create a port in the router page. I prefer this way so it’s private, it does not connect to a server. Just type the Internet address and the port number and that’s it.
What software are you using/considering? ZoneMinder? iSpy? Something else?
For indoor I recommend trying one called Foscam IQ, it doesnt pan and tilt but it has a wide angle lens. Works very well with ONVIF software too.
I would like to see some sort of high pressure water Cannon hooked up to a diy active denial system... ;)
Whats the max capacity of SD Card do these cheap IP camera can have? I was planning to buy Romai CL201
the mac address may also just be the discrete phy used and not the manufacturer of the camera. most of these companies do not make their own silicon. they just integrate components and create software for it.
Amazingly informative video. Can you tell me..im looking at a £26 wifi cctv camera similar to these on ebay, will i be able to connect it to an ipad that uses mobile data, without a router?
Excellent very well-done video very good information. However all that computer talk has got me wondering if I should forget the whole thing.
Just bought one of these cheapies to monitor a feral/stray cat population. Some of this info is immensely useful. Thanks for your time!
I love your Phone! Can you get it with or without crack? I prefer with.
Your American impersonation sounds like a 50-60's TV western. Funny stuff! :)
Excellent review and analysis! You really do a great job explaining things! During your testing and research did you by any chance come across a covert POE camera that could be installed in a porch light or outside garage light?
I have a Geenker IP camera which I managed to set up just using wifi and my mobile phone. I use it as a Nanny cam so i can make sure my Mother is safe . I would like to know how to set up a second camera in the same house using the same app. I would be very grateful for info on how to do this.
Awesome. Just thought about buying one of these today. Broken glass FTW. Like.
would this camera be okay to monitor your pets while your at work? and do you have to use WiFi to use it or can I use mobile data to steam live monitoring? Sorry guys I have no idea about things like this 😂
how do i access the camera from my office? or when i am away from my house? i can access it while i'm home from my home computer with the camera's software, but not away. i tried the ip that i got from my isp, but that didn't work.
This Channel is absolutely Awesome! Expert advisory.
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Hello , can you say me if with the input Jack of the ip camera I can turn on a light for example. The ouput of this connector is free of potential?
For raspberry pi you could try zone minder which is a open source security camera software for Linux
hi at 9:25 its shows the control software enabling tilt and pan etc of axis cameras. can you tell me where to get that. thanks, alan
can u show us how to set up for the first time
yes, if you want to watch the video about how to set up for the first time, pls contact me, email: sales03@sricam.com
A clear and most informative video -- thank you very much.
Is it possible to attach the camera to ceiling without any drilling?
One thing you guy have to watch out FOR third parties when you using ip home camera.
I would of played the audio from the Home Alone tommy gun scene.