I’m looking for some cameras. I’ve recently had some goods go missing within minutes of packages arriving while we were at home. I’ve disputed the loss and thanks (I guess) to a good track record, the shipper/seller has reimbursed the losses this time. Its apparent that some party has become wise to our ‘stay at home’ nature and found windows of opportunity to abscond with the goods. I knew I should have added cameras sooner, but now it appears to be imperative to be able to show the goods going missing if nothing else.
To that end, I am looking for 2 types of camera.
I am looking for a doorbell camera that can either be wired or wifi. Since the doorbell wiring is already in that wall, it will be easy enough to bring wired ethernet and power. Secondly, I am looking for the classic mountable outdoor camera that I can mount above my garage doors. The doors are on the side of the house and more out-of-sight than the front door.
I would prefer a more open software type of camera. I would prefer to have a service on my own server for capturing and recording the images. I do not want any kind of cloud/phone home type of camera. I do not need any of the silly mobile app tie-ins. Something I can integrate with that does not require any off-site/cloud services to use and operate.
Thanks for any and all suggestions.