I want a security camera system that I can trust to be only my own. My requirements are not hugely unreasonable, but I can’t find them the way search engines suck shit these days. I want a camera system with:
Local storage
No internet connection
No phone connection
No cables
No cloud storage option
No router necessary
And the option that seems impossible with the others: No option of remote connections
I don’t want to see whats going on in real time on my phone, I want a completely private recording saved if I ever need to see if I got robbed. I don’t want offline ability, I want cameras that can not connect to the internet at all, even through another device. I’m not worried about local network hacking, I want saved video that can only be viewed directly from the local storage. Longish life batteries so I don’t have to route power, and no cables that can be unplugged. Solar powered would be nice, but isn’t necessary.
Why is that so hard to find?
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You could get a raspberry pi and a camera module. MotionEye can be installed as the OS. It requires a network connection to your LAN to set it up, but it can be disconnected afterwards. I believe it can be configured to store all files locally.
Edit: Fixed link
That link:
https://randomnerdtutorials.com/install-motioneyeos-on-raspberry-pi-surveillance-camera-system/
Thank you! Didn’t realize it was broken. I’ve updated it.
Those instructions will likely still work, but fwiw MotionEyeOS (a minimal Linux distro built on buildroot rather than Debian) appears to have ceased development in 2020.
The MotionEye web app that distro was built for is still being developed, however, as is Motion itself (which is packaged in Debian/Ubuntu/etc and is actually the only software you really need).