It would be amazing if it doesn’t disintegrate if it rains, too.

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Ubiquity is the definition of vendor lock in.

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Right. I only mentioned them because they don’t require a sub and you can store everything locally.

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Regular IP cameras don’t require a sub and let you store everything locally (even to the point of a micro SD in the camera for backup).

Ubiquity cameras are ridiculously over priced for their quality. They charge $140 for a worse camera (image quality/ features) than a $40 ip camera that supports ONVIF so works with open source Linux NVR software.

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This just isn’t true and I love an open source solution as much as the next guy but for ease of use, features and image quality you could do a lot worse. We use axis cameras where I work and they’re ridiculously over priced imo I understand that there are IP cameras that don’t require subs and have local storage but I offered my suggestion in case those were the major hold ups for OP.

Out of curiosity what’s a solid $40 outdoor IP camera with great image quality and features?

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But there is an option in the UniFi software to have the cameras output an RTSP stream. It’s not bad if you already have some UniFi gear.

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Regular IP cameras support ONVIF so they can work with any software.

I have Unifi router, switch and wifi APs.

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And Unifi Protect recently started supporting ONVIF so it’s an option.

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