By which country?

If the timestamps on the current live cctv image looks completely different, then you’re out of luck using it as evidence.

After all, it’s your video evidence, why would you want to fake it if you’re trying to prove that someone stole that Amazon parcel off your front door step…

This isn’t X-Files… 🛸

Well, slap me sideways with a boxed edition of Windows XP SP3.

I never knew that!

Thanks for sharing.

Slightly off topic and something I read from somewhere else, but make sure whatever you use can write the date & time onto the camera images, otherwise it isn’t usable for any police / insurance claims.

I’d guess all systems do this now, but just wanted it to be on your checklist of features.

If the camera doesn’t do it, then the storage server must.

(And make sure the clock is sync’d to something 😉)

Me too (btw).

Zoneminder is an option.

It’s been around since before containers were a thing, so fairly stable.

Not used it myself, but when I get around to needing cameras (I’m in a small house in a low crime area), then thats what I’m planning to use.

It has (had?) an integration in MythTv too, so I can see who’s a the door whilst watching TV at the same time.

Sigh, unfortunately not.

You should see the Linux community asking about which distro to use - now that’s where a pinned post is needed…

I see lots of solutions here, but some explanation of the basics are missing for someone starting out… this is not meant to sound preachy…

RAID is not a backup. It’s just better hardware fault tolerance. Delete does the same thing on RAID as it does one 1 drive.

Everyone syncs / copies / duplicates files somewhere, but you need a way of finding the previous backup in case something was deleted. This can be done with various ways / tech, but the point is - have some history not just 1 copy. Many pointers to 3-2-1 in here, but that also doesn’t mean 3 copies of just today’s data…

Backups are nothing without Restores. Test the backups. Various ways, but do it. Often.

And consider what you’re backing up and why… ie just your data? (Ie photos), or all the config files, databases, operating systems, etc to do a full restore on new metal. If the latter, I recommend keeping your data separate from the OS / config files, etc.

Source: decades of tech disasters 😁

Sooo… where’s the self-hosted material coming from if Bluray’s aren’t being produced any more?

If the high seas dries up, are we up shit creek and have to stream?