Building a Budget DIY Home Surveillance System

bro, are you me? I swear to god every time I just about finished with a project, you put out a video the next day showing me how I could have done it better! Thanks man! :)

Security tips - 1. Vlan your CCTV. Dont let it access the rest of your network. Treat it like a guest network. 2. Whitelist the mac addresses allowed on each vlan. 3. Dont use the SD card and disable the function if possible. Waaay to easy to be removed and also, SD cards are known to not have the best lifespan... You want to avoid a threat actor connecting a laptop/switch/SBC to your CCTv cam PoE cable, which is usually on the outside of your home/property and can easily allow someone access to your core network if it's not properly setup. Also make sure to enable HTTPS/SSLv2 or 3/TLSv1.2 so that if someone is on your network, they cant sniff your NVR (etc) username and password.

13:07 nothing more permanent than "it's fine I'll fix it later."

Bro lives next to the neighbor running the StarLink refurb depot 😂

"I'll fix it later" 8 Years later when you are selling the house the buyer asks "why is the camera box like that?"

“If you’re thinking I thought this out really well beforehand you must be new here.” 😂😂😂 Thank you for leaving in your bloopers (like dropping the bracket) it makes your videos very relatable.

13:07 "I'll fix it later" Sure, bud... I'll just hold my breath in anticipation.

you are like my wife exactly @5:10 - "79.95 - it costs SEVENTY dollars!"

Thanks man! I showed my wife your video and she approved the funding for my home security project :)

curl | sudo bash: Every cell in my linux-user body just quaked.

Funnily enough I had a run in with a neighbour recently and have been thinking about adding a camera or two just in case something happens again. This is great. You rock!

Nice, I'm getting ready to do this. Waiting for a better PoE switch from TP-Link.

You're killing it! Great job man Just a tip from a cable guy, never assume that you'll never go past 100Mbps. The last thing you want to do is pull back a bunch of cable or run another because you need gigabit. Ask me how I know lol.

I've been using Reolink cameras for about 10 years, some of those original cameras are still running rock solid. They work just just about anything that I have tried to use them with.

Love the way you setup the config to be sharable without risking the exposure of the password

I did surveillance system for my home and home office ( a two room hut 120 meters away from my home), in total 17 POE cameras (very similar to reolink cameras) with a 24-port POE switch... it has been working nice though a few times i had to make some adjustments. I am already thinking of upgrading it because it has saved me quite a lot of trouble in these two years.

Another good job of making a sponsored video that shows how do do something and not just be hawking the sponsor. There was a lot of useful info here about the topic and you included the sponsor's product without making us feel like we're watching an ad 👍

Thanks for putting out another quality content video. I've been using Blue Iris for over a year now, and while there are a lot of settings that you can adjust it's not that difficult to setup. The software interface for viewing cameras does feel a little archaic, however the web portal is very good. One item I was hoping for you to cover more is the retention schedule. When selecting a camera system, many people do not think about how long they will have the video or whether to record continuously/motion only. For most residential camera systems, you will only get 2-14 days of continuous recording and a lot of that depends on how many cameras are connected to it. If you record on motion only, there is a high tendency of missing critical incidents. The commercial systems have the ability to adjust recording in different frame rates, utilizing a lower and higher bit rate sub streams (continuous recording in SD and motion only in HD), and recording in H.264 or H.265 compression. For this reason, Blue Iris is a great option to use because it gives you a lot of things that are in commercial systems, but for a low cost. For example, I have a 10 TB hard drive with six 4k cameras and I am continuously recording 24/7 in a lower bit rate and it increases to the highest bit rate on motion. With this system, I have one-years worth of recordings. I am using Blue Iris for this. If I spent a little bit more time, I could gained even more retention by readjusting the motion triggers.

nice! I'm using Shinobi as nvr and it works flawlessly

Incredible project and very nice delivery. Love it! If only I has a house...