I did reolink cameras for a family member last year. I too initially went with the solar cameras but they would shut down into stand by mode. I called Reolink about this and they said that there wasn't a work around and recommended using a "wired" (power) model of camera, so that they would stay on all the time. Interesting video, I wish you would have done this a year ago when I was first doing it lol, I found out a lot of this via my own trial and error. I will say, reolink cameras are great and their support was really easy to work with. I had one camera that kept blinking out and I kept having to climb up and reset it. After some troubleshooting Reolink replaced the camera for free and the new one didn't have any problem. Also, Reolink was one of the only companies that had their own free web based (or download/install) software to view the cameras with, which is what we ended up using and have had no problems.
Those are very similar to the Swann cameras I have had for many years. Yesterday I took them down and put up some new onvif cams. For the fun of it I connected the Swanns to a POE switch and blue iris detected the cameras and the stream links immediately, with no proprietary nvr, I have them in blue iris. Cam model(nhd-815).
Reolink does not care about you as soon as you buy the product : 1. no updates for reported bugs just because they release a next model of NVR or cam. So for example firefox will display only live stream but you will not be able to watch recorded footage. Can you get it? This kind of bug and they don't care? 2. No linux client event though the nvr itself probably runs on linux itself ! 3. Windows client in wine works only for old versions. 4. User support in general is a joke - they dont understand what you write and will just reply with template messages that will never solve anything.
Seems a little over complicated. The RTSP stream works best for me. I run agentdvr in a docker, and run multiple brands of cameras. Currently running some Reolink and some Tapo (tp link) within the agent dvr app, I can direct where all my recordings go on my NAS.
Why did you go from surveillance station to Reolink? Sponsorship? I'm looking for a vendor to go with and want to like Reolink but I hear so many issues with them, synology seems solid but the nvr cost more as well and licensing sucks. Also why frigate vs scrypted?
@@ArisPLtelesyup, exactly. I have my vlaned off to a dead subnet and the only thing that can get to it is a VPN from my phone. To the person worried about it. China makes some good cameras, competitive to axis... I use both. Both are insecure and want cloud access. Just vlan them off, same some money because they both need vlaned anyways.
@@ArisPLtelesI am a complete noob but would love to hear a recommendation from you. You’re saying the words I like to hear: “PoE” and “offline”. Idk what to go for in 2024, pls let me know if you have any recommendations
