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My building has a shitty API app for the cameras, can it be fixed? (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Basically the issue is that when viewing video replay, you can make it go up to 16x faster.. but there are essentially no other options.

Meaning, there aren't even notifications or event recordings.

Meaning, if you want to find out who keyed your car, you will be potentially watching video footage all day, depending on if you're sure on exactly which day it happened or not.

Soo is there any somewhat feasible way to fix this and how would it work (of course getting new cameras are out of the question for the building)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Hey, could you please explain how it works for a non-tech person? I couldn't find an API app on their website, only the code. How am i supposed to use it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

OK, I'll try.

It works best with IP cameras, but each camera is actively recording video. Zoneminder logs into the camera and downloads the footage directly, analyzes the frames for changes (like movement) and saves footage based on criteria you set.

The trickiest part is typically adding the cameras to Zoneminder.

So, for your current setup, how do you 'connect' to the cameras to view anything? Can you get a make and model of the camera?