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Replacing Ring Doorbell w/ Reolink - How has HA - Reolink - Frigate worked out for you? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by njordomir@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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We aren't too fond of cameras around here and there's almost always someone home so it's not really a necessity for us. Having said that, we've had a few cams for a while now and most important is the doorbell.

I'm certain for 95% of you I don't have to explain why I want the Amazon/Ring bell gone.

I run HA and have deployed Frigate separately to start messing with IP cams.

Here is my question? I understand that you can take the feed from the Reolink bell/cams and import it into Frigate from which I will send it over to my home assistant. For those of you who already do this, how offline is it? Did you need to set up any kind of reolink account to adjust settings or do the initial login? Does the camera try to call home occasionally? Is it fully offline?

I learned my lesson with Amazon. I want to control this doorbell myself and I'd to avoid video, audio, or logs exiting my network without me knowing.

How has the Reolink - Frigate - Home Assistant trio panned out for you?

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[–] jeff_hykin@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I haven't used Frigate specifically, but Reolink overall has been exactly what I wanted. Works out of the box no config, no signup, no login, completely local with the mobile reolink app. I never connected it to home assistant or anything, I either use a VPN into my home network or just stick to using it locally.

I did have an occasional bug with the UI/connection. The iOS app gave me some trouble, but I use android and its been plug and play with all the main features I would want.