[HN Gopher] ViscaCamLink - Camera control application for PTZ ca...
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       ViscaCamLink - Camera control application for PTZ cameras
        
       Author : yaman071
       Score  : 24 points
       Date   : 2025-07-01 11:39 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
        
       | ck2 wrote:
       | There is also OpenIPC which works with some of my cheap chinese
       | cameras
       | 
       | https://github.com/OpenIPC/
       | 
       | https://team.openipc.org/ipcam_dms/ (note the english translated
       | link)
       | 
       | Be sure to firewall your cameras on your router to only intranet,
       | do not let them access internet or they phone home
       | 
       | (you can let them sync time by capturing ITP requests and running
       | your own service on your router)
        
         | sudobash1 wrote:
         | It looks like OpenIPC is a replacement firmware. I would assume
         | this means (as long as you trust the OpenIPC authors) that you
         | don't have to firewall them off from the Internet. You
         | ordinarily only have to do that for the sketchy firmware that
         | they come with. Open firmware shouldn't be "phoning home".
        
           | ck2 wrote:
           | You never know when a zero-day is going to popup and whack
           | your cameras as IOT, part of a DDOS or whatnot
           | 
           | But if you've hardened it even a little bit with something as
           | easy as not letting it communicate off your intranet, well
           | that can prevent ugly discoveries later
           | 
           | If you need offsite remote camera access you can always carve
           | out a tunnel
        
       | bitbasher wrote:
       | I worked at a video surveillance company many years ago. We built
       | PTZ controls that worked on the desktop and over the network via
       | a web page... this was in early 2000s.
       | 
       | We also got hammered by a patent troll because apparently, the
       | math behind stitching fisheye lenses into a flat video plane is
       | somehow patented.
        
         | DidYaWipe wrote:
         | Gotta love the derelict USPTO.
        
       | Alive-in-2025 wrote:
       | I'd like the ability to control, privatize, manage the feed for
       | my wyze and reolink cameras. Anyone doing that?
        
         | rainbowzootsuit wrote:
         | Docker wyze bridge. Some wyze versions have an rtsp firmware
         | available too.
         | 
         | https://github.com/mrlt8/docker-wyze-bridge
        
         | HenryMulligan wrote:
         | I haven't gotten around to trying it, but this may be a
         | solution for Reolink cameras (that don't already support
         | RTSP/ONVIF): https://github.com/QuantumEntangledAndy/neolink
        
         | ethan_smith wrote:
         | For Wyze and Reolink, check out Home Assistant with the ONVIF
         | integration, Scrypted, or Blue Iris - all provide varying
         | degrees of control over these camera brands without relying on
         | their cloud services.
        
       | thumbsup-_- wrote:
       | I use Frigate NVR (https://frigate.video/) for my home and it's
       | far more feature rich including support for PTZ cameras.
        
       | throw0101d wrote:
       | > [...] _a network connection using the VISCA protocol._
       | 
       | This seems to be a thing for the commercial broadcast space:
       | 
       | * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VISCA_Protocol
       | 
       | As opposed to the more security (residential?) camera protocol
       | of:
       | 
       | * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ONVIF
       | 
       | * Comparison: https://ikancorp.com/choosing-the-right-ptz-
       | control-protocol...
        
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