Any FOSS NVR software for only live viewing Cameras? reddit / selfhosted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9ieR · 2023-12-19 06:19 I'm thinking of setting up (live viewing only) NVR for a 100+ cameras installed for my neighborhood. I don't need any storing features anymore since I've storages setup . I also don't need fancy features like movement detections, alarms and AI stuffs. Maybe I'll tweak around those features after I've setup just for live viewing but for now, this is just for giving security guards live access to the security feeds. I've searched around the internet for the options but a lot of these seem way too overkill for just live viewing. I'm willing to learn new stuffs, but i'd prefer something easier to configure and lightweight on technical sides. And also, hardware recommendations for the use case please. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wweopppsss · 2023-12-19 06:31 Naughty guy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- homegrowntechie · 2023-12-19 06:33 Someone should do the trick. It has a mobile app too. Zmninja ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mabed_ · 2023-12-19 06:35 If onvif or other common protocols you have the choice ! OBS … ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ThatOnePerson · 2023-12-19 06:51 Sounds like you want a camera display? Not necessarily an NVR? Something like https://github.com/iEvgeny/cctv-viewer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sudonem · 2023-12-19 06:53 With that many cameras you’ll need to have sufficient hardware and network connection to manage the streams regardless of what you go with, but this is something Frigate NVR could handle. You don’t have to enable the object detection or recording features. That said, you’re asking for an NVR which literally stands for “network video recorder” and you may have better luck just looking for RTSP/RTMP camera viewer apps. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _EuroTrash_ · 2023-12-19 06:53 If live viewing only, any cameras with a RTSP stream + [MediaMTX](https://github.com/bluenviron/mediamtx) to manage all the streams and avoid connecting to the individual cameras will do the trick. The users can connect to it with any live viewing app for RTSP/RTMP eg. Tinycam Pro, VLC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lormayna · 2023-12-19 08:27 https://motion-project.github.io/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sexyshingle · 2023-12-19 08:43 I'd do you one better: [MotioneyesOS](https://github.com/motioneye- project) based on motion, can be setup easily on any single board computer like an Rpi for a lightweight NVR. Been a while since I've used it but it was pretty good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lormayna · 2023-12-19 09:15 I am using motion on a Rpi1 since years and it's working great. The configuration is a bit tricky (lot of config options), but after a bit of work, it's perfect and the overhead is minimal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Pomme-Poire-Prune · 2023-12-19 09:26 https://github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IAmMarwood · 2023-12-19 10:23 I should take a look at it again, was one of my first home lab projects many many moons ago! I've never quite settled on one DVR solution and on a semi-annual basis switch to a new one or give an old one another shot. I'm currently running AgentDVR but have tried Motion, Shinobi, BlueIris, Zoneminder and others I'm sure that I'm not remembering! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SpiritPilgrim · 2023-12-19 12:34 https://frigate.video/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- adamxp12 · 2023-12-19 15:36 Not open source but NX Witness is free if your just viewing cameras. It does not require a super powerful computer even for 100 cameras ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9ieR · 2023-12-20 05:26 Interesting. But how do I use it? It's lacking in documentation.