Not sure if there’s a better community to ask this, but I’m trying to find a good quality non-cloud-based IP camera that I can feed into a standardized video recording software over a network. Ideally, it would be Wi-Fi capable as well.
Everywhere I’ve looked, they all reach out to a third-party and go through an app or are through junction box and are analog-based.
Does anyone know if an option like this exists?
Of course. Get hikvision. Or Annke, which is a oem reseller and a bit cheaper. No cloud required, you get a proper web interface for configuration and two (configurable) rtsp streams.
If you want to be 100% sure they can not phone home, get a managed switch and put them on a separate vlan together with your nvr.
And please don’t go the wifi route. It’s just crap for video surveillance. Get some cameras with Ethernet and POE, that way it’s still just one cable, but no more dropped frames.