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Okay so I have an RTSP link with the live view, but I am wanting to record to the cloud, is there any service that does this for free?
IP Camera Help!
- Thread starter joeltetava
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It depends on the camera. If you have a dumb one that just pump out raw video then you would need some form of DVR device to do the recording. Something has to "watch" the video stream and write it to disk media either local or remote.
The better cameras have lots of different options. Many have the ability to FTP stuff to network based storage. Others can write directly to some of cloud based systems as well as to local devices like NAS units. There are so many cameras and so many features it is impossible to even for a particular brand because there are so many options.
Still even if you had a camera that can use cloud storage you are not going to get a useful amount of storage for free. IP cameras put out huge amounts of data and things like the 5GB free plan amazon gives away will be full within a few minutes.
The better cameras have lots of different options. Many have the ability to FTP stuff to network based storage. Others can write directly to some of cloud based systems as well as to local devices like NAS units. There are so many cameras and so many features it is impossible to even for a particular brand because there are so many options.
Still even if you had a camera that can use cloud storage you are not going to get a useful amount of storage for free. IP cameras put out huge amounts of data and things like the 5GB free plan amazon gives away will be full within a few minutes.
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