You could just add a small nonvolatile buffer to each camera if it’s not wired, such that if it loses connection with your home assistant server it will start recording. With 720p video and a 64gb flash storage you could, depending on encoding, store well over a day of footage. (Napkin math so could be wrong)
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Many cameras only save recordings based off of motion triggers, so 64 gb goes a long way if most of the time there's no movement.
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Running wires is expensive. That's why most people opt for wireless, and on top of that, the convenience systems like Ring offer with their app, no NVR/DVR, none of the typical security system hardware cluttering things up.
Running ethernet is pretty cheap
Depends on where and how far. Once youre trenching and cutting into your walls, it's only cheap if youre spending your time.
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The cost of the cable maybe, not the cost of all the ancillary work.
Most people have or want cameras in places where it won't be particularly easy to run wires, like door frames for door bells, and outside walls with insulation and various utilities in the way.
Other people live where they can't do it at all (an apartment)
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I really like those "Protected by Xfinity/AT&T" signs in the windows.
Tells me what wire to cut.
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The simple solution here is to record to flash when wifi dies. Yes wired stuff is nice but half of these are consumer installed.
certainly record to flash, but you need to have notifications when the camera can’t be contacted/when storage would be theoretically getting full
that does open you up a little though: recording on device means the attacker can just destroy/steal the camera which is pretty easy because they, by definition pretty much, are in a place that’s trivial for an attacker to access
This is why you shouldn't use any "smart" devices as locks or to control anything important.