I’m looking into adding a video doorbell and some security cameras and want to integrate with HA. I have some cameras that came with the house, but I don’t think they will work. The system has been discontinued and I don’t have the “base unit” that connects them. If there is a way to use them, I’d be happy to find out if they are operational and use them. Web search has not helped.
My first priority is a video doorbell. I don’t really understand much about how it works, and there is a lot of conflicting information out there. I have a wired doorbell, and I could probably manage to figure out how to run a data line if needed.
I want it to play nicely with any future system. The current camera system is wired, and I’m happy to run new wires if needed. I have plenty of storage on my home PC server, and I’d prefer to use it.
Any guides out there that really cover the overall process?
Does that mean that you have two devices, one running frigate, and one with HA? Or is it all on one server? Is there any beginner’s guide for setting up the hardware and software needed?
I’m not running Frigate, but I can offer some advice on this question: I use a NUC to run HAOS in Proxmox, which also can also run a Docker VM. That, in turn, can run any Docker container/stack.
You’d just need to make sure the appropriate devices are passed through in Proxmox between Docker/Frigate and HAOS. (Can’t offer much advice there, though…)
You can do it either way. I personally have HA running on a Pi4 while frigate runs on my server, but this is just because HA is running well and I don’t want to mess with it and move my zigbee/zwave radios.