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minus-squarebandwidthcrisis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 hours agoIt mentions push notifications and emails, so I guess they must require an account, or can you configure them to use SMTP directly, as with the Amcrest Pro cameras?
minus-squareMinFapper@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-212 hours agoTBH, I’ve never used any of those features. I just used it locally and plugged it into home assistant. But I just reinstalled their app and can confirm I can watch the feed and get push notifications without a cloud account. Haven’t tried email tho
minus-squarebandwidthcrisis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoThat sounds worth investigating, thanks! Amcrest needs an account for notifications afaik, but the Pro cameras can work just on a local network. The app for them is awful. Then they made a new version that is awful in slightly different ways, so I’m interested in new options.
It mentions push notifications and emails, so I guess they must require an account, or can you configure them to use SMTP directly, as with the Amcrest Pro cameras?
TBH, I’ve never used any of those features. I just used it locally and plugged it into home assistant.
But I just reinstalled their app and can confirm I can watch the feed and get push notifications without a cloud account. Haven’t tried email tho
That sounds worth investigating, thanks! Amcrest needs an account for notifications afaik, but the Pro cameras can work just on a local network.
The app for them is awful. Then they made a new version that is awful in slightly different ways, so I’m interested in new options.