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Cake day: June 7th, 2025

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  • From my reading I believe the detection models (or whatever they’re called) won’t even install unless they find appropriate hardware?

    I’ve also discovered that the “AI” detection for person, vehicle and animal built into my camera works amazingly well and I’m now using that. I’ve been told I can use Frigate as a “dumb” PVR to receive, store and display the events detected by my camera, so I’m reading up on that option now. Seems overkill, but might be worth it.



  • I wasn’t aware when I first posted this, but am now. I’m struggling to get it working though. My automation to record video for person, vehicle etc. events was working but as I read more I learned that, as you say, it should all happen in camera. So, I’ve turned off the automation and nothing is appearing in the Reolink media folder. I’ve been through and double checked that everything is turned on - that I can find. I’m wondering if I need to turn on FTP upload, or if the Reolink HA integration pretends to be a Reolink PVR? My camera is a RLC-520A, with no SD card, which, if I understand what I’ve read correctly, should have this capability.

    Edit: I’ve been reading and playing more. It seems the Reolink media folder is just populated with links to the recordings on the camera SD card - which I don’t have. So, I’ve configured FTP upload to a folder accessible to my Jellyfin - I can now view the videos from my phone, PC and TV. That works for now - I’ll keep playing.








  • It seemed to be a hardware issue - the blue light on the controller was out until I removed and replaced it. It’s too much of a coincidence for me though that I just happened to have this hardware issue at the time when the software that uses that hardware was being updated.

    I use Vendor/Product ID to access it:

    # lsusb
    Bus 002 Device 005: ID 10c4:ea60 Silicon Labs CP210x UART Bridge
    Bus 002 Device 004: ID 051d:0002 American Power Conversion Uninterruptible Power Supply
    Bus 002 Device 006: ID 1a86:55d4 QinHeng Electronics 800 Z-Wave Stick
    ...
    
    
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='yes'>
          <source>
            <vendor id='0x1a86'/>
            <product id='0x55d4'/>
          </source>
          <address type='usb' bus='0' port='1'/>
        </hostdev>
    


  • I feel that this battle is lost. Many of the cars that blind me are newer models with (presumably) the headlights they came from the factory with. Yes, the lifted redneck trucks with ill adjusted LED “bulbs” in reflectors that were made for halogens, are worse - but not a lot.

    As long as design regulations allow it, they will build it. So, anyone wanting to do anything about this should focus their energy on lobbying their relevant government agency.

    Maybe someone might invent night driving glasses that can filter the particularly annoying wavelengths.