Streaming local Webcam in a Linux machine, and acessing it when on vacations - which protocol to choose? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by shadowintheday2@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I want to configure a local webcam to stream (and possibly record) a live feed open to the internet, and acess it half-world away while traveling, using FOSS only acessing it via Android VLC

This guide was quite comprehensive; however the packages for nginx-rtmp are quite abandoned in arch linux. So I thought maybe WebRTC could be an alternative - the communication itself should be encrypted, which WebRTC seems to do; however, I still can't figure out if VLC will handle this well

Also, it seems that I might need to self-host a VPN to achieve this? What are my options? Has anyone else done this ?

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[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If you have a Home Assistant instance, adding a webcam and accessing it from outside of your home network is quite easy: https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2016/06/23/usb-webcams-and-home-assistant/

Home Assistant is a very useful platform to have around if you have a handful of IoT devices at home.

[-] shadowintheday2@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks, I will look into setting up Home Assist

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