DIY Security Camera System

[Moomooit]

Hello!

 

I'm looking for the cheapest possible way of setting up a security camera system and was wondering if I could do it with the hardware I already have lying around: 2 old android phones and 2 raspberry pi's. 

 

I was hoping that I could set up the old android phones as IP cameras and then use a raspberry pi to record the video feeds directly onto external storage / NAS drive. 

After doing some research I haven't found an easy way to do this but I'm sure it's possible, any suggestions on how it can be done?

 

I'll be sure to update this post if I find a solution! Thanks in advance if you have any advice

P.S Linus this would make a good video maybe? :') 

[Pesukarhu]

I have played around with the idea in the past; download a local streaming app to the phone, connect to wifi, open video stream in favorite browser (not sure if vlc etc. work).
Now you have a live feed on the pc/pi, only need to capture it. If vlc opens it you could record it directly as well.

[DnFx91]

1 minute ago, Pesukarhu said:

I have played around with the idea in the past; download a local streaming app to the phone, connect to wifi, open video stream in favorite browser (not sure if vlc etc. work).
Now you have a live feed on the pc/pi, only need to capture it. If vlc opens it you could record it directly as well.

yeah this is a good way to go about it, send a video stream from the phones to vlc player running on the Pis and save it to a local drive or back out of the Pi to a SMB mount

[Moomooit]

Thanks! I'll give that setup a go