Native macOS and Android surveillance camera apps
This project reverse engineers the streaming protocols of three brands of cheap surveillance video cameras to build native, faster replacement clients. Native apps for macOS and Android have been completed for one of the brands, with work continuing on the remaining two.
What it addresses
Each camera brand's official app is slow and of poor quality, and none offer a native desktop macOS app.
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Native macOS and Android surveillance camera apps
This project reverse engineers the streaming protocols of three brands of cheap surveillance video cameras to build native, faster replacement clients. Native apps for macOS and Android have been completed for one of the brands, with work continuing on the remaining two.
Problem: Each camera brand's official app is slow and of poor quality, and none offer a native desktop macOS app.
Posted by @lylejantzi3rd · Original comment ↗
“I'm reverse engineering the streaming protocol for three different brands of cheap surveillance video cameras. Each brand has its own app. They're all awful. None of them have a native desktop MacOS app. I've successfully created a native app for MacOS and Android for one of the brands. They're faster and work better than the ones they're replacing.”