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Is there a way to remotely control a Hikvision camera with open source software without using their cloud?

I have a PTZ camera which works well but I rarely use it



If the camera is ONVIF compatible, and most Hikvision are, it should work with Zoneminder and its mobile Open Source app zmninja.

As for the cloud, if you have a public (not necessarily static) IP and your carrier doesn't filter incoming connections, you can use a dynamic DNS such as DuckDNS.

It is however always advisable to put all cameras behind a firewall, so that whatever it could happen (compromised or not, it still runs a closed firmware) it can be restricted to a dedicated physical network with no access to any personal data.

https://zoneminder.com/

https://zmninja.zoneminder.com/

https://www.duckdns.org/




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