Cheap Camera Catching Crazy Counter Cats

In an ongoing effort to keep Donny the cat off our kitchen counter, I've gone the same route as the UK. Cameras everywhere! Well, in this case, one camera, mounted above the counter on a weird old clock outlet.

The hardware is an old Android phone with a broken screen, a wide-angle lens glued over the camera lens for better views, and a USB charger.

The software on the phone is IP Webcam, and I use IP Cam Viewer on other phones to view it. Both of these are available free in the app store and have pretty straightforward setups. I'm running the camera as a basic ONVIF / rtsp stream which seems to be compatible with just about everything. I can even have my home security recorder connect to it and treat it like an extra security camera.


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