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Reolink 510A Camera

Cameras · Security

Partly worksVerified plugin

1 report: 1 says it partly works.

Reported with 1 Homebridge plugin: Camera UI.

What people report

PluginStatusWhat they saidConnectsSource
Camera UI Verified
homebridge-camera-ui
Partly worksHKSV works but ffmpeg transcoding crushes QNAP CPU
Saved copy
… does other stuff too, but not a lot. Mostly just a network raid volume. I have a Ubiquity Unify Dream Machine Pro with an unmanaged POE switch powering a Reolink 510A 5MP camera. I am running the CameraUI plug-in for HomeKit Secure Video. For this purpose everything technically runs fine. It captures sound, records video, sends motion alerts to my Apple TV 4K and various other devices like my MacBook. No errors or failures. For reference I have also tried using the FFMPEG Camera plugin as well, with the same results. The Reolink camera is set with its “lowest” settings in its main stream, …

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Local + cloudReddit thread · 2022-12

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In ReReHome

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Identifiers

BrandReolink
Model510A
CategoryCameras

Also reported as

  • Reolink 510A camera