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0 pointscnst10mo ago0 comments

I think the biggest difference I could see is that OpenIPC targets Europe as its main market, whereas thingino is US/Canada and is easier to get started with.

Honestly, I couldn't find a single Amazon ASIN for anything listed on OpenIPC.

It's not much help for them to support more devices if none of those are being imported into the US.

Compare to thingino, which has support for Wyze, Eufy, Wansview, Cinnado, Imou, TP-Link and lots of other brands which are officially imported into the US and are best-sellers in their respective categories on Amazon, with the free Fulfilled-by-Amazon shipping.

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jauntywundrkind10mo ago· 1 in thread

OpenIPC notably doesn't list products & things you can buy.

Their "supported hardware" is what chipsets they support! It's up to you to go "do the research" or whatever to find out what cameras that might be!

I've bounced hard off OpenIPC in the past for this reason. That said I think the hikvision I bought a couple years ago is supported.

cnstOP10mo ago

I've looked at the OpenIPC sponsors. It looks like there's a huge market in Eastern Europe to install a camera at the entrance to your apartment building, and then charge your neighbours for camera access as a value-added service, e.g., a shared intercom. Also, to keep an eye on the shared courtyard (dvor24). Pretty ingenious, if you ask me!

esseph10mo ago

OpenIPC lists SoCs, and it lists SoCs used by the Wyze cameras. I just looked mine up.

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