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[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It mentions push notifications and emails, so I guess they must require an account, or can you configure them to use SMTP directly, as with the Amcrest Pro cameras?

[–] MinFapper@startrek.website 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

TBH, I've never used any of those features. I just used it locally and plugged it into home assistant.

But I just reinstalled their app and can confirm I can watch the feed and get push notifications without a cloud account. Haven't tried email tho

[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

That sounds worth investigating, thanks! Amcrest needs an account for notifications afaik, but the Pro cameras can work just on a local network.

The app for them is awful. Then they made a new version that is awful in slightly different ways, so I'm interested in new options.