Ah, so you’re the kind who loves bitching about things online, but won’t lift a finger to defend themself, gotcha.

What I mentioned prior doesn’t change anything about library management in the slightest, you just wanted an excuse.

The reverse proxy is the part that’s exposed. CrowdSec watches the logs for intrusion attempts like fail2ban would.

If you’re worried about it, make sure to not use a default path. Then legit clients are fine but these theoretical attackers get stymied.

Yes it is completely normal. The Internet is almost but not quite as bad as security wonks claim. Especially since you’re not on the default port, most scanners don’t have the programming to attempt on Home assistant. Most of them are built for more common exploits.

If you look at your proxy logs, you’ll see attempts at various random paths, but those should all be 404 or 403s.

True, but there’s not much one can do about others’ stubbornness. I’ve been using cheap Android boxes with Kodi or the JF client installed. They make sense to my non-techie family. Dedicated boxes are better (something that can run CoreELEC, OpenELEC) but those are harder to find.

Because that basically requires transcoding for modern codecs. H265? Transcode. Subtitles? Transcode. The JF client on the same hardware can usually direct play.

Not OP, but I’ve been looking for something like this. I’ve got a couple of refrigerators and a deep freeze I’d like to monitor. I’m not looking for a cooking tool that constantly sends updates. For that I’d like to use a multi-probe Bluetooth device. I’ve got Zigbee for other sensors, and I’d like to add these to the net

It is designed for one user, multi-channel push notifications. Like Firebase Messaging but self-hosted. You can use Markdown when composing the messages and do about whatever you want.

Unpopular opinion from what I’ve seen in this forum, but for me it is Nextcloud followed by Jellyfin.

I use Nextcloud setup fory whole family, about a dozen all together. I even sprang for the DavX5 plugin for several people so we can share calendars and contacts as well as files and notes. We backup photos from our phones using the Nextcloud app. Several of us use it as a backend for KeePass.

We use Jellyfin for streaming; movies, tv, music videos and music. It is the backend storage and library organizer for four Kodi boxes, five browsers, several phones and tablets and a couple of Roku’s. It works like a champ, even with the occasional library re-sync.

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(Hello future reader!)

The selection is really not great at the moment, but I was able to find a factory-refurbished Amcrest AD-410, which arrives today.

Wish me luck.

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Thanks. I’m looking into this. Never heard of this company before, but that sounds pretty compelling.

We have about the simplest/cheapest mechanical chimes you can get. (2 total, one on each floor).

Add “Older than dirt” and that’s what I have too. House was built in the late 70s.

Did your Reolink doorbell come with a little battery-looking-device that you had to wire into the mechanical chimes?

How long have you had yours in service? And what model is it, if I might ask.

That is effectively what I had with my EZVIZ doorbell-cam. The image quality was actually really good compared to my basic cameras (2k, 180-degree FoV, daylight and infrared modes). The reason I went this way is that it’s damn near impossible to run any sort of wires to the front porch location (Very long story, involving bore-scopes, drills, failure and drywall repairs) which is why I went this way, even with some people being weirded out by the camera on the doorbell.

I may have to go this route if I can’t find a doorbell-cam that doesn’t suck and is still available for purchase, but that will take months and several tests of the WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor).

Thanks. I’m checking through these links to see if this will work for me. Appreciated.

I can’t find that model for sale anymore. Every place I can check shows it ‘out of stock’.

All the Reolink doorbells I can find that look like HA/Frigate compatible have a stupid electronic chime that won’t work for my situation. I need something capable of ringing the mechanical bells otherwise this will fail the WAF check.

That’s kinda what happened to me, except that it was a month of back-and-forth with EZVIZ support until they finally copped to “Our company broke that, use the Android App or go to hell” (paraphrasing). Also mine always rejects the verification code, no matter how hard I hammer it in the app. That’s why I’m ripping it off my house, telling everyone to avoid this company and their customer-hostile unethical behavior, and trying to find a replacement.

If you can find them the “mini” format Elitedeak has a 3.5" internal bay along with an optical, for what it’s worth. It’s not as small as a “micro” but it’s smaller than a tower, and at my hearby Uni, they go for the same (cheap) prices.

Those are kinda what I mentioned originally. The first is for roller shades, the second for curtains. They’re good at what they do, but that’s not blinds.

I’m fine with them being battery powered. The nice thing about having a window right there is that it can have a small solar panel up high to recharge if needed.

I’ve got several sensors and even a deadbolt that run on battery, and they go for over a year before needing a replacement.

Does your August lock allow multiple codes? I’ve got a Quickset keypad deadbolt that does, and that allowed me to set a code I gave my neighbor, and the lock reports which code was used. If yours does something similar, you can give kiddo a separate code, then when that code gets used after school, the house does the needful. No key to lose or tag to track that way.