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I have a questions as stated in title - I hope it will not be "primarily opinion based" since I wanted to ask you if what I have in mind is even doable.

I want to create network of couple cameras that could stream from given location to local server.

Few requirements for my project:

  • attaching another camera to network should be easy (REST API?)

  • cheap & relatively good quality, around 720p (Microcontroler like Arduino, Raspberry PI, surveilance cam?)

  • should have one main router (Raspberry Pi?) that would stream the data to other devices

In the internet I saw simple examples where 1 cam = 1 Raspberry Pi but I don't know if it isn't overkill since that setup costs around 50 euro and you get OS for one job

sdooo
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You should have a look at the Raspberry Pi Zero W for this. It doesn't cost more than $9 or so, and it can handle a camera. You would also get the benefit of an OS that is easy to program and configure.

Once you're done with the programming and configuration of one, and provided that you solve it in a reasonably flexible manner, you could just clone the SD-card and add new cameras to your network dynamically.

Bex
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It's easy to build your own platform to stream video/security camera for less that $50. You can use any Pi, buy one used for cheap or a Pi Zero W (it has wireless) for less than $10.

Here are a few examples of how this can be achieved using both Raspbian and Windows IoT Core. You can use the Raspberry Pi Camera Module or a Webcam.

Raspbian - Streaming to the public internet

Windows IoT Core - Streaming on your local network

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