HouseHub

N-Channel video stream recorder software, especially targeted for usage on Raspberry Pi-4 via Esp32-Cam modules.

• Cross platform, CMake + conan based (Currently Windows installer is missing)
• Easy to configure by a single ini file (variable chunk lengths, record directory size limit, video, output format/fps/resolution, local time for watermarking etc.).
• OpenCV + FFMpeg backend based, so supports codecs installed in your system, including h264
• Connection Recovery for dropped streams, suitable 7/24 surveliance
• Logging

Build & Install

• Install Ubuntu Server (x64 recommended) on your Raspberry Pi-4

• Install required packages

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install libgtk2.0-dev libva-dev libvdpau-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev

• Install conan, cmake and git
• Clone the repo

git clone git@github.com:rcaltin/househub.git

• Edit househub.ini accordingly for your system!

• Create build directory

mkdir build_release
cd build_release

• Install conan dependency packages

conan install .. -s build_type=Release --build=missing

• Generate make file

cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..

• Build, then install

make -j4
sudo make install

• Enable, start and check the service daemon

sudo systemctl enable househub
sudo systemctl start househub
sudo systemctl is-active househub

• (Optionally) Install ftp server to reach the file system remotely

sudo apt install vsftpd

Hereby your Pi turned into a 7/24 recorder. Congrats!

Roadmap

• Streaming
• Web UI for Record Playback
• Human/Motion Detection Tags for records

Known Issues

• Record directory size limits grows around %10 more than the actual limit