Doorbell Camera That Has Continuous Recording

I'm pretty happy with my Unifi doorbell from Ubiquiti. If you purchase a dream machine or cloud key storage device to go with it, you can record constantly for as much disk space that's provided. The downside is the price, while Ubiquiti doesn't have subscriptions on their products they tend to be on the higher end of costs. Expect to put down $500 minimum for the doorbell and storage.

If I wanted to do that, I would not try to let the camera take care of the storage space. It is simply not it's job.

I would use some recording software for managing all these recordings, and I would give it some disk space on my NAS.

I'm using a Hikvision DS-KV6113-WPE1 with indoor station with Frigate. The hardware has its quirks but it's mostly great

I don't live in a great neighborhood and had the chance to catch a crime on video if it recorded continuously. I have a full security set up around the house but nothing catches the whole street but the doorbell camera. It's cheaper for me to get one that does record continuously then to upgrade my NVR and get another camera.

I'm using Dahua VTO2111D with Frigate. Cheap. Stable. With shitty mic, though.

I’m curious about the use case: why do you want continuous video?

I never wanted cameras because I can’t imagine being able to search or view continuous video: motion detection is a fantastic solution so you have a manageable number of events clearly defined.

My video doorbell does need a subscription so probably not want you want, but in addition to the motion events, you can configure it to save a snapshot at regular intervals. I used it to effectively high speed flipbook though the day, watching the clouds race by and the sun move across the sky … then turned it off