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I use syncthing for this exact purpose. Its p2p, so it requires no hosting experience, and can sync to any number of private or public devices. Just sync your main camera folder to any (ideally always-on) PC, laptop, a secondary phone or your friends/families devices.
mp4 files generally get corrupted if the recording isnt properly ended, so i have my camera app set up so that it starts a new file every minute or so. That way even if my phone is destroyed/snatched, the last clip that makes it to safety is pretty recent.
No it does not, otherwise i wouldnt have recommended it. There are public discovery servers hosted by syncthing and community members that handle the initial contact.
There really isnt anything different about using it over the internet. Just exchange QR code or device ID once and from then on they automatically find each other as if they were on the same LAN. Takes a few seconds longer to connect than over LAN ofc.
I’d like to have this for my home PC, but I also don’t want it to be serving as an always-on server. Creating a home server is one of those bucket list items I have for when I can get a dedicated device for it…
I use syncthing for this exact purpose. Its p2p, so it requires no hosting experience, and can sync to any number of private or public devices. Just sync your main camera folder to any (ideally always-on) PC, laptop, a secondary phone or your friends/families devices.
mp4 files generally get corrupted if the recording isnt properly ended, so i have my camera app set up so that it starts a new file every minute or so. That way even if my phone is destroyed/snatched, the last clip that makes it to safety is pretty recent.
Syncthing website - https://syncthing.net/
Syncthing Android App - https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingfork/
OpenCamera - https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.sourceforge.opencamera/
Doesn’t Syncthing have to be on the same network?
No it does not, otherwise i wouldnt have recommended it. There are public discovery servers hosted by syncthing and community members that handle the initial contact.
https://docs.syncthing.net/users/stdiscosrv.html
It works completely seemlessly over the imternet.
Ah neat, thanks. I’ve been using it on my home network but haven’t tried the public discovery stuff as of yet.
There really isnt anything different about using it over the internet. Just exchange QR code or device ID once and from then on they automatically find each other as if they were on the same LAN. Takes a few seconds longer to connect than over LAN ofc.
Tailscale should get you over that hurdle I would think.
I’d like to have this for my home PC, but I also don’t want it to be serving as an always-on server. Creating a home server is one of those bucket list items I have for when I can get a dedicated device for it…
I just use an old phone with either a big SD card or an external SSD connected over USB. Uses ~1W and takes up very little space.