MiniCam 0.1.0 beta 1

MiniCam 0.1.0-beta.1

MiniCam's first public beta provides a native local macOS viewer for one
Hikvision-compatible camera, with a low-latency live view and a continuous
timeline of recordings stored on the camera's microSD card.

Highlights

• Universal build for Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.
• macOS Monterey 12 or later.
• Continuous live/archive timeline with calendar navigation.
• Local people and vehicle motion events.
• PNG snapshots and MP4 archive export.
• Local-only operation with no telemetry or MiniCam cloud service.

Download

Download MiniCam-0.1.0-beta.1-macos-universal.zip. The application is ad-hoc
signed but not notarized. Follow the first-launch instructions in the README to
approve MiniCam through macOS Privacy & Security without disabling Gatekeeper.

Use SHA256SUMS.txt to verify the downloaded archive if desired.

Tested configuration

• Hikvision DS-2CD2043G2-IU.
• Channel 1 with continuous recording to microSD.
• H.264 video recommended.

Other Hikvision-compatible models may work, but camera firmware and ISAPI
behavior vary.

Known limitations

• One camera and local-network access only.
• No Apple notarization in this beta.
• Other RTSP clients can exhaust the camera's session limit and cause error
  453 Not Enough Bandwidth, black video, or a failed export.
• Archive export may proceed close to real time.
• Motion analysis processes only archive data created while MiniCam is running.

See the README for installation, setup, privacy information, and troubleshooting.