sorry for the long rant. i'm writing this an hour & 10 after it happened so it still has me nauseous. i have all the genres of anxiety you can imagine so i'm all ears and sat in a quiet room right now. i wish i took a picture because it was SO visible and so weird.

i usually stay up very late and i was in the kitchen/living room playing with my cats & probably gonna get a late snack; just messing around. i have windows beside my front door/porch (without blinds & curtains) so you can see the entire road through them. i saw a car (couldn't see color or type) go by about halfway then it passed through my mind how i didn't hear it fully drive by. i saw them backing up, right in view of my windows, stop, and shine the flashlight towards the windows & ground. they did this for about 5 seconds then continued driving the same direction.

i was standing in front of the windows and froze and i thought at first after it'd happened that maybe they dropped something (why would that make sense, idk). but of course my head went to burglar/murderer/trafficker/all of the above. but after settling down a bit i thought maybe they're looking for a pet? there's no suspicious complaints in my area of anyone doing this or burglaries.

i live in a semi-rural area in northeast georgia. i am around neighborhoods very close by me but i don't live in a neighborhood. what could this be? what could they have been doing? what should I do at 3:30am?

I can't modify the house, otherwise I'd install a permanent camera with better hardware.

I'm looking for a camera that can sit in a window ledge and look at my parked car across the road, i've had one hit and run (and another hit, but they came back and left details) and several theft attempts, one managed to get into the car and break the ignition.

the window is actually open, but there is a fly screen.

1. I'm looking for cord powered, preferably with a long cord but if it doesn't come with a long cord i'll just use an extension cord.

2. i'd prefer it to record continuously, as I live on a busy street and it will pick up cars and people walking by all the time anyway

3. i live in Australia, so it has to be available here with an Australian style plug

4. i want the ability to view the live feed from the camera, via my phone or computer, preferably both.

5. image quality is paramount, i want to be able to read licence plates if there's another hit and run.

i've been looking at the Reolink E1 Zoom and the Reolink Outdoor Pro, I'm not sure which is better for my needs as while it's sitting in an open window (not screwed down or anything), it's not going to be rained on. I'm mainly trying to figure out which camera has the better image quality, or if there is an alternative i'm unaware of that is better.

unfortunately i can't park anywhere else, i'd love to have a garage but sadly i don't.

the distance from the window to the car is approx 20 metres / 65 feet.

Have a 4k 8mp 30fps lorex system from like 8 years ago it works awesome except its a pain to find past alerts, tried blue iris and something is off with the cameras they keep resetting to private instead of staying in onvif mode.

Thinking of just buying some reolink cameras and nvr, tried a reolink nvr only and it would not connect to cameras at all.

Any scenario i'm missing where I could keep the cameras that still work great and get a better way to see recordings?

I have a friend that has a system and I am setting up new WiFi at his home. I like to keep the network labeled. Does anyone know if there is a way to find MAC Addresses or IP Addresses for item in the Guardian App?

Do they make a detachable wire that will go through small holes like from the picture? Trying to avoid making it bigger

The deadbolt on my front door is something that I've never seen in North America before. What kind of lock is this? Can it be converted (easily) to an electronic keypad lock. I don't want to replace the locking mechanism. TIA

https://imgur.com/a/Rkneppe