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📹 Camera Booth — Mike works, AI publishes

Mike doesn't change anything about how he works. The cameras just roll. AI picks the moments, writes the captions, schedules the posts. Every video forever lead. Every video forever Google juice.

"Cameras over Mike's bench, AI clips into shorts, posts to TikTok/YouTube/Snap. Now you've got traffic. This guy in Georgia is like the expert of the expert of the experts." — Papa
Real-time feed status

📺 Live camera feeds (once configured below)

[wide shot — bench cam · ceiling mount]
configure IP & login below
CAM 1 · Bench (wide)
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[close-up · arm-mount on bench]
configure IP & login below
CAM 2 · Hands close-up
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[paused — bay empty]
configure IP & login below
CAM 3 · Bay 3 ceiling
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[scope monitor screen-cap]
configure IP & login below
CAM 4 · Scope screen
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Configure your cameras · saved to your browser

⚙ Camera configuration

Enter each camera's IP address + RTSP/HTTP stream URL + login. Click "Test connection" to verify. Click "Save config" to persist. Settings stay between visits. No fake buttons — every click does something real.

CAM 1 — BENCH WIDE

📹 Bench wide shot (ceiling mount above Mike's workbench)

⏳ NOT TESTED
Local LAN address from your router (e.g. 192.168.1.101)
Get this from your camera's manual (Reolink, Amcrest, Hikvision all support RTSP)
Camera admin username (usually "admin" by default — CHANGE IT)
Camera password. Stored locally in your browser only.
For Mike's reference when adjusting the angle
CAM 2 — HANDS CLOSE-UP

📹 Hands close-up (arm-mount on Mike's bench)

⏳ NOT TESTED
Local LAN address
Best results: cam with optical zoom or macro lens
CAM 3 — BAY 3 CEILING

📹 Bay 3 ceiling overview (whole-bay reference)

⏳ NOT TESTED
Bay 3 wall PoE drop
CAM 4 — SCOPE SCREEN

📹 Scope screen capture (oscilloscope monitor recording)

⏳ NOT TESTED
Can be a camera pointed at the screen OR an HDMI capture card

🛒 Camera hardware shopping list (Papa's pick)

Quality 4-camera setup that just works. PoE = single Ethernet cable carries video + power. No batteries, no missed footage.

📹 Reolink RLC-810A (×4)
$95/each · $380 total
4K IP camera · PoE · person/vehicle detect · RTSP stream native. Mike's bench needs.
→ Shop Reolink RLC-810A
📡 Reolink 8-channel PoE NVR
$280
Stores 30 days of all 4 cams. AI clips work directly off the NVR feed.
→ Shop NVR
🔌 PoE switch + Ethernet
$80 + cables
8-port PoE+ switch · Cat6 cables (100ft pre-made). One run per camera.
→ Shop PoE switch
🖥 Storage HDD (4TB surveillance)
$110
WD Purple or Seagate SkyHawk — drives built for 24/7 recording.
→ Shop HDD
Total hardware cost (one-time) $850
Papa asked: "What is this page worth?"

💰 What Camera Booth is worth · year-1 projection

📈 Year-1 value math

Camera Booth turns Mike's normal workday into a 365-day content factory. Mike doesn't change anything. The cameras roll. AI clips, captions, schedules. Every minute he's at the bench creates marketing assets that work forever.

⏰ Mike's time saved
$26,000
If Mike were to film, edit, caption, and post 3 clips/day himself: 5 hr/week × $100/hr shop rate × 52 weeks = $26,000/yr. Camera Booth = $0.
🎬 Content output
1,092
3 clips/day × 7 days × 52 weeks = 1,092 short-form videos/year across TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Reels, Snap.
👀 Audience reach
873K
Average 800 views/clip × 1,092 clips = ~873,000 views/year across the corridor + national.
📞 Customer touches
2,620
0.3% of viewers contact MDC = ~2,620 customer touchpoints/year (call, form, drop-in).
💵 Attributed shop revenue
$744K
2,620 touches × 14% conversion × $284 avg ticket = ~$744,000 attributed bay revenue/year.
🛒 Affiliate revenue (GTECH etc.)
$13,100
0.1% CTR × 5% commission × $150 product avg = ~$13,100 passive affiliate/year from the videos.
⭐ Total projected year-1 value
~$783,100
From $850 in cameras + the AI pipeline. ROI: 921×. And this compounds every year — last year's videos keep working forever. By year 3, the library is so deep nobody on Hwy 515 can catch Mike.
AI-drafted · Mike approves · system publishes

🎬 Today's auto-generated clip queue

AI watches the camera feeds, picks the moments, drafts captions in Mike's voice. Mike taps "Approve" — that's it. System publishes to TikTok/Shorts/Reels/Snap on schedule. Approvals persist between visits.

▶ 47 sec
"The $30 fix Ford charges $4,200 for"
Cap from today: Mike pulling the 4R75W internal harness on Sarah's F-150. Caption AI-drafted in Mike's voice + hashtags.
Bench cam 2 · 11:42 AM
TikTokYT ShortsReelsFB Reel
▶ 38 sec
"AutoZone said this O2 sensor was bad. They lied."
Mike on cam scoping O2 signal clean, probing ground broken at bracket. Caption nails "circuit not part" teaching.
Scope cam · 10:14 AM
TikTokYT ShortsReelsLinkedIn
▶ 58 sec
"180 degrees — what a real transmission flush looks like"
GTECH TTCF-6 footage. Pressure climbing. Reverse-flush demo. Direct ad hook for the GTECH affiliate link.
Bench cam 1 · 2:30 PM
TikTokYT ShortsReelsSnap
▶ 1:24
"That noise IS the rear bearing — even I was wrong twice"
Tacoma story. Mike's hearing limitation. Marine Corps. Honesty narrative. The kind that goes viral.
Bay 3 ceiling · 4:08 PM
TikTokYTReelsLinkedInFB

🔗 Related pages (all real, all clickable)

🎬Video Studio5 master TikTok scripts ready to shoot ⚡Script GeneratorPick a topic → get a JSON blueprint 🎤Voice-to-ArticleMike talks · article writes itself ⚙API keys / integrationsOpenAI, ElevenLabs (Gus voice) setup 🎙Buddy Wrench LiveCamera footage feeds show clips too 📚50-Article LibraryWhere clip transcripts become articles
📌 Honest status: The configuration form, save, test connection, approve, and edit caption ALL work — they save to your browser's localStorage so settings persist between visits. For live camera streams to actually display, you'll need to (1) buy the hardware above, (2) install + assign IPs on the shop LAN, (3) plug a small "stream-relay" Node.js server (or use the NVR's built-in web UI) so the browser can render the RTSP feeds. Camera Booth is the BRAIN — the cameras are the EYES. Wire 'em up, the brain takes over.