Thanks for the response and the input.
And back to Earth for a minute – and speaking of WiFi;
Has anyone done the antenna hack on a v3…, or on any of these cams for that matter? If so, I’m more interested in signal strength improvement results over increased range – which don’t necessarily occur simultaneously.
TIA for any experience/info anyone may care to provide.
It would seem that the wz_mini_hacks project is still alive and well with an update as recent as 7/25. Just picked up a NIB v3 for $20 and intend to give it a spin. But as someone who hasn’t dealt with the Linux world in over 10 years, probably hafta shake some cobwebs loose to make it fly. Looks like the originally suggested POE/Mini USB dongle would be the way to go for starters. Would be great if the Wasserstein slimline housing could be adapted to provide actual ethernet support.
I brushed up on the mini_hacks readme and jumped right in. Was actually a very simple and straightforward process once I waded through all of the documentation and sorted out the basics.
Did it all with Windows 10 just like downloading and un-compressing any zip file. Copy the contents to a FAT32 microSD card, plug it into your cam, reboot and away you go. The RTSP setup is straightforward and includes basic instructions for general camera configuration capabilities / tweaks (including establishing sub-streams) along with providing basic instruction on the features of the package. Nothing earth-shattering until you get to the part about activating hardwired POE / ethernet capability. That’s also a fairly straightforward piece of the configuration if the feature is desired.
The earth-shattering part is that it actually works!
Could you please direct me to the “mini_hacks readme” you reference above? This thread is so long, I grew weary of brute force searching. I just bought a V3 and looking to get it working to display live video on a webpage. Thank you.
Google is your friend. Not sure how appropriate posting the link here would be.
You want the Github link.
The Wyze RTSP Beta is also worthwhile if you have a clean wifi network and some decent processing horsepower. Both approaches are fairly easy to access and integrate.
up to the moderator…
github not for the average wyze customer or pc novice to understand or navigate
No one said it was. The question was asked:
Ditto.
The second link is the one I referenced and the most active and easiest approach to date. Plenty of support there if needed also.
Go for it. Even a Linux user can do it. 
I’ve never noticed Wyze censoring links to such projects. It should be fine.
They’ve certainly seemed pretty lenient during my limited time here. Just don’t want to stir anything up in the process of trying to help someone “creatively adjust the performance” of their stuff.
well i finally got GitHub - gtxaspec/wz_mini_hacks: wz camera mods... make your camera better. up and running.
i dont know if ssh can be disabled but i had to set it up to login. done
understanding that its a linux file system, logging into camera with correct credentials can be troublesome, but got that figured out.
my goto app on a win pc to work on linux is winscp, its like windows explorer which gives u abilty to also edit files.
could not get that to work as i hate command line using putty. finally got that up and running.
next u need to edit wz_mini.conf in the opt folder, thats where the magic happens.
got rtsp working with 2 streams, hi and low resolutions, working in blueiris, sweeet.
next add a usb to ethernet adapter because wifi sux
SSH is not a pre-requisite for the V3s, nor is accessing the existing kernel or any of the Wyze firmware files. The V2s are another story – and probably a different thread altogether.
i basically followed the instructions on setting ssh, then googling ssh keys setup. i just thought it was necessary as it didnt say otherwise, i wouldve def skipped this step
It’s a ten minute process w/o the SSH piece out of the gate. Simply not needed (and you can do everything with notepad for starters). If you enable the web server, there’s also a configuration editor included that’s pretty handy. Again, not exactly secure, but handy for getting things sorted out initially. You’d obviously want to secure everything once you’re up and running.
how to disable ssh out of gate?
Wrong terminology on my part. Sorry.
SSH is enabled. The *public key authentication’ part is not a pre-requisite for initially getting the camera up and running from the SD card if the configuration is done externally. Secure access to the SD card when installed requires public key authorization, though I believe port 80 is still open on the web server to provide access for the configuration editor – which doesn’t make much sense and can probably be secured one way or another. The easiest way would be to disable the web server. Above my pay grade and I’ve yet to set up SSH on my experimental cam, so don’t actually know.
so u just enabled the web server and did your configuration through that? if yes thats so much easier than setting up ssh. im going to try that out. i dont care too much about how secure it is…
yup, just tested, cant login using putty/winscp if u dont setup up ssh but if u enable the webserver by editing the wz_mini.conf b4 inserting it into camera and use the ip address of camera you can edit the config file, which is where all the stuff happens eg. rtsp.
u can also edit any of the settings in that config file b4 inserting into camera, which i would of done if i had known
So with the mini hack, does RTSP function without needing an internet connection?
