yes rtsp functions w/out active internet, i just tested it.
even though i blocked internet access for the cam, and confirmed that i lose my feed to it using the ip cam viewer app, the wyze app still can connect to it when phone is set to data on / wifi off
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Nice thanks. Does it survive a reboot of the camera?
yes, just as long as the sdcard remains inserted, all the fw and config is on the card, when removed its back to stock. just reinsert it and reboot and the cam will run whatever the last config was on the sdcard
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The cam doesn’t have cellular capability.
the wyze app on the phone is still connecting to the camera even though the phone is on data and not on wifi, on wifi cam can connect locally via the lan even though internet access is disabled for the cam.
we all know the camera has no cellular
i dont know how the wyze app connects to a camera that has no access to the internet but it does even though any other app such as blueiris or ip cam viewer can not as i have not looked into it as of yet, but i really dont care
The phone with no wifi can only connect to the cameras via cell to the internet and back to the cameras via internet. The cameras are still somehow finding the internet if they are still accessible by the app in the scenario you describe.
A true test is to disconnect your internet service at the router. All things being configured correctly on your LAN for a closed network situation should still allow local connectivity and full functionality for the cameras – only if they are using third party firmware.
The Wyze RTSP firmware still requires internet connectivity to properly function.
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i have three wyze rtsp v3 cams and one wz mini hack v3 cam
physically disconnected router from modem, unplugged cat cable running from router to modem.
from phone, wyze app no longer able to connect to any camera on my network if on data only, wifi off.
wyze app with phone wifi on (but no internet connection), data off, app is connecting to wyze rtsp beta fw cam and wyze mini hack rtsp cam.
with internet still disconnected i can connect with blueiris via pc lan network and ip cam viewer via phone wifi(no internet) any rtsp method the cam is running, either wyze fw or mini hack fw
conclusion, even with wyze’s own rtsp fw u can connect to camera via rtsp w/out camera having an internet connection as with the mini hack fw
Been there, done that. Yes, the cam will connect…, over, and over, and over… It will not stay up or properly function by any means. The Wyze RTSP firmware still requires proprietary handshaking for the camera to actually stay online for any length of time. Third party firmware is required to effectively circumvent that.
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i didnt test long term on beta rtsp, but the mini hack should be fine long term. test and find out
Been there. Done that, too.
are u saying even with the mini hack it needs a periodic internet connection?
Test and find out.
I guess that’s a no then.(ie the hacks isn’t a solution)?
I give up.
Ok, there’s no need to jump on my case.
For everybody else, after some searching I discovered that the author of mini hacks and users are currently working on this issue.
im just going by what ur saying. i concluded by ur remarks that u tried the wyze mini hack .
for me personally i dont care if does or doesnt, but it seems u do.
what i like about the hack is the ability to have it hard wired to my network, no more wifi connection.
whats the longest w/out internet connection is it up for?
edit. im home for a couple of days so i can disable the internet connection for the cam with the mini hack as i wont need to monitor it remotely
with internet disabled for the cam via the router, i cant connect to it via wan but the wyze app still can. i probably have to disconnect from modem to actually do the test, dont know when i can do that.
but i did get streaming via port 80 on blue iris and the android app “ip cam viewer”, rtsp not needed if running the mini hack, its basically, almost, onvif compliant
its confirmed, v3 wth mini hack, no internet access, but is connected locally, does not have access to wyze servers and/or cloud services. camera is fully functional and recording via rtsp on blue iris and streaming via port 80 and streaming to the wyze app if its on the same local network. its stable and working evem after cam restart
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Curious how you got that to work in BlueIris. For me I converted one of my V3s to the latest firmware and then added Minihacks via SD card and I constantly get disconnects, even without blocking internet. Now, I did get two streams (one low res, one high res), perhaps that was too much, but ssh into the camera only showed 40% load on CPU normally. I was using Wifi, perhaps that is the issue.
If you can share the stable settings without disconnects in blue Iris, please share. I tried VBR with 1024 as the bitrate.
im not sure its a solution for video streams losing the their “stream” for what ever reason, well theyre cheap cams for a reason, but i did get a usb to ethernet adapter, installed the mini hack and it still loses its stream on blue iris, i havent tried other nvr’s. i thought it would solve the wifi stream in bi but it has not.
mini hack has a webserver interface with the video stream embedded on page using port 80, its a jpg stream with which i now can now monitor very easily my cams via the chrome browser extension “myipcam”, but it can handle fairly reliably one stream to only one client at a time.
on the webserver page, use the ip of the cam, click on configuration editor, right click on video to get the image url, copy the url to myipcam “use snapshot path”
eg of img url path “hxxp://192.168.1.14/cgi-bin/jpeg.cgi?channel=1&load=1661040737534”
not sure if u need the “&load=”
if i use it in blue iris then it will break up the stream in myipcam stream.
in blueiris v5
http address: 192.168.1.14
make: generic /onvif.
model: jpeg, gifs, etc
stream profiles: /cgi-bin/jpeg.cgi?channel=1
channel=1 = low res
channel=2 = hi res
i have not done any sort of stabilty testing in bi using the jpg stream
ive got a few of these cameras for free, but if i had to buy the cam, sdcard and usb ethernet adapter i would rather spend my money on a sub $100can onvif ip cam w/ethernet port and wifi from amazon, imho