Can timelapse videos be downloaded from memory card?

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I am trying to download a couple of timelapse videos I recorded with my WyzeCam. The files are a couple of gigabytes and it takes a long time to download onto my iPad. And if I interrupt the process by switching apps, the Wyze software starts all over again. I finally gave up. Just takes too long.

But I’m wondering whether there is a way to just copy the files from the memory card in the WyzeCam. I did look at the files on the card a long time ago and they didn’t look like simple video files.

Any suggestions?
Thanks.
–Joel Nisson

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If you sneaker-net copy them off of the card, you can view them with VLC.

I have used VLC to convert them to mp4 video, but it is painfully slow.

BTW, on physically removing the SD card:

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Hello @JoelNisson you can retrieve the time laspe video that has been saved on the microSD card by using a computer to access the files on the card.

Here a link to instructions on how to do it.

https://support.wyzecam.com/hc/en-us/articles/360019931651-MicroSD-Card-Continuous-Recording-Playback-Timelapse

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Thanks. I’ll try that.

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You can view them without converting them in VLC. Wyze converts them during the download, which is rather nice. Would it be possible to start the download before you sleep? The time-lapse files I’ve worked with were not that large and VLC took maybe three times longer to convert them than download them. Your processor may be faster though.

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You can share it to your Google photos then you have it to edit and do what you want with it.

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Here is the quickest way to get a time lapse file off of the SD card:

Pop the SD card in to your computer (or via an adapter). Go to the time_lapse folder on the SD card and then into the time lapse folder itself. Copy the record.h264 file from the SD card to your computer. Open the file via VLC and you’ll see that it will play. To convert it to a .mp4, in VLC, go to “Media → Convert/Save”. Add your record.h264 file at the top and click “Convert/Save” at the bottom. Choose where you want to save the .mp4. Click Start. It should take a couple of minutes depending in how large the initial file was. **Make sure you have “loop” turned off in VLC otherwise it will try to save the file over and over and over again.

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Welcome to the forum.

For me, I just download to my phone. Then it automatically goes to gallery and then to OneDrive.

But if you want to remove the SD and go through those steps. That’s fine.