Disable Audio Recording

[etpn.en]

Upon recording, to abide state laws. To have the ability to turn off the microphone. Or to have a nonaudio recoding version of the wyze cams.

[Loki]

You can disable audio recording in the Advanced Settings of the camera:

Advanced Settings Menu

[sodcam]

@etpn.en

to have a nonaudio recoding version of the wyze cams

If your Wyze cam use case may involve legal jeopardy for you, it is relatively simple to permanently convert the V2 cams into nonaudio recording versions.

It takes a few minutes to remove/disable the microphone with a pair of pliers or a drill:

How to remove microphone?

To remove it I can do it in 30 sec. By removing the black face plate. Use needle nose. [IMG_20200121_171551]

How to remove microphone?

Mission accomplished. I took a small drill bit and drilled into the mic opening just below the lens. I actually kept the cam connected in live view and carefully drilled while saying “testing” and listening until the mic was damaged enough to no longer work.

Here is the ‘polite’, but much more involved way to do it:

https://blog.plip.com/2018/04/26/hardware-disabling-the-mic-on-wyzecam-v2/

Obviously, you are on your own should you try any of these destructive methods!