One of my v3 Cameras had the RTSP firmware on it, until I thought I see what happened when I enabled live stream on it. Poof, firmware was upgraded, despite having it set to NOT “Automatically Upgrade”. There really should be a warning in the Web UX and/or a validation should occur to block enabling of the web live stream for cameras that don’t have the correct firmware AND are configured to NOT automatically update the firmware.
Now I need to pull the camera down and go through the downgrade process. Wyze, situations like these is exactly why many of your customers don’t trust your firmware/services…
That old RTSP firmware does not support the authentication/security protocols they are now using.
But what do you mean by “enable live stream”? You watched it via web view? Or added it to the app?
They appear to have totally removed the option to disable auto updates on the Panv3, not sure if this was a mistake or is the way they’re moving to. Firmware updates are pretty much app controlled process and not the cam itself, so I’m not sure how it would have done it if all you did was try to watch it via web view (which probably would have failed using the old RTSP firmware). Are you sure you had updates disabled in the app?
But you have to be aware that when using an unsupported firmware (which it states that it is) there will be some oddities you need to deal with. Considering the app and web view probably can’t do anything with that camera other than very basic communications, it could even just be a glitch that it ignored your auto upgrade setting, or maybe it just assumed since you were attempting to connect, that you actually wanted to and thus updated to the firmware that is required to make that work…
This seems like you don’t understand how to maintain your firmware and are somehow blaming how every company in the world works… i.e. there are firmware/software upgrades ALL THE TIME to IoT devices.
I’m all for playing around with stuff and “hacking” things to do what they weren’t intended, I mean that’s half the fun. However things I want to be stable and reliable (or in the case of cheap IOTs, as stable as they can be) I stick with “stock”.
The fact that the RTSP firmware still works and hasn’t been pulled is at least a testament that Wyze wants to keep users happy. Though with the limitations and security concerns, I think @joerao might want to look into Wyze Bridge, Tiny Cam Sever, etc. Can run supported firmware and still have an RTSP stream.
I have a few V3 cameras with the old RTSP firmware and there is no update to them. You CAN’T even update them if you want to without using a µSD card. You did something.
I have no doubt that Wyze wants to keep users happy. Keeping RTSP out there certainly checks that box for a lot of folks who want it. But, by the same token, Wyze doesn’t support it. It is 100%, use at your own risk! So, use at your own risk and don’t blame the company. Pretty simple.