So there’s the rest of the story… As always, people leave out the parts that would negate their point.
You said “They killed rtsp on the v3 t3 of my 5 updated firmware and they have removed rtsp”. This is a blatantly false. They didn’t do anything. What happened was, you didn’t keep up with the firmware on the cameras. But instead of taking ownership, you blame Wyze and then make up a story to justify what you are saying.
This thread is useless. OP didn’t update cameras and doesn’t understand the tech to fix themself. The error lies between the keyboard and the back of the chair.
They would not go to all this work to add RTSP to the v3 just to pull it a few months later to “force subscriptions”. They are not preventing you from rolling back firmware either, it is downloadable right on the website. I would wait and see when you get prompted to install today’s firmware and see if it resolves the issue. Also make sure you have the latest app version as it could be a glitch with that too.
Help us win you back Rust, or let us know where we let you down. We’ve never claimed to make a camera that didn’t use cloud services. If that’s the camera you’re after it’s true that Wyze may not be for you. But we did recently get RTSP on our most popular cameras like v3 and most recently v4 in beta if you wanna try it out, and we’ve always given customers the option of sd cards.
I didn’t say that’s when I had rtsp started than. That was the last update I did on the cams. Because others have said I was using and keeping out of date firmware on them. I will also see the two that updated to which and see if I can rollback them back which by what people are saying here say I can.
I’m not sure what you’re saying. Are you saying you were running the very old RTSP firmware and updated to the latest firmware? If so, are you running the latest 3.x app? You need both in order to have the current RTSP functionality.
i have v3 , v3 pan, v4, they all had/have wyze rtsp beta fw, working, i use wyze beta android app if that makes a diff idk. but i just converted all my v3 to thingino fw, very easy to flash btw, so i can not comment on v3 wyze rtsp fw anymore
I’m leaving WYZE too. I stated before that their cameras are fine, but connecting to them for live streaming is terrible, especially with the outdoor battery camera. Since I have to wait to get a server connection before I can see the live feed, whatever I got an alert for, sucn as a person on the front porch, are gone by the time I get connected.
This is unacceptable.
One of the biggest issues I have with Wyze was when they first started they included the cloud service for free. Then they went back on that and started charging, but included a short recording for each motion event for “free” users, which I was fine with. Then all of a sudden I go to check an event and, instead of a short clip, it’s a snapshot. Their cameras are great for people on a tight budget, but I finally bit the bullet and swapped out my outdoor cameras for UniFi cameras and the detection settings, no need for cloud access, and video clarity are so much better. I still use some Wyze cameras for the chicken coop and barn but for anything I want to be able to record I’m going with UniFi now.
There was no “All of a sudden” the feature was gone… They literally told everyone what they were doing, allowed you to NAME YOUR OWN PRICE to keep Cam Plus Lite, and phased it out. Even telling everyone it wouldn’t be supported beyond the v3’s.
Also, this occurred 4 years ago! If these cameras are so garbage and you moved on, then why even bother reading a forum??? Are you like the girlfriend that constantly wants to break up and get back together so you can stay in the drama?
I’ve been in the tech world for decades and you come off like a fanboi who takes whatever someone says against a company they like personally. First of all, I never said the cameras are garbage. In fact, I said they are great for people on a tight budget. I also said I was fine with when they started charging for “Plus” and gave the free users the short clip and frequency limitations. I also said I still use their cameras for areas I’m not concerned about needing to record for security, like in a barn. The two issues I have is when they switched from the short recording to a useless snapshot and the SD card issues. The first issue wouldn’t be an issue if the cameras didn’t have SD card issues. Learn to read and pull the stick out of your butt.
I’m not very smart but this paragraph is far from saying you were o.k. with the change. You painted a picture of being o.k. with something but this suggests the rug was pulled out from under you and you were surprised. This is disingenuous.
It’s not disingenuous, it’s honest, and it is what happened. They’ve moved the goalpost multiple times regarding what they offered for free for cameras that had been purchased under a different agreement. Is English not your first language or something? Because I literally said “which I was fine with”. On which planet is that disingenuous or “far from saying you are o.k.”
When I see the interesting event and click on it to see a snapshot, I then click on the SD Card option and navigate to the exact time frame I am interested in. It then plays for me the video of that event, including before and after - whatever I choose. This is on my cameras that I am not paying extra for.