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I’m still collecting data from Netcam Studio but I have the following to report:
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Camera Settings
- All 4 cameras are set to HD
- Two rotated by 180 and two set to normal orientation
- One uses IR, three do not
- All cameras have a static IP address assigned to them by my router via MAC address reservation
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WiFi Signal Strength
- Cameras in house have 80% strength
- Cameras in detached garage have 62% - 67% strength
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Run Time
- All 4 v2 cameras have been operating since Sun 21-Apr-2019 afternoon
- There have been no outages or issues with the cameras in the Wyze Beta App
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Live Feed via Wyze App
- Single feed is clear and good
- Multiple group feed is clear and good
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Live Feed via Netcam Studio*
- Each source gets between 6-9 FPS
- This is due to settings in the NVR software to limit CPU usage on my server
- Multi-view drops the FPS to 3-5 FPS, also due to settings
- NVR software is clear and sources are visible
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Library Recordings via Netcam Studio*
- I have adjusted my library settings as Netcam Studio was deleting library recordings after 5GB and I needed more examples
- Recordings appear clear with no significant artifacts
- Reviewing some recordings, there are a few minor glitches that appear network based
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Timelapse via Netcam Studio*
- I have NCS set to take 1 image every 30 seconds to be stitched together by ffmpeg
- Occasional images have artifacts on them, suspect network issue
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Event Logs in NCS
- After reviewing the logs, there was an issue connecting to one camera that resolved itself after 2 minutes and another camera after 50 minutes
- Both cameras were located in the garage
I will continue to review and track findings.
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Review of Library Recordings
I now have enough recordings from the past few days to be able to do some tests.
Oh look, it’s me, leaving for work this morning:
As you can see in the screenshot I have a good number of clips across all 4 sources to review.
I’ve reviewed the video clips in three ways:
- NCS via application (remote desktop into server)
- NCS via web page (from external connection)
- VLC from desktop
All three sources have good picture clarity. Some network lag is apparent, and there seems a difference between the filename and the timestamp on the camera, but I suspect that might be an issue between my phone time sync to Wyze, my server, and NCS:
- Filename: Recording_1_20190424_195440_118.mp4
- Wyze Start Time: 19:55:43
- Netcam Start Time: 19:54:36.923
That NCS will record about 2 seconds of footage from before it detected motion. Either way, I’m getting the motion detected in the zones I want. In fact, I’m getting a little too much, I have to adjust the sensitivity of my front camera detection zone in NCS.
Either way, things seem pretty stable. I’ll attempt to get more network stats with my next review.
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That’s the same bloody magpie that keeps triggering my motion detection in the back - but this time, on Netcam Studio.
Look at him there at the top of the screen. Get a job you scruffy herbert.
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get a job you scruffy Herbert is now going to be my line to use this week at work…outstanding!
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Here is a timelapse created from Thu 25-Apr-2019:
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Here’s one from Saturday 27-Apr-2019:
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One from Sunday 28-Apr-2019:
And lastly for now, one from Monday 29-Apr-2019:
Yeah, we had a little bit of snow.
I asked Netcam Studio to take an image every 30 seconds. I could have asked NCS to record a video and append it to the existing video, but I’m testing out the image capture from the cameras first.
I’m manually selecting frames and using ffmpeg to join the images into a video. It’s a little geeky fun,
Dean, what version of NetCam Studio are you using? I cannot get WyzeCam RSTP to show in NetCam Studio. I currently have 8 cameras (various brands) working in NetCam Studio X (x64) ver 1.6.1.0.
The WyzeCam RSTP stream is working because I can connect via VLC media player.
Suggestions would be appreciated.
Steve Q
Ok, I got it working. I transposed the letters. RSTP should be RTSP!
I’m an idiot!
Steve Q
I’m using 1.7.2 for reference, and I’m glad you got the Real Time Streaming Protocol working 
Dean, thanks for all the work you have done with NetCam Studio and Wyze Cam. I now have incorporated Wyze Cam RTSP into my 9 camera NetCam Studio setup. It is a superb addition. I have also incorporated Wyze Cam into my HomeSeer Mobile iPhone app that I use to control my home automation system. Works great!
Thanks, Steve Q
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So pleased it works for you!
Did you use NCS to slot it into HomeSeer, or was that direct feed from the cameras?
2 of my original cams are fed into HomeSeer via NCS. Several are direct to HomeSeer. Since I was familiar with using an NCS feed to HomeSeer, I used that approach for WyzeCam. I have not yet tried using the direct RTSP feed from the Wyze Cam. I will try it tomorrow.
Steve Q
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The RTSP feed from the WyzeCam can be directly added to the HomeSeer app. No need to use NetCam Studio if you only want to view a current image from the Wyze Cam.
Lots of possibilities!
Steve Q
Would something like this eat into my Wifi bandwidth? I just got my daughter a new laptop so she would stop using my computer to play her games, and I’d hate to slow down her connection.
it would be nice if motion detection could trigger a jump from 10fps to the max fps for the duration of the movement.
If you are 802.11g or below, I imagine everything eats into your bandwidth. If you are 802.11n or above, I wouldn’t worry about it.
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My experience with RTSP has been pretty good so far. Probably not the right time for requests, but I will throw one out there anyway.
- Stronger password support. The ability not to be able to use special characters in the password is an issue, IMO.
Otherwise, using it with VLC, works flawlessly.
Thank you!
Mike.
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