Glad you got it working 
Not sure if this is relevantā¦format should be fat32. That may be why the older card worked.
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Itās been over 6 months since we were promised RTSP for the Wyze Version 3 camera and still not a word.
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Can we change this title for this post to: āNew RTSP Binaries for V2 (V3 does not support RTSP) ?
this way I wonāt stumble across this thread thinking I might have an RTSP option for my V3ās and/or WOC. and/or Wyze Doorbell?
SJ
Now over 9 months and counting
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Agreed, I got all excited thinking it was the RTSP for the v3āsā¦ NOT!!!
Wyze should allow those of us that are willing to beta the v3 RTSP for them.
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At this point Iāve started looking for dedicated RTSP cameras to replace my dozen or Wyze V2 cameras. Will no doubt be a larger initial cost, but the lack of support/progress and the amount of issues are too much of a persistent headache for me. I was willing to pay some the annual fee for the plus service, but with no APIs for the plus service to integrate into things like Home Assistant, and unreliable RTSP with no new updates it seems like a dead end.
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Iām sure they would - if they really had any plans for RTSP on the V3. I think at this point it was a scam to sell more cameras. What they really should do is give us a refund on the cameras.
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We are happy with the V3,it beats the hell out of our V1,V2
Wyze needs to realize there are 2 types of Users that are currently buying their products.
The first is the ānormalā end user that is not technical whatsoever, and wants a simple product that easily works out of the box. They donāt have the experience or time to troubleshoot why their device might not be working. They want to fire up their Wyze app and for it to show them what they are looking for, which in this case is their Wyze Cams. This User will always be the easy-sale for Wyze. This is the User that NEEDS Cam Plus.
The second User is the Techie/Power User. It seems most of the posts in this thread are from this type of User. They are able to troubleshoot and easily figure out why something isnāt working. In some cases, they can even tell Wyze what the problem is and then they expect the issue to be fixed quickly, especially when the issue is affecting basic camera functionality. They enjoy tinkering around with their devices and usually are the folks buying the most products overall. This User initially was the easy-sale for Wyze, but not so much anymore. Simply reading through this ONE thread quickly demonstrates that. This is the User that doesnāt need or want Cam Plus, because they have an infrastructure in place and just want to add Wyze Cams here and there to integrate into their setup.
The problem with Wyze Cams in this instance is that they donāt have the simplest feature that basically ALL other cams on the market have, which is RTSP. This shouldnāt have ever been an afterthought in the Wyze Cam design and should be touted as a major reason to buy Wyze Cams, but it canāt because Wyze hasnāt built this base-level functionality into them.
I personally have 2 v2 Cams working on unsupported RTSP, so that I can use them on my Synology Surveillance Station. This is the infrastructure that I needed Wyze Cams to work on. I was one of the early backers of v3 Cams. I have 2 v3 Cams from the first pre-order which have been sitting on my desk since I received them months ago because I canāt use them in my network. Why? No RTSP support. At this point Iām glad I never invested in the amount of Cam gear I really need from Wyze.
So I, like others have voiced here, have to move on from Wyze because I need a product that has standard features that will work with my setup. I donāt consider unsupported beta RTSP drivers for v2 cams as a working solution. I have now upgraded my network to a Ubiquiti router, PoE switches, and U6-LR access points. Iām awaiting various Ubiquiti Cams and G4 Doorbell to replace my Wyze gear. Iāve spent over $1k on the network upgrade so far. Imagine how much Wyze gear I could have bought instead. If only their Cams supported the simplest of features. RTSP.
Wyze, you were a great idea, but if you canāt match or even try to keep up with the rest of the Cam industry, you will continue to lose the customers that should be the most important to you.
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I just started trying out the RTSP firmware because Iām trying to consolidate cameras using Blue Iris.
So far I have tried the RTSP fw releases .49 (from main RTSP support page) and .50 and .51 from this page. Not good results so far.
The cameras add to Blue Iris fine. They will show video for between ~0.5 and 10 seconds before freezing, then BI reports No Signal, then it will reconnect and repeat the cycle to briefly show video, then freeze, drop, repeat.
There isnāt any substantial difference in stability that I can see between the 3 firmware versions. The difference in time the video works seems to be from me turn on/off various settings (RTSP keep-alive; Use RTSP timecode) to see if they make any difference.
When viewing the cameras in the Wyze app, the image is continuous and stable. Using TinyCam to access the cameras is also stable.
When viewing the RTSP stream in VLC, it is similar to what happens in Blue Iris (video briefly, then freeze then stop.)
Does anybody have this working even moderately ok in Blue Iris? Can you share your process or settings? @xScoutx ?
Is Wyze still working on this firmware? Can I do anything to help get this working?
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I had similar issues in BI. Would record for an hour and drop out. Cameras work fantastic in wyze. VlC was similar. I gave up.
Also to OP. 20 years in IT and bought a wifi6 router to fix this? Haha not going to fix it. Wyze uses 2.4 and 2.5 ghz bandwidth as it travels better past walls and obstacles. Most IOT products do. Its also cheaper for them. 5ghz is faster but is effected more when things are in the way. Buying a wifi6 router didnāt do anything except cost you a huge chunk of money for a new technology thats isnāt fully implemented.
To the guy asking for static IPs. Just set it on your router/firewall. Most low end ISP provides routers do it now.
You donāt need expensive gear for this. However an option for static IP would be nice. And RTSP really needs focus from wyze before I try again
Comparing all versions, the only fully reliable ones for RTSP and being offline are 4.28.4.40 and 4.28.4.41 - both of these, however, have some annoying CLICK CLICK every 2 minutes in the audio stream.
Tested 4.28.4.49, 4.28.4.50, 4.28.4.51 - in these the audio is stream is miles ahead of the previous versions. These 3 later firmware are impossible to configure for offline streaming as they attempt to non-stop connect to the internet, which likely overloads the CPU / RAM / syslog file on the cam itself causing it to stop sending packets via RTSP. In VLC I see at least 3 seconds worth of frames go āpoofā every 1-2 minutes. Using BlueIris this causes the stream to lose about 20-35 seconds. I can accomplish this by allowing access to api.wyzecam.com after the camera boots up ( gets NTP, and then I just change DNS on this host to be 127.0.0.1 ).
Is there any way to change the RTSP firmware to chill out with network requests? Or just not include anything but RTSP section?
The earlier firmwares work, but the audio stream and the constant CLICK CLICK every 5 minutes is unbearable.
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