Playback date changes to 1969 and won’t play

I have several cams (v2, original pan, V3 pan) and all have SD cards to capture playback. On most of them (probably all) if I go to playback (using my iPhone) and to the most recent event, the date changes to “Dec 31, 1969” and won’t play. If I slightly move forward in the green record bar, the date changes to the actual date, an image flashes, and then when I let go, it goes back to 1969. This happens about 90% of the time on each type of camera I have.

All cameras have up to date firmware, my iPhone app is up to date and my IOS is up to date.

I captured a screen recording of it happening, but I can’t add attachments as a “new user”.

Any ideas as to what’s wrong?

Never heard of that. Maybe clear the cache in the app, and if that doesn’t work, uninstall/reinstall it.

I have seen that happen once with Wyze. Maybe when it saves the files to µSD while off of the Internet. I think PCs used to default to 01-01-1980 when it couldn’t find the date.

Try formatting the SD card. It probably has a few files with wrong dates.

So basically it does what the OG and others should do after losing internet…

If that is the case, then agreed that a format of the card is the way to go.

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The Dec 31, 1969 error is the main problem with Wyze cameras. All of my cameras of all versions get this error on both the iPhone and iPad. When I really need to see playback (like when a cop is waiting to see the image) I have to press the 30s Backward and 30s Forward buttons repeatedly until the video plays. CAN SUPPORT HELP WITH THIS ISSUE, PLEASE.

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