Is there a example on how to set it up with VLC?
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Some initial RTSP results.
First - THANK YOU WYZE for granting the RTSP wish to the crowd on this thread!!
It was easy to follow the instructions and flash the camera for RTSP. The WYZE app then gave me the URL for iSpy. I used the FFMPEG (H264) config in iSpy to connect a Cam V2 & Cam Pan. They connected and looked great!
A few observations:
As others mentioned, there’s a significant delay and some stuttering / artifacts / green screen in the RTSP stream. But, overall, it’s working well….EXCEPT the CPU usage is high on the Cam Pan. Any chance of being able to tweak the RTSP stream settings?
I have other H.264 IP cameras using RTSP. The resolution is less, and they’re wired Ethernet, but there’s no issue with delay or stuttering. Maybe iSpy caching a high resolution stream is causing the CPU spike. Here are the Windows Task Manager CPU usage results:
H.264 cameras: 14% per camera.
Cam V2: 20%.
Cam Pan: 32% - same on all resolution settings.
You can’t have many cameras at 32% CPU usage per camera!
One version of the H.264 software has a hardware settings page, which has made the camera work great at capturing license plates.
It would be SO helpful to have a page like this:
Keep up the good work!
Open VLC
Click on Media
Click on Open Network Stream
Type in the exact info shown in the app for the camera you wish to view.
Do you require assistance on how to set up the RTSP stream in the app?
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Port 554 is the RTSP port.
No, Iv’e done this and it fails to connect.
as shown
Connection failed:
VLC could not connect to “192.168.0.128:554”.
Your input can’t be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL ‘rtsp://hiddenbybrandon@192.168.0.128/live’. Check the log for details.
I installed and setup RSTP. Do I have to have a router to view it on my computer with ispy software?
554 is what I thought since that’s the standard RTSP port, but even after forwarding that port on my router I can’t access the stream using my external IP address. I can get it using the internal 192.168… address. What I need to figure out is how to format the address to access that stream from outside my home network.
sometimes, common ports are blocked from being forwarded properly. Have you tried port mapping an external port (say, 5454) to the RTSP port 554 instead?
You would have to use your ISP assigned IP after you’ve done the port forward/mapping, replacing the proper values.
For simplicity (assuming you have an always on computer), I use iVideon Server. It does not require port mapping/forwarding on the router, and has apps for Windows desktops/Android/iOS that I can use to view remotely. It’s free for up to 15 cameras.
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Downgrade the firmware 2 levels down, then upgrade firmware to latest rtsp firmware. Then it should start working. I believe there is a bug or something in the latest stable {none rtsp } firmware, that is blocking Lan connections.
I could not even ping the cam, until I did the above. I hope this helps you.
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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I got it working. My ports weren’t blocked, but since I had more than one camera that uses port 554, I had to make up an external port and forward to 554 for the Wyze camera and was able to view outside my home network. Actually in my case I use No-IP Dynamic DNS service because occasionally my ISP changes my IP address and I’d lose access to cameras. The Wyze is dropping access at times and toggling RTSP in the app fixes it, but it’s progress! I’m able to view the Wyze with the rest of my cameras in the IPCAM Viewer App Pro on my iPhone which is good.
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For those reading this thread, here’s another helpful topic started by @DeanSmith:
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Do you have a link to the install of the firmware for me?
I was able to fix my rtsp lock out situation by adding the cameras to motioneye as RTSP/UDP camera
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Hello, I recently found the firmware update(and RSTP) and want to view things from my computer, is it workable yet?
Please explain how to do this. I have 6 Wyzecams and would like to view outside home network.
I have one camera that I flashed with the RTSP firmware. If I decide to go back to the regular firmware, where can I download that from?
Just search “flash firmware” in the support link, top right.