Still able to be downloaded with that link as of 7/14/22.
https://download.wyzecam.com/firmware/rtsp/demo_v3_RTSP_4.61.0.1.zip
For those waiting or hoping for rtsp support you can forget that now.
Wyze is in the business of making money and wants you to use there plus software which is understandable.
That said this is still quite a jerk move on their part as they had offered it for free at one point to attract customers and are now pulling it since it’s no longer of use to them.
If they were smart they fix and security patch rtsp and put it out for the older cameras and say it would not be available on newer ones.
This would give them the advantage of not betraying the user base and still be able to make money on newer ones beside the sale.
Rule of thumb keep your user base happy and do not betray them or your soon going to not have a business.
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Don’t you think this is why they diversified into everything imaginable that can be connected to wifi? Gives them the freedom to lose a small fraction of disgruntled cam users to other brands or options while constantly adding other, less demanding users.
Meanwhile, GitHub - gtxaspec/wz_mini_hacks: wz camera mods... make your camera better. may be an option for some users… I have not tried it yet so can’t report on its stability or performance, but seems worth a try.
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It works extremely well and is gaining a fairly wide audience. Navigating GitHub for the actual download and instructions can seem daunting, but once you’re in the right place you just download a zip file, unzip it, copy the required files to an SD card, stick it in the card slot and reboot the cam…, basic Windows stuff. No linux or command line stuff involved. Setting it up the way you want it is simply done in a text file with Notepad. Lots of helpful information in the discussion area of the project on Github. Once you’ve done one, the next one will take all of 10 minutes. It actually is that easy.
It boots and runs from the SD card and indeed becomes a better cam at that point – a much better cam. It can be returned to the normal OEM firmware by simply removing the SD card and rebooting.
There is also a version for V2s currently available primarily as a Linux based installation, but with an effort underway to make it available in the same basic format as the Windows implementation.
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Been running the docker wyze bridge on an old win 10 pc to get the rtsp streams for scrypted on an old netbook running lubuntu. The bridge works for the doorbell and even my old beta doorbells are now useful. The new web ui for the bridge is a nice feature to get all cams on one web page to view.
Anyway, was thinking of trying mini hack to make the v2s directly available to scrypted via rtsp. Was just curious about the setup where it says to use compile_image.sh. I was guessing that was just for using the repo directly, but using zip file would simply unzip all ready to run on the sd card, unless wanting to customize the config according to all the various options.
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Current 1-5 lost me… I can probably follow cookbook recipe type instructions to get through it on my lubuntu machine, but I’m not very linux/cmd line fluent anymore - been a couple decades since I last used cmd line regularly on CentOS. I managed to get homebridge and scrypted running due to the simplicity of the installs. Same for the bridge - using docker-compose.yml to setup config is about as simple as things can get.
But I was under impression the current wz mini hack did not touch the existing firmware and cam could be upgraded as desired without any affect. As for proposed, I’m personally unwilling to risk a cam being bricked at this point. My budget no longer allows for replacing cams just to try out something. The bridge doesn’t touch the firmware so its a safe option for now. Guess I’ll wait on this a while longer or if our needs change and I end up with a spare cam.
Looks promising, especially that it supports ethernet dongles via usb (v2 only im guessing) - anyone using this feature?
The rtsp beta from wyze is alright, not the best but allows you to still use the wyze app to view the cam, as well as rtsp. This is value add, at least for me.
Its about the company image not so much the product.
Who going to buy something from a company that willing to drop features in the name of money .
This can happen on any of their products and people are going to think twice.
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Does that provide ethernet and power via that micro usb dongle? Could you please post the model.
GitHub is your friend for details and additional discussion.
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Although, “people “ as in the general public type customers are probably clueless when it comes to company behavior and the numerous promises broken or the variety of bugs they foist on unsuspecting customers who don’t realize every app release or firmware update is essentially just the latest beta. With a market potential of hundreds of millions and ability to survive very nicely with 10s of millions, they surely can survive long enough to be acquired by some company with loads of cash or the core of top execs will be plenty wealthy enough to walk away.
I need RTSP for the new Wyze Cam Pan v3. It would need to support PTZ. LAN access is fine as long as I can open a port to allow remote access with DDNS address.
Thank you
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Looking into all the options with this device and I noticed that the RTSP adds the functionality I want with my home lab. Though looks like it restricts the usage of multi streaming and 2 way audio.
I’m thinking of booting up some android VMs on my proxmox environment and setting them to record via the app so we can use the other features as well. 
Thanks for all the hard work and listening to the community! I’ll definitely be devoting some resources to more of these in the future.
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I’m still waiting for RSTP feature in official firmware. I’m using V3 cam for my home projects and like it for it’s cool design and quality. I’d like to buy V3Pro, but see no RTSP option even for beta FW.
There are a couple of nice third-party stuff like GitHub - mrlt8/docker-wyze-bridge: WebRTC/RTSP/RTMP/LL-HLS bridge for Wyze cams in a docker container
but it’s weird to have another docker server for the feature that was already developed.
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The feature was never developed for any cam after the v3 as best I can recall. Also the RTSP fw was also always a beta and never supported firmware updates so using it froze the cam in time by not supporting the improvements of more current fw. It was provided as a sort of offering to the many enthusiasts who became wyze’s biggest boosters. I think most have now moved on to the docker Wyze bridge or Wyze mini-hacks. Both allow fw upgrades so cams can offer features via the Wyze app and also be functional with RTSP.
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Great, i vote for it!
I’m using another type of camera that support rtp stream, and use it during my work meeting with OBS (when sunny, or hudge storm, i like to show it while talking in my meeting). As the Wyze cam are cheaper $$ then the actual one, can’t wait to see that feature, before replacing the old cam with the Wyze
I’m thinking that this wishlist status needs to be updated back out of “Wishes Granted” status since the RTSP firmware for both the V2 and V3 have been delisted and not updated and several of us would like to ask for it to be considered again (both for future devices as well as for existing devices), and it can no longer be appropriately labeled as “granted” when it isn’t officially available anymore.
There are 3rd party WORKAROUNDS, but those are not solutions from Wyze, which is what the wishlist is supposed to be about.
For those who want the workarounds, I mostly suggest
- Scrypted
- Docker Wyze Bridge
- Tiny Cam Pro in Server mode (Android/Windows 11 only)
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I second the proposal. It’s long been abandoned while this wish has been left as granted when clearly it is no longer granted. Meanwhile it seems wyze may have created a problem for the latest docker wyze bridge since I see a slew of complaints since latest updates.