RTSP firmware for Wyze Cam V4

[blueappstudio]

Hi developers,

Is there any firmware which supports RTSP for Wyze Cam V4, I got one, and I would like to integrate with my home assistant system,

Thank you,

[dave27]

Wyze stopped supporting RTSP years ago, and the 3rd party firmware no longer works either (and the 3rd party firmware never worked with the v4 regardless).

I believe @carverofchoice may know of some possible alternatives, I believe they stream from your cam to some 3rd party then you can pull the stream from them, or an app you put on a local NAS/server that constantly streams from the cams. Not the ideal solution though.

[Crease]

Welcome to the Forum, @blueappstudio!

I agree with @dave27 that @carverofchoice might be one of your better resources for this because he’s really into Home Assistant. Depending on what you’re trying to do with an integration, this recent topic might give you some ideas:

Turn push notifications on/off with Google Home

Has anyone figured out how to turn camera notifications on/off from Google Home? I currently pay monthly for a pro IFTTT subscription to control push notifications from the cameras based on my location/geofencing. Last I tried, geofencing within the Wyze app was horrible - in just a few hours, it drained half the battery on a nearly new Galaxy S23 Ultra because it was (apparently) pinging location every second. IFTTT works, but there is often a 10-15 minute delay (which is frustrating, because …

Don’t let the topic title fool you: This one goes into a Home Assistant .

If you’re looking specifically for a native RTSP feature for Cam v4, then you could add your support to this Wishlist topic:

It's time for Wyze to support RTSP (full integration)!

I get it. Wyze started out making trinket cameras that you might use for this or that. I now own 8 cameras (1 V1, 2 V2’s, and 4 outdoor cameras). With 8 cameras, it’s not reasonable to use the app to view the cameras. We need RTSP to be supported as part of the main-line firmware. Not a special load. I need to be able to view Wyze cameras using iSpy Agent DVR. Other Wyze users are using other software. The common denominator for camera systems is RTSP support. Wyze is a gimmick until it suppor…

Feel free to add your comments there and click/tap the Vote button above the initial post.

[blueappstudio]

Thanks @Crease and @dave27 for the quick reply. I really like the Wyze cam, been using for years, I have bunch of V2 cams with RTSP firmware, running with Home Assistants for years, but now I can’t find the old one so I have to use V4

[dave27]

If the v2 is anything like the v3, they’re going to need a firmware update to work with newer wyze authentication protocols, at which point the RTSP will stop working. Unfortunately RTSP is dead on Wyze, obviously they want you to use their cloud service instead.

[carverofchoice]

You can’t use other firmware with the V4 because it has what is called "secure boot"on it which makes it hard to impossible to use anything besides official firmware. The rationale behind using secure boot is security. It makes it extremely hard for malware to infect the device, or for bad actors to modify firmware with malware then resell the device to an unsuspecting victim online or locally, but it sucks for advanced users who prefer customization. Sadly, sometimes security comes with a trade-off.

If you want dedicated RTSP firmware with Wyze then you have to get some earlier camera models that predate their use of secure boot: V2, V3, Pan v1, Pan v2, Video Doorbell v1, and maybe some Pan V3s.

Otherwise all the rest of Wyze cams can get RTSP and other streaming formats through bridging programs. I personally use Docker Wyze Bridge for the TUTK protocol Wyze cameras (This includes the v4s) and plan to install Cryze for the rest.

With those, you can continue to run the stock firmware for your V4 And still get the rtsp steam to run locally for it. That’s your best bet for a v4, but there are other options too. Some people decide to run tinycam Pro in server mode to get the rtsp stream. They will just use it on an old Android phone that they leave at home, or they will run it in an Android emulator on a computer. That will also give you an rtsp stream that you can use for anything. Tiny cam is the more simple option.

[blueappstudio]

Thank you! I’ll try Docker Wyze Bridge!

[blueappstudio]

Tried it today, Wyze Bridge works great with my V4 cam, I think it’s time to flash the latest firmware for other V2 cam instead of using non-maintenance RTSP firmware.

[Crease]

Thank you for posting this update. I really dig reading stuff like this.

[carverofchoice]

That’s great to hear such a positive followup.

For future FYI, if you ever get a Wyze camera that isn’t working with Docker Wyze Bridge, there is a forked Docker that covers basically all the other cameras that are using a different protocol, so you would just have to load the “Cryze” docker and then those will work with RTSP too.

[blueappstudio]

Update:

After 1.5 month of using Docker Wyze Bridge, here are my summary:

• Docker Wyze Bridge feeds the image via RTSP very slow and laggy, it looks like you see 2 frames, wait 1.5 second, and see another 2 frames on the detection video.
• Very frequently has no image, so the system is very unstable, API integration at WYZE is a joke.

it’s better to find another system with RTSP stream for better performance and security.