Basically, yes. Often you need to enter the username and password in the URL too.
RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) for Wyze cameras would allow direct access to the camera feed on your local network (typically without any cloud dependency).
How it would be useful :
Home Security : You would be able to monitor your home from multiple devices without relying solely on the Wyze app.Integration with Smart Home Systems : It would enable you to use platforms like Home Assistant to create custom automations (e.g., turning on lights when motion is detected). It would actually allow integration with basically any third-party system, so the possibilities of what you can do with it are endless.Local Storage : You could record and save footage directly to your own storage devices.Privacy : Streaming footage would not require routing something initially through Wyze’s servers (ie: authentication), enhancing privacy.Flexibility : You’d have the freedom to use various media players and software to view the live stream. This seriously makes the use cases for your wyze camera is almost infinite. There are special programs that will do things like track. How much traffic goes in front of your house or on the road, or how often cars pass by your house and when the busiest times are and create heat maps of specific areas in the view of the camera and time of day. Or things that will automatically track license plates, take a snapshot and even run the license plate through a database to see who it’s registered to. People have made some of the coolest custom software to run your camera feed through if you have rtsp.Customization : It would give you more control over your camera setup, allowing for tailored solutions to fit specific needs.
I would say the top reasons for wanting it are for people to be able to save their camera feed to a local hard drive on an NAS or computer. And so people can create their own custom AI detections running through their own computer at home For free, instead of relying on cloud detections for a fee. Or to be able to stream an unlimited amount of cameras to their TV or computer in any configuration or group or order they want for free. But there are a lot more possibilities for using rtsp. Those are just the most common uses. Basically, the summary is that it gives you access to a completely local standardized video stream for the camera so you can do whatever you want with it.
A lot of people connect the video stream to custom programs to do their own custom AI detections for literally anything. Someone might track traffic and do heat maps in front of their house to see where and at what times they have the most traffic. Or maybe they want to do custom AI detections to be alerted when a deer is detected but not other animals. Some will just live stream a camera watching a bird nest, or do a custom long time lapse or literally anything with any Kind of video program out there. Your stream is no longer locked into whatever the manufacturer allows.