Long time Wyzer here. So long ago, that Wyze (back in their infancy) shipped me multiple free cameras back in the day as a “tester”. Loyal Cam unlimited customer.
FF many years later, I been using my 20+ v3 and v4 cams with tinyCam Pro (paid). with all of it’s rollercoaster rides, this one seems to get me the most.
I display my cams up on a large monitor in my office using an nVidia sheld pro with tinyCam pro. With the latest BS of v4’s firmware update breaking my v4 cam display, has anyone just thrown in the towel and gone with mini windows computer to run Wyze Web Live instead? I tried sideloading Chrome and Puffin, but can’t seem to get Web Live to run on it. I’m considering making this move since the web live seems to run very smooth without a hitch. Ya, I know downgrading the firmware may fix it, but what an Fing hassle.
There are several users here that either use a tablet running the wyze app (sometimes connected to a TV) or that use web view all day. Just keep in mind the app is limited to 4 cams on the screen at a time, not sure about web view.
But you can also roll back to the previous firmware and wait to see if Tiny Cam will be able to support Verified View or not. They’re also working on RTSP firmware for several cams.
I’ve decided to go with a low powered SFF PC and the web portal view (with chrome etc). Seems so much simpler than TinyCam pro (which I have been running now for years - paid version). On the portal, I like how you can arrange the cams in the order you want within the app and the portal follows. I’m really hoping Wyze can make the portal better in the future, but for now, it does what I want. I currently run a separate monitor on my office wall to display them 24/7. You can display many cams at once. (blurred view)
OK good to know it allows more than the 4 that the app does (which I think I’ve probably heard before).
The cheap SFF PCs with Celeron processors are quite impressive these days. I remember when Celeron was a joke and Pentium was what you wanted, now it is the other way around. I’ve seen people doing the same with a cheap-ish tablet running Chrome hooked up to an external monitor or TV too, but price isn’t all that different.
Bear in mind with this solution your cams are streaming video out to the wyze servers, then back in, but for most internet connections these days, not really an issue. Each cam uses around 1 to 1.5 mbits/second outbound, inbound is probably lower as I believe the wyze servers reduce the resolution when in small windows like that. But for many it is the outbound (upload) bandwidth that can be limited, especially on cable internet.
Update on ditching Tinycam for the Wyze portal now for an entire week. No more dropped frames, no more having to reboot the shield, just a perfect 24/7 cam display for my office with a SFF pc running windows 11. Uses 30 watts of power. Working good!
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