I can’t say what @anthonychiappone is most concerned about, but myself and others are primarily concerned about getting high speed direct remote access to the original one minute MP4 files stored on the SD card in the camera during “Continuous Recording” without having to climb ladders…
Yes, currently the video files on the SD card can to be played back in real time and re-recorded in the Wyze app - whether on a phone/tablet/android TV or a PC running an emulator. These can then be saved, renamed, manipulated, etc.
Which is fine for short clips, but not for long ones - like when needing to examine many hours or several days worth of footage to find a happening which did not trigger a Wyze app event. (too far away, 5 min cool down, internet was offline but cam was still recording, etc) This happens with annoying frequency at some of my remote sites.
(yes, I could use more expensive “real security” hardware, but the information I need is usually perfectly captured and preserved by the Wyze cams - I just can’t get to it without a ladder &/or a car trip)
Anyhow, several issues will usually quickly appear when doing extensive real time recording within the app
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it’s tedious as heck to record hours of footage in real time
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if anything glitches in the WiFi or internet connection between the cam and the recording device during this re-recording, the process aborts and you have to start all over
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the quality does not appear to be as good as in the original files
Could not agree more! There are many ways to securely transfer files and I do not pine for the days of sneakernet!