listen, you can defend them all you want, but excuses from an outsider are just a guess and not necessarily factual reasons - ultimately it does not change the fact this is the number one desired feature pushed back to “maybe - later” - which is marketing talk for we’ll give you a shred of hope to keep you engaged but don’t hold your breath.
Products that exceed customer demands and expectations are what keep customers and don’t lose profits to competitors. If competitors are limited at present, it’s unlikely to remain so.
Sure. I didn’t present it as factual reasons. I said we don’t know everything that’s happening, and I don’t think it’s super reasonable to get upset with them about a feature that never existed in the first place, and that they never promised. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Since they DO take customer feedback into account and their track record shows that they’ve implemented SEVERAL features based on customer feedback in the past, I think it’s reasonable to assume that this one presents some challenges we’re not privy to. But I still think they’ll do it at some point, personally.
Ok. I hear ya, you believe eventually, I believe it should be a priority - truce achieved
Fwiw, I only had experience with an old hardwired system that came with this house that turned out to be way past it’s use by date. With only limited info, I made the incorrect assumption that any modern IP cam could simply be accessed via its IP address and port by any browser simply by using the login I supplied via the app. Similar to setting up my print server or my NAS with file shares which I can login via browser from anywhere by opening their ports on the router. So ya, I failed to do enough research and am disappointed with my purchase. My fault.
It’s a balancing act.
Do you want the features RTSP allows or do you want the latest updates.
RTSP doesn’t cripple the camera but some features don’t work. People detection for example. Although, some of the software you can use with RTSP cameras have face detection.
It’s tempting. But I’ll wait and see. If we end up moving to an unguarded community after we retire and before wyze offers it, then I’ll dig into the hack option. But it also depends on what wyze does for outdoor cams - if we move to an open community, we’ll want exterior monitoring with real time PC/browser access, NAS/NVR stg capability, etc. We only have 2 wyze, only one looking at front door area is actually used for event notifications so we are not deeply committed.
If you think a Wyze camera with the RTSP firmware is crippled then any Wyze camera a year ago was crippled.
The RTSP firmware is essentially the stock Wyze firmware at that point in time.
Some of the ‘fixes’ aren’t going in the direction some people want.
The RTSP firmware is for people that feel Wyze aren’t going to address their needs in the future. It’s a workaround for those that want to be able to view cameras in a browser and/or record to personal storage.
If Wyze does address some of the higher voted issues they can always switch back to stock firmware.
From my limited reading, the RTSP allows the viewing but I don’t recall any feature that allows for personal storage included in the firmware - it’s only available to those who want to attempt the hack route. Unless I’m mistaken?
I didn’t mean directly through the camera firmware or the Wyze app.
Once a camera is RTSP compatible you can do much more with it. Recording to your own storage is available through third party software like Blue Iris.
