Bluestacks is absolutely horrible. I have a 3k Gaming rig and it still sucks to run bluestacks on it. We need a proper windows app or a way to view the cams via web browser. Even with the app id like to be able to view all my cams running in real time instead of 1 at a time.
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Bummer, sounds like you are having a hard time.
Works great for me and for free can not complain.
Agreed! Bluestacks is getting old. I can only see 3 of my cams at the same time.
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Yeah, one camera. But when you have more than 3, forget trying to watch them at once.
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I see your point.
Full screen gives you delay like 15-20 seconds and it’s not acceptable.
I guess it depends on your device, I see three feeds on my Galaxy S9+ as well as on my Samsung Tab S, all that can fit on the screen at that moment I see the active feeds.
We were talking about when viewing through Bluestacks on a PC, not a mobile device.
Agree, a streamlined but security issues updated firmware would be enough and would be appreciated if simply offered via alternate direct download.
Two, in my case, I got one cam too high to reach from a step stool so have to lug out a heavy ladder to extend enough to reach it, sd card is not a method I relish nor do I want to spend 5x the cost of a cam for a lighter weight easier to handle fiberglass ladder just for manipulating one cam.
Has anyone considered the possibility that our cloud video somehow makes money for these companies? Similar to facebook ,etc. big brother is watching! Lol Why else not allow local storage only . Idk just a thought
They do, I have a cam that I record locally to SD, nothing ever goes to the cloud
Don’t you give up live view and event recording by keeping the cam from the wyze cloud access or am I mistaken?
- External Cloud recording:
Event Video can be viewed for up to 14 days through the Wyze app. After 14 days, Event Videos are deleted and cannot be recovered.
All Wyze Cam’s include the free 14-day cloud storage for 12-second Event Videos.
- Internal SD card recording:
Using a microSD card with your Wyze Cam gives you the ability to record continuous footage and recorded events directly to your local microSD card.
A microSD card is not required to use your Wyze Cam, you will still get free 14-day Event Recording, but with the microSD you will gain the following features:
Continuous recording
Files can be saved locally to the microSD card
Time Lapse videos
**See WYZE user manaul==> **
https://support.wyzecam.com/hc/en-us/sections/360001777851-Wyze-Cam-User-s-Manual
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I know all that and your post does not directly answer all my questions - I should have more clear… if you block web access and the cloud events, then don’t you miss out on the notifications for the events/motion and the live view? I know the playback option allows viewing events or continuous SD card video - but doesn’t live view come relayed from the cloud? and don’t event/motion notifications come from the cloud? I have not blocked my cam so do not know exactly first hand, sorry for being unclear.
The original issue was when the cam can’t communicate with home base or your network, it should still record motion or continuously record if it is set up to. But at some point a change was made and the cam would shut down if the network didn’t have internet for more than 1.5 hours.
If you record continuously to your SD card but you have motion detection and sound detection off you don’t get 12 second event clips you just have video recorded to the SD card , so none of your recorded video ever goes to the cloud, you still have access to live view
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Ok. Thx for clarifying. It wasn’t exactly clear. It sounded like the ip or mac had to be blocked so only access would be internal and it wasn’t clear if that would allow SD card playback or live view in the app. Just trying to understand all the various permutations. I guess I realized only events went to the cloud so had not considered result of turning off events. I also thought external access to view real-time or playback from SD in cam had to go through a wyze server - isn’t cloud just a file server farm of sorts, so I equated cloud access with wyze server access. As long as a wyze server has access, then they can view anything they want, right?
@UserCustomerGwen any update? Still waiting for this to happen
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This is not true, I have run mine without internet for over 12 hours, the key is maintaining power, if the power goes out or fluctuates enough then it does need to see internet to start recording again