My 4 Cam v3s got mistakenly converted to the newest Wyze firmware, but when run on TinyCam Monitor Pro in Waydroid do pretty well most of the time. Out of curiosity I further converted one of them to RTSP, needing only a username and password from Wyze. I was wanting to see it I could tell any difference between the pre RTSP camera and after conversion. In my case the answer is no. I am not at all acquainted with what RTSP is, but thought it was supposed to be more stable than whatever the firmware is that Wyze sends down to them. Anyway, I am also wondering if one or two Lorex RTSP cameras would blend in with the Wyze cameras in TinyCam Monitor setup. Or if there would be a clash between the two families.
This is likely the problem, and I suspect that your unfamiliarity is leading to unrealistic expectations. Probably the key thing to think about with RTSP is the “P” for “Protocol”, indicating that this follows some established and documented standard. In the context of Wyze Cams that have the RTSP capability, this essentially means that they can be mixed with other cameras that also support RTSP in a standards-compliant environment so that, for example, all camera feeds in this system (regardless of manufacturer) should be consumable in a common way. That’s probably an oversimplification and just scratches the surface, but it leads to your other question.
That’s really a tinyCam Monitor question, and you’d want to look at the Lorex section of the supported devices list to begin to get an answer. In general, if tinyCam Monitor supports all of the camera types/models that you want to use, then I would expect to be able to view all of them in that application, but if you have specific questions about particular devices and how well they work in tinyCam then you may want to ask some questions in the tinyCam subreddit.
With regard to your comment about stability, I’m not sure if you’re talking about performance involving bugs and bug fixes (device stability issues that firmware updates are often intended to address) or something like Wi-Fi signal/network stability, would would be independent of the RTSP protocol. You may want to do your own digging into RTSP’s purpose and use cases, but if your intent is merely to consume feeds in tinyCam Monitor, then it’s probably not necessary to understand RTSP and instead spend time learning how to use that particular application. If you’re thinking about using another application for consuming/displaying feeds from multiple cameras (and potentially multiple camera manufacturers), then educating yourself about RTSP might be helpful, but that’s still not available for your Cam v4, so that’s probably not where I would focus my energy.
You are reading more into what I said than was intended. I have read elsewhere about RTSP. as well as here. I am just trying to ascertain what the reason for using RTSP instead of HTTP or (TUTK/P2P, whatever that is, is, And if it is a “Protocol” that is more stable than the Wyze firmware using proprietary protocols. Quite simply I only ask if RTSP should provide more stable communications than the proprietary Wyze protocol, which is shall we say not known for stability.
As far as the Lorex RTSP cameras are concerned, I was interested in whether there might be a problem running them on the same 3rd party app with Wyze cams. I have spent a lifetime in electronics and as an electrician. But there are a lot of things in those fields I don’t understand, and am trying to learn. If my questions about RTSP and other subjects don’t belong here, I will try to take them elsewhere.
The main benefits of RTSP are that it is totally local, no reliance on the internet (well, the cams still need the internet to set their time, use automations, change settings, etc, but the video stream itself does not), and that it is a standard protocol that lots of software supports.
The username and password for RTSP is set right in the camera and you don’t need your Wyze credentials or any sort of authentication with Wyze in order to use it. The connection between your RTSP app and the cam is 100% local on your network.
I can’t help with TinyCam, but I am going the opposite direction. I have several Wyze cameras running RTSP showing up on my Lorex NVR. It works.
I’d consider upgrading my Ubiquiti router to one of the ones that can support an SSD and video feeds, however they require ONVIF in addition to RTSP and best I can tell Wyze doesn’t support it.
The Ubiquiti cams are nice but overkill for my use case and fairly expensive.