Wyze app - Add an animated icon to live stream to indicate active stream

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Is this thing on? :cam_v3:

When you display several cams in the app simultaneously (group) and some or all of those cams are not aimed at ‘active’ scenes, it becomes difficult to discern if a cam is ‘online’ (currently streaming) or if you are just looking at a still image the app has cached.

Activity of the bitrate display is one clue (imperfect)

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But it doesn’t display on each cam’s feed when viewed in a group

Which leaves you watching the timestamp to see if the feed has stalled (or is displaying a static image.)

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Which can suck because the background of an image may prevent you from reading the timestamp (white timestamp on light background.)

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And any cam viewed in a group, with reduced image size? Forget about it.

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So maybe a simple visual clue, big enough to quickly scan for and see, a colored dot, maybe shimmering,…

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If this thing is on… :slight_smile:

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  • Needed! :+1:
  • Not. :-1:

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It should be a toggle setting though. Sometimes I don’t want something on the screen when I am trying to screen capture a video, but there are times I want to know if it is still streaming or stalled out,and as you said, it can be hard to tell when the timestamp is on something light/white.

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Agree. tinyCam has a nice toggle-able display that works well in a group:
 

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How about combining the Wyze logo with this shimmering icon? Like a rotating Wyze logo.

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I like!

Couldn’t find one spinning…

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…but I did find an eyeball. :slight_smile:

twitchy_i

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Be sure to vote in my wishlist timestamp visibility thread… Timestamp Customization (location, color, size, etc.)

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Better:
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Hey, didn’t see that, voted! :slight_smile:

! Antonionius !

What do you think of @IL1 's spinning logo idea, is a winner? Or are we still

maybe later :point_right: :upside_down_face: :point_left: probably not ?

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I don’t have cams in groups so I won’t vote

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C’mon, be like Congress, you vote for our bill now, we’ll vote for your bill later. Be a pragmatist, they always win! :grin:

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Yeah! vote to pass it before you know what it is. :astonished:

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You worry too much. :wink:

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I voted for @tbagcam’s wishlist request when it was first posted.

Timestamp should be in a very high contrast uncommon color: Browns Florescent Orange or Steelers Gold.

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Wow, if I see this eyeball when I decide to check on my live stream in the middle of the night…

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Hockey teams? :slight_smile:

Yep, 'twould make a better ‘Easter egg’, maybe. :slight_smile:

Ok, a prototype spinner:

wyzzer

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I think the timestamp and logo should remain white but has a darker semi transparent background box around it.

Then the timestamp could still be used as an indicator.

I think a spinning logo would be too distracting.

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Can we make it pulse at least? :wink:

wyzepulse

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Not even as a toggled option?? :grin:

wyzecam2

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Or just have the last colon blinking, like this?

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