Hello! I searched for this but didn’t see anything so will ask here. After I jacked my motion detection sensitivity to 80 I started getting some recordings of animals in the woods where I have the camera. During the recordings at night, when the recording first starts, the camera appears to get “…

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It’s the filter lens flipping back and forth. Try setting night mode off and on manually and do not use Auto. Edit: Oops just realized you have a WCO. I don’t have one so not sure if you have that setting.

[image] Hemi: Oops just realized you have a WCO. I don’t have one so not sure if you have that setting. Yes, WCOs have that setting!

I can confirm the camera makes a noise, one of my cats looks at it. It’s a very slight clicking sound. I can hear it if it’s really quiet and I’m close to the camera.

I couldn’t upload directly… says I’m a new user and not allowed :slight_smile: But, here’s a possible work around! I’ll reply with a few… New video by Brent Franker [image] …

Here’s 3 more… it doesn’t play the video internally I see so might as well just include the rest here. Seems to be consistent in what it is doing. FYI, these are the first night recordings I got so it’s not like it was working then stopped… appears to do this for every night recording thus far. Th…

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Yes, I do have that setting but I’ll tell you I have absolutely zero desire to manually turn on the IR lights at night then turn them back off when the sun comes up. Not going to happen. LOL!!! Plus, I don’t think that would fix anything either? It appears to be the way the camera doesn’t use the …

Is there a way to put the camera slightly higher ? based on what you described, I am guessing it is too much IR light got reflected from the ground and make the camera to adjust a bit longer than it should be.

No, not really. It’s sitting on a chair in the woods that is also holding a plant :slight_smile: Also, I think it should work… it’s flashing several feet off in the distance and the point of the camera is to get close up detail of critters walking by :slight_smile:

Wyze Cam Outdoor bright IR flashes during night recording?

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Brlepage September 4, 2020, 4:47pm 4

Yes, WCOs have that setting!

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Wyze Cam Outdoor bright IR flashes during night recording?

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