I can’t for the life of me figure out how to “view playback” of a time that is NOT an event on the Wyze Cam V4! I have tried the Wyze assistant and all I can get is a still picture of a particular time. I DO have the cam set to CONTINUOUS record to SD Card.
It was easy in the older models.
Help! What am I missing?
Yes, you’re missing something. Unlike the older User Interface where the timeline was horizontal, on the new UI, it’s vertical. On the main camera screen, click the icon for SD Card (instead of the big green bar for “View Playback” on the older UI). Scroll vertically to the desired time. To select a different date, click on the calendar symbol above the timeline, and select the desired date.
Sounds like the V4 is using the OG type interface (which doesn’t surprise me, the V4 appears to be mostly an OG with upgraded resolution).
I have OGs and Panv3s, it is actually a bit annoying that the navigation in the app is different for each one, but I got used to it. There are things I prefer about each one.
Appreciate the reply… I see that and makes sense, but, when I click on SD card there is NO green shaded area to the right. That would seem to indicate no SD card, but I know it’s in there and going settings/advanced settings/manage SD there is 55.80G/58.24G. I am formatting now and those same G numbers are there? Should it not erase all and reset to zero, or close to?
After formatting it should go to 0. Sounds like your SD card has failed. You can pull it out and try formatting it in a computer, but they have a certain life span and eventually will not be able to write, and sometimes can’t fully read either. There is a utility called SD Card Formatter from the SD association that may be able to get it recognized again, but I’d keep an eye on it as it probably will stop again.
Go for endurance rated cards (Samsung and Sandisk have them) when doing 24x7 recording.
Also note that you must buy from reputable sources (if amazon, make sure it is sold by amazon and does not arrive with a white label on it). Samsung has a utility to verify the card is genuine, not sure if Sandisk does. But you can confirm it is not a fake card by writing it to full capacity in a PC (an overwrite format with the above utility, or just filling it with video/audio files to capacity).
The cameras and many other devices will get confused by the fake cards as they think they can write the rated capacity but the card can’t hold more than 2 or 8 gigs or whatever one they rebadged.
Ahhhh… it just finshed formatting. Longer that I thought
I have another WCv4… and yes… that seems to work fine.
Great info ty again. I think I should upgrade my SDs.
I would keep an eye on that card. I don’t have a v4 but my OGs and Pan v3s format within a few seconds. Taking a long time suggests there is an issue with the card (or possibly the camera).
When it can’t write to a card or has issues with it, it should say so when you go into the camera, but I’m not sure how it responds to a partially failing card (some bad cells) or one that isn’t the advertised capacity.
I’m using the Samsung Pro Endurance 128G. They go as low as $12 sometimes but are usually $13 to $15 sold by amazon. The 64 are a bit cheaper but the larger the card, the longer it will last (and having longer history of video is nice too). They’re warrantied for 5 years of continuous video (non-endurance card warranties exclude constant write applications), and when I calculated out how much the wyze cams write, it came to like 15 years before the cards would hit their rated write endurance. I’ll be happy with 5 years.
So far a bit over a year of 24x7 recording and all 4 are going strong. Even though they were sold by amazon and did not have white stickers, I still ran them all through the Samsung authenticity check utility. Can’t be too careful, there are as many fake SD cards out there as real ones.
I may have even done a full overwrite format with the SD Formatter just to be sure they were 100% good (and any possible bad cells from the factory got marked), I don’t recall for certain. That takes quite a while, couple hours per card, and I vaguely remember doing it.
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