Wyze camera constantly focusing

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Anyone have a solution to this. My camera recently started constantly focusing in and out. I have reset it, powered it off and on, and deleted it and re-initiated it. Nothing seems to help. It does not do it at night tho.

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The V2 lense doesnā€™t have an auto focus, what looks to be going on if I am seeing what you are seeing is maybe the white balance trying to adjust to the combination of hard sun and shadows that dot your frame. Also maybe there is a video quality issue where the displayed video has a hiccup.

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I noticed mine doing the same yesterday and today. Iā€™m pretty sure @Omgitstony is correct as it seems to happen only when I see stark contrast between many small sunlit areas and dark shaded areas. Itā€™s especially prevalent when thereā€™s contrast combined with movement. I see the same thing happen under the same conditions with my non-Wyze cameras, both with fixed-focus and auto-focus lenses.

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Thatā€™s definitely an artifact from video compression, not focus. Each ā€œrefocusā€ youā€™re seeing is actually a keyframe. Video compression algorithms work by starting with a keyframe and then adjusting subsequent frames based on the original keyframe. So for a video thatā€™s 24FPS, for example, you might only have one keyframe per second, and 23 minor adjustments based on that keyframe before it resets to a new keyframe. (Itā€™s not necessarily one keyframe per second, but you get the general idea.)

Do you have the video quality setting as high as possible? Lower-quality video adjusts either the resolution (1080p vs 720p for example) or the compression algorithm, or both.

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I will try and changing the quality to SD or 360p and see if it helps. It is on HD right now tho.

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If itā€™s on HD now, SD or 360p will only make it worse.

My only other thought is that they MAY compress the 12-second cloud clips more than the videos saved on the SD card. Iā€™m not sure about that, though.

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I just checked mine, and it definitely does the same thing. ĀÆ\_(惄)_/ĀÆ I never paid much attention to it. Like I said, itā€™s just a compression artifact.