📚 Wyze Glossary

video compression

All Wyze cams compress all video before it is provided for live streaming (both local and remote) uploaded to the cloud or committed to the SD card in the cam. Compression reduces the transmission load on networks. It also degrades the video/audio quality from its raw, straight-from-the-lens/mic, state. Developers try to strike a balance between reduced size and acceptable quality. It’s not easy to serve both well.