Recording WYZE Camera Footage on your PC or NVR / DVR using RTSP

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Wyze Cam V2: https://amzn.to/2GnNHcA
USB Extension Cable: https://amzn.to/2RS9NsO
MicroSD Card - Class 10 32gig: https://amzn.to/3gy8Pxs

Blog: http://hometechdiy.com/wyze-rtsp/
Wyze RTSP Firmware: https://download.wyzecam.com/firmware/rtsp/demo_V2_RTSP_4.28.4.41.zip
Wyze non-RTSP Firmware: https://support.wyzecam.com/hc/en-us/articles/360024852172-Release-Notes-Firmware
ЁЯТ╗ЁЯТ╗ЁЯТ╗ЁЯТ╗ЁЯТ╗ Blue Iris (Security Camera Video Management Software): http://hometechdiy.com/buy-blue-iris/

Today weтАЩll look at how to set up your WYZE camera so you can record footage on your PC or Network Video Recorder using RTSP or Real Time Streaming Protocol.
As you have probably seen, the Wyze cameras have gained a lot of popularity doing to their easy of setup, tiny size and fantastic price point. Wyze is allowing us to take their connectivity a few steps further by opening up the cameraтАЩs configuration so we can record our footage on computers or Network Video Records or NVRs or DVRs.
For me, my computer and NVR stores footage for 10 days. I also like just going to one central location to see all my cameras at once and not have to open multiple apps.
IтАЩll show you how to enable this configuration on your Wyze cameras. ItтАЩs not something available on the camera when you buy it. IтАЩll then show how to setup recording footage on Blue Iris. You could use any software that supports RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol), like iSpy or Zoneminder. IтАЩll then connect my Wyze camera to record on my Hikvision NVR. Lastly, IтАЩll show how to revert the Wyze camтАЩs software on the camera to disable the RTSP feature.
1. In order to use the streaming feature from the Wyze cam, weтАЩll need to update or flash the cameraтАЩs firmware. Wyze cam has 2 versions of the firmware; the regular one that is installed on the camera when you buy it and the RTSP version. Maintaining both firmware versions is a lot of work, so they donтАЩt release as many updates for the less popular RTSP version. To do this firmware switch, weтАЩll need to download the latest version of the RTSP software. IтАЩll add a link to this page in the description. (download the zip file, open the downloads folder, open the zip file and copy the firmware, paste it in a new folder on my computer) While I am at it, IтАЩll download the latest version of the non-RTSP firmware so I can revert back. (Go to that link, download the zip file, open the downloads folder, open the zip file, copy the bin and paste it in a special location)
Wyze RTSP Firmware: https://support.wyzecam.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026245231-Wyze-Cam-RTSP
Wyze non-RTSP Firmware: https://support.wyzecam.com/hc/en-us/articles/360024852172-Release-Notes-Firmware
2. To see which version of the Wyze app you are currently running, open the Wyze app, selecting the camera, click the gear icon in the upper right, and scroll down to Device Info. 4.9.5.36

LetтАЩs jump over to Blue Iris and add the camera to a channel.
Here is a quick sound quality test. Here is the sound from the app. And the sound through BI. Hardly any difference.

Using this Hikvision NVR, letтАЩs add the camera to a channel. The NVR is connected to my home network and has an IP address on the same subnet as the camera.
Here we add the camera to the NVR
The NVR does not pick up the audio and when I try to see if itтАЩs included in the main video stream, I get a message saying the function isnтАЩt supported. Hopefully this is something that can be fixed in a future NVR firmware update.

Switching the cameraтАЩs firmware back to the latest copy of the standard version is the same process. Rename the file, drop it onto a micro SD card and start up the camera. In the app, you cannot just check for updates to get the latest non-RTSP firmware, you have to switch the firmware, then check for updates.


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