Can Wyze cams run as IP cams without a phone app?

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I have not kept up with what wyze has been doing, but I know one of the early issues with it is that you needed a phone, or a phone emulator to use a wyze cam as a IP camera

has that changed?

we have a local makerspace and want to set up some cameras a for a streaming setup and we want to use all IP driven cameras, and not have to add an additional layer by porting thru a phone emulator

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Nope.

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This is a subject I admittedly don’t keep up with, but there is experimental software available for both webcams and RTSP.

I don’t know if the Webcam firmware was ever released for the V3, and I only posted a link to the V3 RTSP firmware (there is also a V2 version). In any case there are several discussions on the board about both:

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While yes, the RTSP firmware is available as a separate installation for the V2 and V3 cameras, they still will want Internet access. To have a true IP camera you’d need Dafang Hacks firmware on the V1 or V2. I assume the webcam firmware would not suit your purposes as it requires a USB connection.

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I installed the firmware, I see an option to enable RTSP, it says to ‘Open the uri below on your RTSP compatible video player while using the local network’ - but no URI is displayed…?

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Underneath the phrase “0pen the url ….” Should be the words “generate” and “copy”. Click on generate to generate the url.

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I see the ‘Generate’ button…but the URL is not presented.

There is no ‘copy’ button.

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Hmmm, sounds like it broke with an app update. I’m still using an older version of the app. ( iOS v2,28,2)

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How can I copy over the videos without removing the SD card?

The ‘Album’ is always empty for all my devices - why is that?

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Did the app allow you to set a name and password for the cameras with the rtsp firmware?