I have been able to view my cameras on a browser. I have done this by having or installing the following equipment:
Cable Model
Network Router
Server
4 x Wyze v2 cameras
I then installed and configured the following software:
Windows Server 2016 Essentials
Netcam Studio
Wyze v2 RTSP firmware upgrade
I made sure the cameras had a set IP address on the network router. I upgraded the firmware to support RTSP. I installed and configured the server software. I installed and configured the Network Video Recorder software. The software I picked allows access via browser if configured.
Of course, each individual NVR software provides different features, but these are the basics. Using them, it is possible to view your sources on a browser. It does, however, require additional hardware and configuration - but it gives me more flexibility to manage what is recorded and how.
Note: I’ve had a server running at home for over 10 years. I recognise that you can run software on a Raspberry PI or Linux box, but I have been on Windows Server for a while.
Thank you Dean, for responding to my issue. I am not tech savvy. And I need to be able to explain it to others who are also not tech savvy. I need to be able to install an app and go. There has been a lot of chatter about developing this. I am very surprised they still have not done it.
I am very surprised they don’t make it more evident in their ads, both here and on Amazon that it DOES NOT WORK WITH WINDOWS OR MAC OS.
They make a point on the Amazon page * NOTE: Works with 2.4GHz Wi-Fi networks (does not support 5GHz Wi-Fi)
It is the case that enabling RTSP supports people using third party solutions to view via a browser or on a PC, but I do understand that this isn’t the best use case for everyone.
I also would love to be able to use WYZE on the web portal with the same functionality as the app. I use my WYZE system alongside my Arlo system and it’s very convenient to log into the Arlo web portal to view the cameras and manage the system just like the app.
they are still working out some bugs with RTSP which before that was implemented was the most requested item. I can’t say for sure but after the issues with RTSP are figured out, they might start working on some wort of web portal. they have quite a few things on the list currently.
Viewing the webstream over the browser has literally zero difference in terms of performance and difficulty to implement versus the smart phone. The video you’re getting from your camera is still being streamed up to a server, and then back down to your device. The video streaming itself is NOT the reason this is such a large project for them.
The only reason this is hard is because they haven’t implemented any sort of online portal for users, other than these web forums. So they would need to build an entire new website to create this capability.
A better solution would probably be for them to modify their App to be cross compilable for multiple platforms (Android, iOS, ChromeOS, Windows UWP, etc) Tools like Xamarin and Telerik can do this. However, once again, this requires (probably) a significant rewrite, or at the very least re-tooling. It isn’t easy.
That said, staying in business and giving your customers what they want is the goal…and sometimes the effrots to reach those goals aren’t easy. I dare to say that if Wyze were to OpenSource part of their development chain, they could PROBABLY get a lot of this done faster!
Things they should open source
The Wyze Cam firmware
The Wyze App
The Wyze API
3rd-party Integration (Google, Home Assistant, IFTTT, etc)
obviously customer votes are not the biggest factor to wyze. I’ve just given up on this ever becoming real.
I even had a reddit mod telling me that this request was only in the top middle tier in votes when I mentioned View on PC/Browser.
“Web based viewing was in the top-middle for requests by vote behind things like RTSP, outdoor cameras, Google home integration, multi camera viewing, etc.”
This is something that we’ve been discussing internally. It will be a pretty tricky feature so we’ve been looking into methods for it and that’s why we haven’t given a super firm answer or made promises for this one yet. But we aren’t ignoring it and we appreciate your patience.
I for one am glad you cannot access a Wyze camera from a PC/Mac via a web browser. Please, Please keep access limited to the app with two factor auth, I feel this is more secure and personal. Also, well done Wyze for making a easy to use, high quality, affordable camera with a solid feature set. Very happy with mine!!!