wiki VS wz_mini_hacks

Please check this

https://github.com/openipc/builder?tab=readme-ov-file#list-o...

https://github.com/OpenIPC/wiki/blob/master/en/guide-support...

https://github.com/topics/device-openipc

https://openipc.org/supported-hardware/full-list

I swear sometimes you people post this ignorance bait to get product suggestions.

Local-first cameras are super cheap and easy to find. Most just run their own local RSTP server, which you can connect to live with VLC, homeassistant, whatever. OpenIPC is like ddwrt for ip cameras, here is the supported devices page: https://github.com/OpenIPC/wiki/blob/master/en/guide-support...

But unless you're Richard Stallman, go with the closed source Reolink RTSP camera, which is about $100 and used by big corporate installs. It can integrate with the cloud, but the standard is to have each camera run a RTSP server.

But there isn't a really great open source platform for the kind of multi cam security that businesses might need. You have to do your own storage. But grab four reolinks, send the feeds to homeassistant, and most homeowners will be fine.

For those curious if their devices are supported. The list is here:

https://github.com/OpenIPC/wiki/blob/master/en/guide-support...

I'm having great success with half a dozen v3's in tandem -- for $30 a camera, the quality is really unbeatable -- setup / notes below.

1. all cameras have 64gb+ micro SD cards and record to local storage -- many people seem to have issues with anything greater than 32gb in v3's but I've found that this Verbatim tool [0] formats FAT32 at high capacity with no problems

2. all cameras have wz_mini_hacks [1] on the SD card with RTSP enabled

3. all cameras are connected via ethernet instead of wifi using this adapter [2]

4. network blocks all outgoing internet connections for all cameras to keep them LAN-only -- this means I have to connect to VPN to review video when outside the house, but I'm cool with that

5. all RTSP streams are also recorded over the network via Agent DVR [3] to a NAS

6. the Wyze app (free tier, not paid) works normally with all of the above in place -- I find it much more intuitive to review recent videos in-app (streamed off the SD card), and then review the very occasional older video from a computer off the NAS (scrubbing through in VLC on a computer)

For what it's worth, I don't use them like a Ring camera where you're responding to realtime video events / talking through the camera to a delivery person -- this is mostly just for 24/7 recording. I have all object/motion detection events turned off, just a straight uninterrupted feed recording local and on the network.

Links:

0. https://www.verbatim.com/index/search.php?words=fat32+tool

1. https://github.com/gtxaspec/wz_mini_hacks

2. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07M5X9795

3. https://www.ispyconnect.com/docs/agent/about

Theres also wz mini too, though not as easy as docker wyze bridge. https://github.com/gtxaspec/wz_mini_hacks

I have been using wz_mini_hacks [1] on my Wyze V3 and have been pretty happy with it. Among other things, it has a “self-hosted” mode which patches the binaries running on the camera to no longer phone home to Wyze servers. I’ve been using it on my local network over RTSP with no issues.

[1] https://github.com/gtxaspec/wz_mini_hacks

I use wz_mini_hacks https://github.com/gtxaspec/wz_mini_hacks with the rtsp firmware recommended.

I use wz_mini_hacks RTSP server on my Wyze V3 cameras. wz_mini_hacks also has a selfhosted mode that enables the cameras to be used offline. Then I just pipe the rtsp stream from each camera into frigate. I've been using this setup for 6 months now. They work great.

There’s also wz_mini_hacks, you don’t have to flash a firmware either, you just upload it to your sd card and it gets installed the next time the camera boots. This one can RTSP but you can run any firmware version you want.

wz_mini_hacks

There have been several community developed projects for the wyze cams like WyzeHacks, wz_mini_hacks, and docker-wyze-bridge, however, it seems as though each project is slowly getting killed off with every new product and firmware release.

Depending on which cam model(s), you can achieve it with docker-wyze-bridge or wz_mini_hacks

docker-wyze-bridge and wz_mini_hacks are active.