Question on setup

[balajeek]

I did follow the instructions and installed on wyze cam v3 floodlight last week.
I did get voice message that its updating the firmware and camera booted and I was able to see on wyze app.
I am unable to ssh as shown in the document and from wyze app->advanced settings there is no item called RTSP, is this suppose to be there or no matter what the RTSP should work by using the rtsp url mentioned ? (I tried and it wouldn't work either)

So i am trying to understand to troubleshoot further. Thanks.

btw: do i need to leave the sd card in there all time for this hack to work or can i take it out after the first initial boot after update?
I will eventually connect this to frigate dvr to capture recordings.

[virmaior]

1. RTSP from wz_mini_hacks will not appear in the wyze app.
2. if you set the parameters for RTSP in wz_mini_hacks, then the url
   rtsp://login:password@IP_ADDRESS:8554/unicast
   should work
   e.g. rtsp://admin:[email protected]:8554/unicast
   in an application like VLC
3. must always leave the SD card in as this does not install anything on your camera itself. It loads itself because the bootloader scans for a file on the SD card during the boot process before it starts using its own software.

[gtxaspec]

/opt/wz_mini/wz_mini.conf

[balajeek]

I modified the conf and enabled rtsp hi res.
I am able ssh (slow though)
I am able to connect the camera from wyze app
but unable to do rtsp

• from vlc i do rtsp://[email protected]:8554/unicast, it then prompts for password, I enter them, then error comes unable to open rtsp, check for error logs.
• from vlc if i try wrong password purposely, it does keep prompting to enter correct password, so username/password i have is correct but not sure whats wrong.

[gtxaspec]

what happens if you do rtsp://admin:[email protected]:8554/unicast, entering the password in the url?

[balajeek]

its the same error

[gtxaspec]

@balajeek can you run gather_wz_logs.sh and upload the file here? I'll take a look whats going on

[balajeek]

thanks for your help, here is the log file that generated by gather_wz_log.sh
log_gather_2022-06-19_T1749.tar.gz

[gtxaspec]

use https://github.com/gtxaspec/wz_mini_hacks/archive/refs/heads/master.zip

[balajeek]

trying it right now ...

[balajeek]

Well, i tried and still did not work. got the same error "unable to open the MRL rtsp://..."

[virmaior]

clear out

+ RTSP_HI_RES_FPS=15
+ RTSP_HI_RES_MAX_BITRATE=1024
+ RTSP_HI_RES_TARGET_BITRATE=1024
+ RTSP_HI_RES_ENC_PARAMETER=2

and see if that helps.

My understanding is that those changes are always going to be a bit buggy because the stream is controlled by iCamera and any switch is a re-encode

[balajeek]

I tried what you mentioned, still got the same error.

i have another v3 camera (not the floodlight) should i give try on that ?
just wondering what could be the problem!