WyzeCam RTSP

[Stefan83]

Hi,
i just read, that Wyze will release an update for his WyzeCam regarding RTSP:

Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)

Is it then possible to add the cam into openhab2?

Thanks,
Stefan

[Bredmich (Michael)]

Should be possible but i´m not sure if it´s a good idea to switch to this new firmware.
You´ll loose all options that are currently part of the app, like changing motion detection.
You would need to setup something like MotionEyeOS or ZoneMinder.

There´s already an alternative firmware called OpenIPC with RTSP support.

[Stefan83]

thanks for the hint to OpenIPC.
When using OpenIPC on the cam, i’ll need a software like ZoneMinder to get some good results, correct?
(e.g. avoid to munch false alarms)

[Bredmich (Michael)]

I think so because the alternative firmware only offers the RTSP and now additional “intelligence” on the camera.
So you would need an central software like ZoneMinder to get something like motion detection.

[matt1 (Skinah)]

If your camera has RTSP links check out this post…

How to display RTSP streams from IP Cameras in Openhab and Habpanel (Linux only)

Update: The IpCamera binding can now create mjpeg streams for cameras which do not have this ability normally. The below is not needed if you use the binding to do it for you. Tonight whilst playing with ffmpeg and ffserver I found the following way to use them to get working RTSP streams in Openhab and Habpanel. This only works in Linux as ffserver is not available on the other platforms although ffmpeg itself is. This can be improved to have this auto start very easily, but this method is ha…

[tinkernut (George)]

[modestoss]

There is a new beta firmware out that adds RTSP to Wyze Cams.