search

FiveLeavesLeft / WyzeCameraLiveStream

Hack to allow live streaming from wyze cameras to vlc or mpv on your desktop.
MIT License
100 stars 7 forks source link

Camera is always on when the Wyze exposed software power button in Wyze app is off #16

Open nijhawank opened 3 years ago

nijhawank commented 3 years ago

Not reporting a bug but trying to understand the Wyze cam behavior.

It seems that the Wyze camera is always on even when the the software power button in the Wyze app is turned off. This is because the with the homebridge integration, I can see the live camera shot and the live streaming even when it is off from the Wyze app perspective. So the only thing that is really off is motion/sound detection and therefore any recording of it. But the camera itself is always on and seeing the world. Would that be right thing to say?

FiveLeavesLeft commented 3 years ago

It would be nice if they put the camera in deep sleep on power off but I seem to recall measuring power in the on and off states and there was no change. That's all I know about power on / off.