Wyze cameras

Do not go wyze. First of all they do not support RTSP. You will need to flash the camera with a custom firmware to get RTSP and wyze said they will not work on that firmware. Wyze as a company has been going down hill fast. Depends how serious you are about security. If you want a camera to just pop in here or there get a little cheap one like a foscam or reolink. If you want something more high-tech and secure I would go for ubiquity. It depends on how you want to set it up and what you main key features are you want from this. If you want to be recording 24/7 with a good NVR I would go …

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Run like hell from Wyze. There are many better options in the price range now. TP-Link's Tapo cams come to mind. They have RTSP native and don't require cloud access to operate (unlike Wyze).

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Wyze is not really compatible with Home Assistant or frigate without custom firmware (Wyze stock firmware does not supply an rtsp feed) that I’m gonna be honest is really super buggy if you can even get it to work. My suggestion would be Amcrest or Reolink. I use Reolink cams. They integrate well with Frigate and have an official integration.

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