[Cialug] Zoneminder with WyzeCam v2

[Jared Brees]

Whoever was asking... it works. With some legwork.
OpenIPC is junk, though. Use the project it was forked from, Dafang Hacks (https://github.com/EliasKotlyar/Xiaomi-Dafang-Hacks)

If you just want RTSP, just follow the install guide. Should work up to 1600x900 in Zoneminder, provided you've got VLC installed to utilize the Libvlc source option. Ffmpeg works kinda, but quality is junky and smeary. (Feels really dumb installing VLC, which requires Xserver and all those dependencies, on a headless, CLI-accessible-only VM, though.)

I wanted 1920x1080, which requires the u-boot bootloader replacement that you'll screw yourself if you lose power (without a UPS) between erasing the flash, and re-writing the flash. I got lucky on one camera. I'll probably do the 2nd one later. I'll probably leave my 3rd (actually my original WyzeCam) running the stock firmware just for the fun of it.


Brief summary of steps:

  *   read documentation
  *   make microSD card with "demo.bin"/flash "demo.bin"
  *   make microSD card with proper "wpa_supplicant.conf" - if you want to save a step, put the custom bootloader file on the card, too.
  *   boot/ssh into camera
  *   flash custom bootloader from file on microSD card
  *   make tweaks to files per documentation
  *   reboot
  *   win