Unlock the Wyze Cam V3's Full Potential with Go2RTC and Frigate 14

I almost didn't record this but figured it might help someone.

I use a firmware called WZ_Mini_Hacks on the Wyze Cam V3 in order to use Go2RTC, which allows the camera to work better in Frigate. It is way better than using the old, insecure Wyze RTSP firmware that is still floating around because it uses GO2RTC and some ffmpeg arguments to make the stream smoother, with locked framerate, and less dropped frames.

Why the Wyze Cam? They're cheap, small, and would justify keeping butterbot around longer. Why Frigate? Free person detection, HomeAssistant integration, NVR function, facial detection, locally hosted and served via VPN & HomeAssistant.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU KEEP YOUR WYZE CAM OFF THE INTERNET. THEY'VE HAD ISSUES BEFORE AND DIDN"T DO A GREAT JOB WITH HANDLING IT.

Note, This is for Frigate 14 - I am running the release candidate in this video and it was working great.

Links:

WZ_Mini_Hacks: https://github.com/gtxaspec/wz_mini_hacks

Butterbot .STL: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3795453

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Frigate Config Sections

go2rtc:
  ffmpeg:
    bin: ffmpeg
    volume: "-af \"volume=30dB\"" 
  streams:
    #Wyze   
    Office_cam:
      - rtsp://192.168.10.69:8554/1080p?mp4
      - ffmpeg:Office_cam#audio=opus
    Office_cam_sub:
      - rtsp://192.168.10.69:8554/360p?mp4
      - ffmpeg:Office_cam#audio=opus
cameras:      
  Office_cam:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Office_cam # <--- the name here must match the name of the camera in restream
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Office_cam_sub # <--- the name here must match the name of the camera in restream
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
    mqtt:
      enabled: true
      timestamp: false
      bounding_box: false
      crop: true
      height: 720
      quality: 70

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