Has anyone gotten Wyze cameras working?

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I know there is no integration yet, but has anyone gotten it working with such as generic_camera? It is hard to ignore these very cheap $25 cameras. And it working with Hass.io would be very nice. Thanks!
Cameras: https://amzn.to/2IUjeGr

UPDATE August 2022: I see people keep finding this thread, so let me explain: Yes Wyze cams can work with Home Assistant, but it’s not a good idea to buy them if your main goal is to use them with Home Assistant. Wyze doesn’t have features like RTSP by default, to use it you have to use their alternative firmware, but at the expense of more bugs and most of the advertised features becoming useless. Just get another cheap camera with RTSP built in, and more features that can actually be useful without the cloud. Wyze is also against local APIs for their devices, which in my opinion makes them not worth it unless you want to use their ecosystem. They make cheap sensors but they don’t even use Z-Wave or Zigbee, they’re all proprietary.

If you already have a Wyze camera, you can get the RTSP firmware here: https://support.wyze.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026245231-Wyze-Cam-RTSP

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$5 cheaper at the Wyzecam site: https://www.wyze.com/

Yes, they work fine. Flash the beta firmware with RTSP support, enable it in the app, and do something like this in configuration.yaml:

camera:
  - platform: generic
    name: Test Cam
    still_image_url: https://ip_addr_of_camera/jpg/image.jpg
    stream_source: rtsp://username:password@ip_addr_of_camera/live
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@rccoleman did you have to change anything on the wyze cam for it to be accessible via http?
Only 554 is available.

Nmap scan report for unknown2CAA8E2454A0 ({ip_addr_of_camera})
Host is up (0.0079s latency).
Not shown: 999 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
554/tcp open rtsp

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It’s not accessible via http/https. The still image URL is just a dummy URL because it the Wyze cam doesn’t support a still image. I don’t use it on a regular basis, but I’ve also had success with this:

camera:
  - platform: ffmpeg
    name: Test Cam
    input: "rtsp://username:password@ipaddr/live"
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Thanks just to clarify the ffpmeg option will provide an image on the dashboard?

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Yes it will live stream

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Yeah i have my still image url just going to a wyze logo i saved in my www folder.