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Detailed Linux (Debian) install notes

See original GitHub issue

Okay, not really a question, just leaving some notes for really green Linux users.

# clone repo
git clone https://github.com/kroo/wyzecam.git && cd wyzecam

# Install python, pip and virtual environment
sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip python3-venv -y

# create venv
python3 -m venv wyzetest
source wyzetest/bin/activate

# Install dependencies
pip install .
pip install requests
pip install opencv-python
pip install av

# Download, compile and install TUTK_IOTC
wget https://github.com/nblavoie/wyzecam-api/raw/master/wyzecam-sdk/TUTK_IOTC_Platform_14W42P1.zip
unzip TUTK_IOTC_Platform_14W42P1.zip
cd Lib/Linux/x64/
g++ -fpic -shared -Wl,--whole-archive libAVAPIs.a libIOTCAPIs.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive -o libIOTCAPIs_ALL.so
sudo cp libIOTCAPIs_ALL.so /usr/local/lib/
cd ../../..

# Set Wyze creds
export WYZE_EMAIL=johnd@example.com
export WYZE_PASSWORD=mypassword

# Set your camera name on line 20 of example:
nano examples/streaming_video.py

# run example
python examples/streaming_video.py

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versamodulecommented, Jul 8, 2021

I would have been nice if they made a way for VLC to connect to it. VcXsrv Windows X Server, goes full screen which is kinda useless without being able to resize it.

Why don’t you just pipe it directly to VLC?
with wyzecam.WyzeIOTC() as wyze_iotc:
  with wyze_iotc.connect_and_auth(account, camera) as sess:
    for (frame,_) in sess.recv_video_data():
      sys.stdout.buffer.write(frame)
python myscript.py | VLC - --demux h264

Because I know to little about Linux, and know even less about Python. But I can copy and paste 😉 Thank you for the info though. I need to research more, as my goal now is to have a RPI board do this, and then (if possible) act as a streaming server so that on my PC I can use VLC to connect to the RPI board to receive the video feed.

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SomebodySysopcommented, Jun 25, 2021

OK, sorry everybody! I was ssh’d into my Ubuntu machine (I’m real old school). When I executed command from the machine terminal itself, boom, there I was in living color! Example works! Whoo-Hoo!

On to next leg of the journey!