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IA64 was either the worst thing Intel ever did because it ended p being such a absolute flop commercially, or the best thing they ever did because they buried nearly all of their server-space competitors with it. Glad to hear you did well after it and great story about the compiler!

@@wltechblog I used to enjoy John Mashey's technical talks about CPUs. His favorite analogy was to compare them to a vehicle engines. You could have a sports car with a 400HP engine (PC w/ Intel CPU) or you could have an 18-wheeler with a 400HP engine (workstation or server w/ MIPS CPU). Sure, that sports car could out accelerate the big rig on a drag strip. But try to get that sports car to do some real work, like towing 40 tons up a long mountain pass, and it can't.

Jump on our Discord channel, we'll get you sorted out! One of the great features of the Ingenic platform is they are virtually impossible to actually break.

They're certainly not top of the line cameras but they hold up pretty well given their age. With real firmware they can be quite practical! And having open source firmware is a must.

Hi! just join the discord using the link in the video description, as a new user you will enter the welcome room, give us a quick introduction and you get full access! We can always get these cams going again if you're not afraid to use a screwdriver!

Hello, generally the advice is to use a VPN to get access to your home network from external networks. We do have Wireguard built into the camera, and I'm hoping we will be able to fit ZeroTier on them soon for allowing direct VPN connections to the cameras themselves. Some NVR software provides mechanisms for external access as well.

@@wltechblog Thank you.

These cams don't hard brick, we can always bring it back over USB! There are several methods of doing the install so its quite possible to get varying advice, but the Discord channel is the place to go!

all good. redid SD because bin name was changed. bin.old would load

So you're all good to go? If not jump on Discord and we'll help you out!

how far did you get? I downloaded all files and firmware but I got an extra file uboot bin.

Provided nothing goes wrong, a chromebook would be just fine. The process is pretty reliable but we do have a few people every day where something didn't work for one reason or another, at that point you would need a PC or Linux system.

The uboot file is new but required!

I will!

That prompt is from the factory Wyze firmware so it doesn't like something about the SD card.

try to open thingino.local in your browser when its connected to the thingino network

Those devices are not supported, Wyze has crippled their ability to run third party firmware.

yes it is new but required! I am updatig the installer fairly often as I find ways to improve its reliability!

I understand that supporting old devices can be a burden but these SmartCams are quite old devices in this sphere and I don't believe they've even had a firmware update for a very long time... i feel bad for their customers, the upside is there are a lot of new Thingino users joining right now!

The only donations we take is hardware, if you happen to discover an Ingenic powered camera that should be supportable but that we don't yet have. If you're looking for a great indoor camera, I just saw Amazon has the wuuk on a great black friday sale.. I'd really call this our flagship device. it's showing $20.70 for me. amzn.to/4fRSNgp

if you need to be able to revert you'll need to take a backup with a flash programmer or using the Cloner software. Jump in our Discord for help with those if you need it!

@@wltechblog i found recovery file on Wyze web site. Thank You

I am a huge advocate for owning your own data, and these cam vendors have proven they can't be trusted with it! Open source firmware for all the things!

@@wltechblog I agree 100% data should stay inside my house ! I'm glad you're working on the Galayou G7 they are small and make great indoor cameras.

If you didn't hear it, it doesn't like something about your sd card. Make sure it is fat32!

Jump on discord if you need support, we'll figure out whatever your issue might be!

You cannot use a flash drive unfortunately.

@@wltechblog Thanks, yeah I figured that out already, still to do with a card, I know I have one but where lol

Any software that supports rtsp or ONVIF will work. For the PC you can fid somethign like Frigate, Scrypted, or integrate with HomeAssitant. On Android you can try Tinycam Monitor.

Find a teenager and we can walk them through it on our Discord if they need help!

Probably you were trying while new images were being built, reload the page and try again and it should work!

Any that supports OVNIF or rtsp. You can use Tinycam on Android if you want a quick and easy setup.

I bought this, JOOAN 3MP Security Camera System Outdoor Wireless [H.265+ System & Color Night & 2 Way Audio] 10-Channel NVR&4Pcs FHD 3MP Waterproof IP67&SuperNight Vision,Motion Dectect& Alert,No Hard Disk@@Scr00ples I wanted NVR recorder to use with my Wyze Cams Wyze app is pissing me off.

Odd, try this link: discord.gg/s6yJzhS4hD

@@wltechblog Thank you very much for responding but still says 'invite invalid' ( ... Maybe because I'm in uk? )

Mine are 'NS-CAM-02 ( One is limited edition, clear case 😀 )

Hmm the link works for me. Try copying and pasting it instead of clicking? We have 100000000 users from the UK this week so that shouldn't be an issue!

@@wltechblog Wow .. I installed Chrome and it works ~ It didn't like 'Opera' ... We 'live and learn 🙂

It helps that I've done it on several other cameras before, and even though this is a new architecture the layout is similar enough!

The username for webui is root, the password is whatever you entered. If you need to do a factory reset, hold down the button for 15 seconds and it will wipe and go back to the config portal!

Anything that supports RTSP streaming or ONVIF camera control.. Popular choices are Frigate or Scrypted for pc, on Android a good free option is Tinycam Pro.

Your best shot for support is to jump on our Discord, the link is in the video description. The whole team is in there, we'll get you sorted out!

For sure doing it live is a challenge, but making mistakes and having to fix them is all part of the game! Thanks!

Almost certainly 128gb is larger than the cam can handle in its factory bootloader. Try to find a card 32GB or smaller, make sure it uses MBR partition scheme, and of course fat32 filesystem!

You can do a factory reset on the cam by holding the button for 15 seconds. it will wipe all its config and reboot, and the config portal will appear again. Make sure that you put in the wifi info for a 2.4ghz network, and both ssid and password are case sensitive.

@@wltechblog Thanks for the speedy response. I thought I had picked the 2.4ghz option and been careful with case selection and typos, but clearly not. I wasn't sure how to get back to the thingino portal, but the reset advice sorted me and it now works. Thanks again.

If you're not automatically directed ot the login page, you should be able to reach it by opening a browser and going to thingino.local

Also I’ve formatted a 128gb micro sd to Fat32 and all files loaded when sticking into the camera and holding the button it dosent go blue.. well it flashes blue for a micro second but if I continue to hold it says ready to connect

I wouldn't expect a 128gb card to work. These cams are using old tech, 32gb is probably the limit and I know some 32gb cards won't work. As far as your previous question about fitting on a 32gb card, not sure whats happening there but the installer and image fits in under 128 megabytes.

We're pretty sad that Ingenic T series doesn't exist in mainline linux, we have some efforts to bringing it forward with some progress in a few areas... but these cams are all running 3.10.14.

@wltechblog Igenic was problematic. Their contribution was partial, the GPU was closed.

The T series doesn't have a gpu but it does have a bunch of other blocks for camera and video functions... But even simple stuff like their UART is wacko

your best bet for support is to jump on our discord channel and get live help from the team!

Hi! You don't need to create a github account in order to get the required files. Go to this link for the Wyze V2: github.com/wltechblog/thingino-installers/blob/main/wyze-cam-2/wyze-cam-2.zip then look on the right there will be a download icon. Once you have that saved, you can unzip the file and put the contents on the SD card.

Hey there! Github can be a bit overwhelming for people without experience working with it, so don't worry about it! You don't actually need a github account in order to download the files. Just go to the address provided and you will see a green button which says '<> code'. If you click on it you will get an option that says 'download ZIP' and that will give you the file which you can then open and find inside of it all the files you see in this video. Hope this helps, good luck!

@ thanks very much!!

if your phone is connected to your home wifi, you can view directly using an app like tinycam pro. If you want to view remotely, you'll need an NVR that provides that functionality. I'll have videos in the future about integration.

Don't worry I'll have another victim.. i mean patient.. soon!

For sure these vendors do not want to advertise their components and really really don't want you to buy their products to flash with Thingino! Their business model relies on people buying their cams at a low price and then spending $$$ every month on cloud subscriptions. We can of course buy camera modules from Aliexpress, we have quite a few supported already, but that's not as easy a sell for users as a complete product... I do have one of those modules and enough parts to build my own PTZ camera, once my 3d printer starts cooperating...

I had never heard of NEOS before hearing about their demise! And lots of folks joining our Discord convert their NEOS and go on to buy other Thingino compatible cams with more capabiliies!

​@@wltechblogthey weren't the the best but we're cheap and did the job at the time. I'm looking forward to trying this hack. Cheers

Ok, it's crunch time. While I'm someone who is considered a 'tech-genius'... to his family! The reality is, I know a bit about tech and enjoy playing about and giving 'stuff' a go. I'm already confused before I start, as I don't know which App to run once I've flashed it and Thingio is on the NEO Cam? I couldn't find a Thingio app so not sure what the deal is. I'm sure my questions will be answered as I follow the steps and play about. Will see how I go. Thanks

Yes it does, that's a good starting point for android users!

Iv downloaded the files for neos smart cam2 a few clicks and after 10 minutes the LED on the camera is Flashing blue and yellow but no WiFi produced.

We're you in discord earlier? A user with the same problem was, he is getting a different SD card to test with.