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Can you tell me more about your issue with FTP? I'd like to know exactly what it is. Not saying there isn't. Just curious what you're talking about. Regarding the "junk" I have, what alternative do you have? Not personally familiar with Wyze but seems very interesting.

Yes, that is something I will consider. There is an FTP option in the camera. I'm aware of it. I'm afraid most cameras will be problematic in software, one way or another. Seems to be an industry issue. Would be interested in Wyze if they offered an outdoor dome camera. For now sticking...

Am I understanding correctly that you're saying FTP is not very secure? The Amcrest App unfortunately has not been fast enough and also not reliable for viewing the content, be it images or video. Also not an intuitive design. That's why I resorted to FTP, and then automatically upload the...

Why do you say it's a guaranteed to miss something? I need it only for snapshots. Shouldn't need a heavy duty setup for that.

Might then go with a FileZilla FTP on mini pc instead of the resource intensive setups, if possible.

What kind of pc would be a good host for the PC-NVR or Filezilla FTP server? A mini pc of some kind that doesn't get very hot and doesn't use much energy?

FileZilla server is also what they recommended to me. Right now I'm using an Android app that seems to be working ok, though some others are not. Some of the problem might have also been related to having changed the Wifi antenna on my Amcrest. Not exactly sure. Might move to FileZilla...

Is there something that'll convert a 12v power source into a POE, so that way I can power the camera through POE instead of running a power cable through the wall, assuming it's allowed to run POE wires through the wall? Something like this maybe...

I have the Amcrest IP3M-956W, running on wifi, so it's powered using a power cord. I was wondering how to make the power cord compliant for in wall use? I live in USA, Dallas, Texas.

The question was if TinyCam can change the display settings, for example, from 3MP to 720P.

Also, is there any reasonable possibility that TinyCam Pro could have done this? Does it even have the ability to do this?

My camera was on Amcrest Cloud, but then I reset it. Not sure what happened to the cloud account. You think it could be doing this still? Are you suggesting to not connect it back to the cloud account after removing and deleting the cloud account?

Thanks for the detailed info. It's important to know. I checked the firmware and it's the latest version.

I have an Amcrest IP3M-956W, and noticed that a couple times the display settings changed on it, for example, it went from 3MP to 720P without me changing anything. Amcrest support said sometimes 3rd party software might do that. Only other software I have is TinyCam Pro and IP Camera Viewer...

Good to know. Thanks.

Oh sorry, I confused it with another post. No, the antenna was already fixed when I was having the pixel issues, so not an antenna issue in this case. Thanks for clarifying. Right now I only have one front door camera, and a solar camera on my roof. Could not figure out a way to make them...

You mean turning off the other wireless devices to see if the wifi is too crowded? No, because once I changed the antenna back to the original the signal got much improved so didn't see need to test if it was a problem of other wireless devices.

Great idea. I tried the 5 fps like you advised, and thought I noticed maybe some difference. So then I tried 1 fps and it is now seems definitely less pixelated than the 20 fps.

Well, I think some of these wifi cameras, mine included, can be used wired as well, so it's an option I have available in the future.

Most I was allowed to increase it to was 2560 after upping frame rate to 20. Still pixelation going on. Must I be on substream or can I use Main stream with that Roku app?

I get good wifi signal looking at it from my camera's app so I think it may not be a wifi signal issue. I thought it has to be substream. It is on substream already, VGA, MJPEG, VGA 640x480, FPS 15, Bit Rate 2048. I went ahead and purchased the Pro so it is also on Pro version of the app.

Well, I played around with the setting a bit and got it to work. But picture is coming out very pixelated. Anyway to fix this?

What do you mean not reliable enough? I do prefer at this time some kind of wifi dome camera for outdoors. Do you have any other suggestions that is better than what I have?

I have the Amcrest IP3M-956W and was wondering if there is something better as a replacement. Has to be similar style: dome, and wifi capable. Money is not a huge factor. Looking for something with more reliable software, preferably better hardware, better image quality at night if possible...

I have an Amcrest IP3M-956 and for some reason I'm not able to connect it to this Roku software. Anyone have experience with it?

I contacted the manufacturer customer support who adjusted some settings. However, that didn't seem to work. Later I switched the antenna back to the original bigger antenna that came with the camera, and it made a huge difference. I had a small antenna on it and it seemed to work fine when I...

Wow. Thanks so much bp2008. That's very good info. I'll try some of these things and update the thread with the results.

I have this wifi 3MP dome camera, sorry, could not do wired at this time. I'm having problems with live view. Picture takes too long and freezes up often. Right now I'm using TinyCam Pro, but I had this problem as well with the camera manufacturer's software. Was wondering what things I can...

Thanks for the comments. Very helpful. If I go with the Amcrest Surveillance Pro, I guess you're saying I can use it as a PC NVR, which records to my PC. That means I need a dedicated PC to stay on in the house. Do you know if it will work on those mini PCs that are tiny, like a big USB...

I had a chance to read the cliff notes. Good stuff. I think I will probably go with wifi for now, and if later I can convert it to cable if I understand. What I'm looking to do is to find a better replacement for this Amcrest camera, which I want to use outdoors around the house: Amcrest...