I’m wondering if the Xiaofang only reads SDHC cards(usually cards that are 4gb or more). The 2GB card worked everywhere else, but not here.

MicroSD Card | Amazon – NOTE: I initially had a 2GB SD card, and I couldn’t not get anything to work.

If you are only planning on recording the video locally like I am, then that shouldn’t really matter. The cloud recording function probably won’t work anywhere outside of China.

Xiaomi Xiaofang camera – NOTE: This camera is likely the China version.

This post will go through the steps involved in installing these modifications. It will also show you how to add this into Home Assistant. Although this camera is ‘cloud only’ by default, on GitHub has created FangHacks, which is a set of scripts that can be installed on the Xiaofang to enable RTSP, along with a bunch of other features.

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