Download YI IoT PC for free at BrowserCam. YI Technologies, Inc. published the YI IoT App for Android operating system mobile devices, but it is possible to download and install YI IoT for PC or Computer with operating systems such as Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and Mac.
Let's find out the prerequisites to install YI IoT on Windows PC or MAC computer without much delay.
Select an Android emulator: There are many free and paid Android emulators available for PC and MAC, few of the popular ones are Bluestacks, Andy OS, Nox, MeMu and there are more you can find from Google.
YI Home Camera 1080P HD App for iOS and Android Download. The Yi Home Camera supports up to a 32 GB card. I used the PNY Elite 32GB microSDHC Card. It’s rated at up to 85 MB per second and works well with the Yi Home Camera. Buy a 32 GB card as the price increase is minimal versus a smaller 16 GB cariety. Be sure the micro SD card used is Class 10 or UHS 1 (or higher). Now, power the Yi Home Camera.
Compatibility: Before downloading them take a look at the minimum system requirements to install the emulator on your PC.
For example, BlueStacks requires OS: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows XP SP3 (32-bit only), Mac OS Sierra(10.12), High Sierra (10.13) and Mojave(10.14), 2-4GB of RAM, 4GB of disk space for storing Android apps/games, updated graphics drivers.
Finally, download and install the emulator which will work well with your PC's hardware/software.
How to Download and Install YI IoT for PC or MAC:
- Open the emulator software from the start menu or desktop shortcut in your PC.
- Associate or set up your Google account with the emulator.
- You can either install the App from Google PlayStore inside the emulator or download YI IoT APK file from the below link from our site and open the APK file with the emulator or drag the file into the emulator window to install YI IoT App for pc.
You can follow above instructions to install YI IoT for pc with any of the Android emulators out there.
The yi camera platform allows you to utilize Yi Home Cameras within Home Assistant. Specifically, this platform supports the line of Yi Home Cameras that are based on the Hi3518e Chipset. This includes:
- Yi Home 17CN / 27US / 47US
- Yi 1080p Home
- Yi Dome
- Yi 1080p Dome
To successfully implement this platform, the Home Assistant host should be capable of multiple simultaneous reads. For every concurrent Home Assistant user, a connection will be made to the camera every 10 seconds. This should normally not be a problem.
Preparing the Device
Installing Alternative Firmware
In order to integrate the camera with Home Assistant, it is necessary to install a custom firmware on the device. Instructions for doing so can be found via the yi-hack-v3 GitHub project.If you have a 2019/2020 version camera use yi-hack-MStar GitHub project or yi-hack-Allwinner GitHub project. In this case configure the cam as ONVIF and read the wiki for further details.
Once installed, please ensure that you have enabled FTP and Telnet on your device.
Currently, version 0.1.4-beta2 of the custom firmware is the highest supported without having to make additional modifications. Firmwares higher than this version use Pure-FTPd, which has a bug that prevents FFmpeg from correctly rendering video files. To use higher firmware versions you must also follow this workaround to revert back to ftpd.
If you use a version higher than 0.1.4-beta2, you can simply solve the FTP issue by creating a symlink to /tmp in the /home/yi-hack-v4 directory (the directory name can be different depending on the version which you use). For example, access the Yi camera via SSH and type command: ln -s /tmp tmp.
Some alternative Yi firmwares enable an experimental RTSP server, which will allow you to connect to your camera via other Home Assistant camera platforms. However, this RTSP server disables the ability to use the supremely-useful Yi Home app. In order to maintain both Home Assistant compatibility and the native app, this platform retrieves videos via FTP.
Changing the FTP Password
Once the custom firmware is installed, a password must be added to the FTPserver. To do so:
- Telnet into your camera:
telnet <IP ADDRESS>. - Enter
rootas the username and<blank>as the password. - Type
passwdand hit<Enter>. - Enter your new password twice.
- Log out of Telnet.
Configuring the Platform
To enable the platform, add the following lines to yourconfiguration.yaml file:
Configuration Variables
A human-friendly name for the camera.
The IP address or hostname of the camera.
The password for the FTP server running on the camera. Can be any string as the current firmware doesn’t allow setting FTP passwords.
The path to the raw MP4 files.
Yi Home Camera Windows App
The user that can access the FTP server.
Extra options to pass to ffmpeg (e.g., image quality or video filter options).
Image quality
Yi Dome Camera 1080p App
Any option supported by ffmpeg camera can be utilized via the ffmpeg_arguments configuration parameter.
Yi Dome Camera Pc Software
One particularly useful adjustment deals with video size. Since Yi videos are fairly large (especially on the 1080p cameras), the following configuration will bring them down to a manageable size: