# Yi M1: reconstructing wireless camera control and live view

> Yi M1 wireless protocol research reconstructs the camera’s BLE pairing, Wi-Fi handoff, HTTP remote-control commands and UDP live-view frame format. Python scripts demonstrate pairing, starting remote control and extracting JPEG previews with accompanying settings from findings based on Yi Mirrorless Android decompilation and traffic captures.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: App · Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/bullbin/xiaoyi_m1_re_liveview>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/bullbin/xiaoyi_m1_re_liveview/blob/52deda7d7ed390c2edc1a3d0c2383dc7cdf7c9ca/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/xiaoyi-m1-liveview-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/xiaoyi-m1-liveview-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/xiaoyi-m1-liveview-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A Yi M1 camera and a computer with Bluetooth Low Energy support are needed.
- **Scope:** The author reports functionality on camera firmware 3.2int, BLE protocol 1.0 and WLAN protocol for firmware 2.2 or later.
- **Limits:** Earlier firmware versions and callable wrappers for many HTTP commands are outside the implemented scope.
- **License:** MIT License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/bullbin/xiaoyi_m1_re_liveview/blob/52deda7d7ed390c2edc1a3d0c2383dc7cdf7c9ca/README.md>

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