[Camera Support]: Having trouble getting my Tapo C200 to work with Frigate

[DChiuch]

[Camera Support]: Having trouble getting my Tapo C200 to work with Frigate

[kpcz]

Hi. My Tapo 200 config is this: (using latest fregate version)
it uses restream, low stream for detection and high stream for recording.

go2rtc:
  log:
    exec: trace
  webrtc:
  streams:
    cam_360_tapo_sub: 
      - rtsp://localcamerauser:[email protected]:554/stream2   
      - ffmpeg:cam_360_tapo_sub     
    cam_360_tapo: 
      - tapo://admin:[email protected]  

cameras:
  cam_360_tapo:
    ui:
      order: 1
    ffmpeg:
      hwaccel_args: preset-intel-qsv-h264
      inputs:
        - path:  rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/cam_360_tapo_sub
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/cam_360_tapo
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
    objects:
      track:
        - person
        - cat            
    detect:
      width: 640
      height: 360           
      fps: 4

  your config could be different as there could be different hwaccel_args needed.

[DChiuch]

Thanks @kpcz, I tried your config but I'm still having trouble unfortunately.

2024-02-15 13:06:59.570997931  [INFO] Starting Frigate...
2024-02-15 13:07:02.927227973  [2024-02-15 13:07:02] frigate.app                    INFO    : Starting Frigate (0.13.1-34fb1c2)
2024-02-15 13:07:02.969472644  [2024-02-15 13:07:02] peewee_migrate.logs            INFO    : Starting migrations
2024-02-15 13:07:02.977363624  [2024-02-15 13:07:02] peewee_migrate.logs            INFO    : There is nothing to migrate
2024-02-15 13:07:02.983204242  [2024-02-15 13:07:02] frigate.app                    INFO    : Recording process started: 297
2024-02-15 13:07:02.987315966  [2024-02-15 13:07:02] frigate.app                    INFO    : go2rtc process pid: 91
2024-02-15 13:07:03.009109210  [2024-02-15 13:07:03] detector.cpu                   INFO    : Starting detection process: 306
2024-02-15 13:07:03.010538496  [2024-02-15 13:07:03] frigate.app                    INFO    : Output process started: 308
2024-02-15 13:07:03.015075835  [2024-02-15 13:07:03] frigate.detectors              WARNING : CPU detectors are not recommended and should only be used for testing or for trial purposes.
2024-02-15 13:07:03.034769072  [2024-02-15 13:07:03] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for cam_360_tapo: 314
2024-02-15 13:07:03.040698839  [2024-02-15 13:07:03] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for cam_360_tapo: 315
2024-02-15 13:07:08.177650306  [2024-02-15 13:07:08] frigate.video                  ERROR   : cam_360_tapo: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2024-02-15 13:07:08.178390331  [2024-02-15 13:07:08] frigate.video                  ERROR   : cam_360_tapo: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2024-02-15 13:07:23.075738891  [2024-02-15 13:07:23] watchdog.cam_360_tapo          ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for cam_360_tapo.
2024-02-15 13:07:23.080178723  [2024-02-15 13:07:23] watchdog.cam_360_tapo          ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2024-02-15 13:07:23.080517799  [2024-02-15 13:07:23] ffmpeg.cam_360_tapo.detect     ERROR   : rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/cam_360_tapo_sub: Invalid data found when processing input

2024-02-15 13:06:59.718151312  [INFO] Starting go2rtc...
2024-02-15 13:06:59.852165106  13:06:59.852 INF go2rtc version 1.8.4 linux/amd64
2024-02-15 13:06:59.852856733  13:06:59.852 INF [rtsp] listen addr=:8554
2024-02-15 13:06:59.853096095  13:06:59.853 INF [webrtc] listen addr=:8555
2024-02-15 13:06:59.853249948  13:06:59.852 INF [api] listen addr=:1984
2024-02-15 13:07:03.479961836  13:07:03.479 DBG [exec] run url="exec:ffmpeg -hide_banner -fflags nobuffer -flags low_delay -timeout 5000000 -user_agent go2rtc/ffmpeg -rtsp_flags prefer_tcp -i rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/cam_360_tapo_sub?video&audio -c copy -user_agent ffmpeg/go2rtc -rtsp_transport tcp -f rtsp {output}"
2024-02-15 13:07:08.788680829  [rtsp @ 0x563399a8dd80] Could not find codec parameters for stream 0 (Video: h264, none): unspecified size
2024-02-15 13:07:08.788688500  Consider increasing the value for the 'analyzeduration' (0) and 'probesize' (5000000) options
2024-02-15 13:07:08.789282898  Input #0, rtsp, from 'rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/cam_360_tapo_sub?video&audio':
2024-02-15 13:07:08.789288715    Metadata:
2024-02-15 13:07:08.789290551      title           : go2rtc/1.8.4
2024-02-15 13:07:08.789372921    Duration: N/A, bitrate: 64 kb/s
2024-02-15 13:07:08.789375515    Stream #0:0: Video: h264, none, 90k tbr, 90k tbn
2024-02-15 13:07:08.789377236    Stream #0:1: Audio: pcm_alaw, 8000 Hz, mono, s16, 64 kb/s
2024-02-15 13:07:08.829835665  Output #0, rtsp, to 'rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/94750d946da6cafb4e370b650d43a08d':
2024-02-15 13:07:08.829842082    Metadata:
2024-02-15 13:07:08.829843805      title           : go2rtc/1.8.4
2024-02-15 13:07:08.829940768      encoder         : Lavf59.27.10013:07:08.829 DBG [exec] run launch=5.349830453s
2024-02-15 13:07:08.829942847  
2024-02-15 13:07:08.829944659    Stream #0:0: Audio: pcm_alaw, 8000 Hz, mono, s16, 64 kb/s
2024-02-15 13:07:08.829946113  Stream mapping:
2024-02-15 13:07:08.829947583    Stream #0:1 -> #0:0 (copy)
2024-02-15 13:07:08.829949097  Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
2024-02-15 13:07:08.880347314  13:07:08.880 WRN github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc/internal/streams/producer.go:171 > error="read tcp 172.17.0.2:46556->192.168.50.213:554: i/o timeout" url=rtsp://synology:[email protected]:554/stream2
2024-02-15 13:07:09.153625702  [INFO] Starting go2rtc healthcheck service...
2024-02-15 13:07:09.776558066  av_interleaved_write_frame(): Broken pipe
2024-02-15 13:07:09.776646457  size=N/A time=00:00:00.06 bitrate=N/A speed=N/A    
size=N/A time=00:00:00.06 bitrate=N/A speed=0.0634x    
2024-02-15 13:07:09.776949585  video:0kB audio:0kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: unknown
2024-02-15 13:07:09.776952584  Conversion failed!```

[digiltd]

here is my config for my C200 (Raspberry Pi 4)

go2rtc:
  streams:
    tapo_cam_c200: 
      - rtsp://username:[email protected]/stream1 # <- stream which supports video & aac audio. This is only supported for rtsp streams, http must use ffmpeg
      - "ffmpeg:tapo_cam#audio=opus" # <- copy of the stream which transcodes audio to opus
    tapo_cam_c200_sub:
      - rtsp://username:[email protected]/stream2 # <- stream which supports video & aac audio. This is only supported for rtsp streams, http must use ffmpeg
    

cameras:
  tapo_cam_c200:
    onvif:
      host: 192.168.1.165
      port: 2020
      user: username
      password: password
    ffmpeg:
      output_args:
        record: preset-record-generic
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/tapo_cam_c200 # <--- the name here must match the name of the camera in restream
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/tapo_cam_c200_sub # <--- the name here must match the name of the camera_sub in restream
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
    live:
      stream_name: tapo_cam_c200_sub
    record:
      enabled: True
      events:
        retain:
          default: 1
    objects:
      track:
        # - person
        - dog
    detect:
      stationary:
        interval: 50
        threshold: 50
    snapshots:
      enabled: True
      timestamp: False
      bounding_box: True
      retain:
        default: 1

Just a side note, you can't have two connections to the camera at the same time, so if you have VLC streaming rtsp://synology:[email protected]:554/stream1 then Frigate might be rejected when it tried to connect at the same time.

[changtimwu]

my Tapo C320WS works well.

[kongjudas]

I have three C200 and they're all falling out and refuse to reconnect without pulling the plug. I have 9 other Taco cameras around, which work perfectly (I had to return one C100). The C200 is not the easiest cam in my experience. Just letting you know :)

[digiltd]

The C200 is not the easiest cam in my experience. Just letting you know :)

but they are super cheap :)

[jonwitnoh]

Remove :554 from your rtsp stream and it should work. I was having the same issue until I did this.
So try

rtsp://synology:[email protected]/stream1