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Re:Wanted to spy on my dog, ended up spying on TP-Link by xrd on Monday September 15, 2025 @08:33PM (#45256650)
Does anyone have a good reference for which tapo cameras support rtsp? I have a c210 that works well (sort of, you can't use it with their cloud capture) and I have it working with frigate.

But today I got a c402 (outdoor) thinking I could use it to capture my son's soccer practice. But that doesn't have the camera account option under advanced.

I love the price point of these devices but the functionality is all over the place.

If anyone knows a good outdoor camera, preferably with solar panel, that is cheap and has an rtsp stream, please let me know.

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Re:Wanted to spy on my dog, ended up spying on TP-Link by kennedn on Monday September 15, 2025 @09:16PM (#45256897)
You should still be able to use the tapo:// go2rtc stream source even if the camera does not support the rtsp:// via the camera account option. Have a look at my frigate configuration for reference - https://github.com/kennedn/frigate/blob/7c56604e819d2cb1da28...
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Re:Wanted to spy on my dog, ended up spying on TP-Link by xrd on Monday September 15, 2025 @10:41PM (#45257442)
Fantastic.

Why do you use rtsp for some streams and then tapo protocol for others? Are these all tapo cameras?

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Re:Wanted to spy on my dog, ended up spying on TP-Link by kennedn on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @06:34AM (#45260437)
The other two are Annke C500 outdoor cameras.
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Re:Wanted to spy on my dog, ended up spying on TP-Link by xrd on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @01:36PM (#45265285)
Can I ask why you chose those?

Go2rtc is working flawlessly now with these tapo cameras. Thanks so much. Incredible how easy it was. And integrated with frigate as well.

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