Unable to Connect to Tapo Cameras
Author: yousefmansy1Created Jun 8, 2025Updated Sep 17, 2026
Labelsquestionbrand/tapo
Hello,
I'm using the bundled got2rtc in frigate. Previously I had been using the integration well with my tapo cameras.
Roughly speaking this is how my config looked like
streams:
tapo1:
- tapo://{FRIGATE_RTSP_PASSWORD}@190.168.50.16
- ffmpeg:tapo1#audio=aacNow, I get the following error.
error="streams: dial tcp 190.168.50.16:8800: i/o timeout, exec: [in#0 @ 0x559d36736cc0] Error opening input: Invalid data found when processing input\nError opening input file rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/tapo1?audio.\nError opening input files: Invalid data found when processing input\n" stream=tapo1Based on the logs the version of the internal go2rtc of frigate I'm using is 1.9.2. However using go2rtc directly via docker and the latest version (1.9.9) I get the same error.
I'm able to directly connect to the cameras via RTSP, so I dont belive the issue is with authentication? But not sure how to confirm thatproblem there. (I know to use the cloud password password for go2rtc, which is not the rtsp password)
Source: AlexxIT/go2rtc