I have a Tapo C260 camera that works fine and I can retrieve the image with the internal camera integration
But with the Tapo integration I see nothing:
@Chris75 For local control, you need to enter the IP address
@mutmut is the doorbell battery-powered?
Yes, 180 days of autonomy.
I’m considering a Reolink with PoE, 2.5 times more expensive, but I can’t figure out if it’s cloud and/or local.
You need to add a camera widget
If you can, take POE, it’s more of a hassle to install because you have to pull a cable, but if you want a video stream, it’s better.
Because on battery when you do video streaming, the autonomy drops very quickly.
By the way, I found it, finally Claude, to have the video stream for the battery cameras that have RTSP blocked, but in the integration I did not allow the live stream. Only snapshots
Now I don’t understand: the « camera » widget already worked very well with the internal « camera » integration where I had put the RTSP stream. So what does the external tapo integration add?
Nothing more today, well almost, there is a function to retrieve images from a battery-powered camera that doesn’t have RTSP, for example.
Afterwards, it allows you to fill in the RTSP address for those who don’t know how and only know the IP.
But be patient, as there are features coming soon with the next updates. ONVIF PTZ support, to control the camera position, if motorized, from Gladys.
ok, I’m really looking forward to these very interesting new features!