Hi.
I'm trying to integrate a Tapo door bell camera (battery powered) to Home Assistant and enable live view in the dashboard. As part of this exercise, i see that we need to open the port 554 for RTSP. I have the Speedport Pro Plus router. In menu option "Internet" and "Port activation", I have added a new rule by selecting the device (camera), a description, (no template), TCP - Public 554, Local 554. Saved and restarted the router. But the port still seems to be closed.
I have also marked the IP address of this camera as static under menu "Network" , "Connected devices", - always the same IPv4 address.
When i try to integrate the door bell into home assistant, i get the error "Unable to access the camera stream, verify that you have set up the camera account: Error opening stream (EXIT, Immediate exit requested, rtsp://****:****@192.XXX.X.XXX:554/stream1) ".
I believe this is because of the port not being open.
Could you please guide me on this ?
vor 2 Stunden
****:****@192.XXX.X.XXX:554/stream1)
Hi.
I'm trying to integrate a Tapo door bell camera (battery powered) to Home Assistant and enable live view in the dashboard. As part of this exercise, i see that we need to open the port 554 for RTSP. I have the Speedport Pro Plus router. In menu option "Internet" and "Port activation", I have added a new rule by selecting the device (camera), a description, (no template), TCP - Public 554, Local 554. Saved and restarted the router. But the port still seems to be closed.
I have also marked the IP address of this camera as static under menu "Network" , "Connected devices", - always the same IPv4 address.
When i try to integrate the door bell into home assistant, i get the error "Unable to access the camera stream, verify that you have set up the camera account: Error opening stream (EXIT, Immediate exit requested, rtsp://****:****@192.XXX.X.XXX:554/stream1) ".
I believe this is because of the port not being open.
Could you please guide me on this ?
That 192.xxx address appears to be a private address on the LAN side of the router (it should continue as 192.168.2.xxx). These addresses are only addressable from within the same local area network, i.e behind the same router.
Is your Home Assistant controller on the same LAN? If so, the camera and the controller can talk to each other directly, no opening or forwarding of ports required.
Or is the controller somewhere "on the Internet"? In this case, you need to address the camera by the router's WAN address and port forwarding.
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vor 45 Minuten
Hi ,
the home assistant control is on a raspberry Pi, connected to the speed port pro plus router directly via LAN cable. And yes you are right. The camera IP address as in the Tapo app continues as 192.168.2 .XXX. I just hid it before pasting here.
In Home Assistant, when I don’t select the LIVE view , I’m able to integrate the camera. But it just shows a small line if motion was detected etc. No view of the camera. If I select the option of LIVE view while integrating, then the above error pops up. So it’s something with the rtsp i guess.
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Practical Tips for Using RTSP with Tapo Doorbells
Enable Always-On Mode: In the Tapo app, go to your doorbell → Advanced Settings → Always-On → enable it. This is a requirement for RTSP on the supported doorbells.
Test the Stream: Use a player like VLC: “Media → Open Network Stream” → enter the RTSP URL to check if it works.
Check Firmware: Make sure your doorbell’s firmware is up-to-date. For example, for the D235, firmware version 1.1.14 (Build 240929) officially added support for RTSP in Always-On mode. TP-Link Community
Be Aware of Power Constraints: Since RTSP requires “always-on,” battery-only operation isn’t suitable for this use case — you’ll likely need to wire the doorbell.
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