If anyone is using the new TP-Link Tapo C125 can you please post a review

[teredactle]

Hi, I just noticed that TP-Link has a new camera, the C125 2K and this looks exactly what I'm looking fall, small profile with wide angle (for indoor use), however I can only see it available in the US at BestBuy. I am curious if this is some rebrand of a dahua internal because generally these types of cameras are mostly put out for cloud consumption model (like Wyze) but this has a bunch of features like a standard IP camera (specsheet), While TP-Link isn't the first manufacturer I think of making IP security cameras, this looks like it will fit my need perfectly. The Wyze cams I have are working OK, but the audio is total $hit from the RTSP feed, and I think it's a problem with the low grade mic/speaker used.

Stuff like up to 30fps, and Protocol: TCP/IP, DHCP, ARP, ICMP, DNS, NTP, HTTP, HTTPS, UDP, ONVIF, RTSP makes me think it's an OEM rebrand of some sort. Would love to see some shots, video, and how many streams it supports. The C110 2K only supports 2 streams, too bad.

Thanks in advance

 

[TonyR]

The C110 2K only supports 2 streams, too bad.

Considering it's a $22 camera I'd say 2 streams, a main and a sub stream, is pretty good.

I used it's little 3MP/2K brother, the Tapo C-110, back in Nov. '22. It was from amazon at the time. It streams to my Blue Iris and to VLC using RTSP and it does NOT require the cloud to do so. It is initially set up with an app on a smartphone.

The instructions for RTSP streaming that also include the C-125 can be found here.

What country are you in? I don't recognize "CAD".

 

[teredactle]

Heh, it's supposed to be CA? Canada? oh well..
Thanks for the reply, I picked one of these up as I have a friend across the border, so far I'm pretty happy with it, however the claim of 30FPS is invalid, it doesn't do more than 15fps - even though in the app you can select 15/20/25/30, the stream is locked to 15.
What I meant by streams was my mistake, I meant to say simultaneous viewers of the stream - on the C110, once there were 2 viewers, a 3rd trying to view the RTSP stream would result in an error.
Seems not to be the case with the C125 though, so I'm happy about that. Thanks for the links, I already had that info but good to have it referenced nonetheless.
The 140 degree field of vision is what sold me on the C125, and RTSP/ONVIF support out of the box.

 

[juanlunagen]

Hello, what app did u use for rtsp stream? have u tried using gstream plugin on OBS?

Reducing latency using PTZOptics RTSP feeds and OBS

This is something that is very normal for RTSP. We generally see 500-2000 milliseconds of latency using the Media Source for RTSP feeds in OBS. Using the VLC source does get the latency slightly lower, but recently we have found the use of a...

help.ptzoptics.com

i think you can specify what framerate u like for your rtsp camera using gstream plugin

Thanks

 

[teredactle]

Well I'm using BI with the C125 which works well.
This camera has 2 streams, 2K and 720, and for each of these streams you can only have 2 connections - so if 2 players of the stream are connected to stream1, then a 3rd player of the stream cannot connect. I thought RTSP was by default multicast? Not familiar with the protocol details, is it normal to only be able to connect 2 devices simultaneously to any 1 stream??

@juanlunagen I'm not sure about your post; I'm using BI, but also tried VLC and use TinyCamPro - the Tapo Android app allows you to set FPS on the camera 15, 20, 30, however I don't know if this is some sort of Marketing scam, 15FPS is max it can do regardless of those settings.

In any case, love this camera, I will get another and dump the WyzeCam 3s.

 

[juanlunagen]

Thanks for your response. I'm not familiar with BI, could you clarify what it stands for? Also, regarding the Tapo app, setting the video quality to Auto allows for changing the framerate to 30fps, but I'm uncertain if this applies to RTSP streaming as well.

I'm using a GStreamer plugin in OBS to reduce RTSP camera delay/latency, enabling me to utilize my Tapo camera for Zoom. Currently, I have the Tapo C200, which only supports up to 15fps according to the camera specs, resulting in a subpar experience. I'm considering upgrading to the C125 if it can do the actual 30fps on RTSP streaming, which would significantly enhance my camera setup