[Support]: Disabling camera through UI or MQTT doesn't disconnect Tapo camera connection in 0.16.1 #20111

MakenBaken · 2025-09-17T10:15:43Z

MakenBaken
Sep 17, 2025

Describe the problem you are having

After switching the setup in Proxmox from an LXC with Docker and Frigate 0.16.0-RC1 (+ Coral) to a VM running Docker and Frigate 0.16.1 Release (+ Hailo8) I noticed, that the connection to my Tapo cameras (Tapo C212 and C410) are kept active even if the cameras are disabled through MQTT or the UI. Since the C410 is battery / solar powered, the battery drains quickly.

I first noticed this due to the battery drain (usually the camera looses about 2% overnight, now its almost empty in the morning (>50% drain). Later I noticed that the two-way-audio call function in the Tapo app is not available and when a call is initiated it says the line is busy / blocked and to try again later ("Die Leitung ist besetzt. Bitte versuchen Sie es später.").

Disabling the camera through MQTT worked with 0.16.0-RC1 without any issues. Testing with 0.16.0 RC1 through RC4 and 0.16.0 Release this works fine (when disabled no battery drain and voice call possible), starting with 0.16.1 Release the connection to Tapo doesn't seem to be disabled entirely anymore I guess...

The go2rtc log output shows a timeout for the stream of the C410 (aviary_front_sub), but both work fine when streaming to VLC through the frigate rtsp stream...

The FFprobe below is from the restream since tapo:// is not directly supported.

Any idea where this might be coming from or if this might even be a bug?

Version

0.16.1-e664cb2

What browser(s) are you using?

Firefox 142.0.1 (64-Bit)

Frigate config file

# frigate version
version: 0.16.1

# MQTT
mqtt:
  enabled: true
  host: 192.168.231.29
  port: 1883
  topic_prefix: frigate
  client_id: frigate
  user: frigate
  password: frigateMQTTPW
  stats_interval: 60

# birdsey
birdseye:
  enabled: false
  restream: false
  width: 1280
  height: 720
  #quality: 8
  # Optional: Mode of the view. Available options are: objects, motion, and continuous
  mode: motion
  inactivity_threshold: 60
  layout:
    # Optional: Scaling factor for the layout calculator, range 1.0-5.0 (default: 2.0)
    scaling_factor: 2
    # Optional: Maximum number of cameras to show at one time, showing the most recent (default: show all cameras)
    max_cameras: 2

# FFMPEG
ffmpeg:
  #hwaccel_args: preset-vaapi
  input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
  output_args:
    # This will transcode the original audio to aac
    record: preset-record-generic-audio-aac

# detector configuraiotn
detectors:
#  cpu1:
#    type: cpu
#    num_threads: 1
  hailo:
    type: hailo8l
    device: PCIe

model:
  width: 320
  height: 320
  input_tensor: nhwc
  input_pixel_format: rgb
  input_dtype: int
  model_type: yolo-generic
  labelmap_path: /labelmap/coco-80.txt

# object configuration
objects:
  track:
    - bird
    - mouse
    #- person
    #- cat
    #- dog

# recording
record:
  enabled: true
  retain:
    days: 3
    mode: motion
  alerts:
    retain:
      days: 30
  detections:
    retain:
      days: 30
go2rtc:
  streams:
    coop:
#      - tapo://admin:[email protected]?subtype=0&videoframeskipmode=empty
      - rtsp://friagteUSR:[email protected]:554/stream1
      - ffmpeg:coop#audio=aac
#      - ffmpeg:coop#audio=opus
    coop_sub:
#      - tapo://admin:[email protected]?subtype=1&videoframeskipmode=empty
      - rtsp://friagteUSR:[email protected]:554/stream2
    aviary_front:
      - tapo://admin:[email protected]?subtype=0&videoframeskipmode=empty
#      - rtsp://friagteUSR:[email protected]:554/stream1
#      - ffmpeg:aviary_front#audio=aac
#      - ffmpeg:aviary_front#audio=opus
    aviary_front_sub:
      - tapo://admin:[email protected]?subtype=1&videoframeskipmode=empty
#      - rtsp://friagteUSR:[email protected]:554/stream2

# camera groups
camera_groups:
  # enclosure
  chicken:
    order: 1
    icon: LuBird
    cameras:
      - coop
      - aviary_front
  # birdseye
  birdseye:
    order: 2
    icon: LuAperture
    cameras:
      - birdseye

# cameras
cameras:
  # chick coop - Tapo C212
  coop:
    enabled: true
    birdseye:
      mode: motion
      order: 1
    detect:
      fps: 5
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/coop?video&audio
          roles:
            - record
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/coop_sub?video
          roles:
            - detect
    live:
      streams:
        coop: coop
    onvif:
      host: 192.168.230.99
      port: 2020
      user: frigateUSR
      password: friagtePWD
    motion:
      mask: 0,0,0.377,0,0.377,0.055,0,0.055
      threshold: 45
      contour_area: 10
      improve_contrast: true

  # aviary - Tapo C410
  aviary_front:
    enabled: true
    birdseye:
      mode: motion
      order: 2
    detect:
      fps: 5
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/aviary_front?video&audio
          roles:
            - record
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/aviary_front_sub?video
          roles:
            - detect
    live:
      streams:
        aviaray_front: aviary_front
    motion:
      mask:
        - 0,0,0.377,0,0.377,0.055,0,0.055
      threshold: 45
      contour_area: 10
      improve_contrast: true

    zones: {}
detect:
  enabled: true
semantic_search:
  enabled: false
  model_size: small
face_recognition:
  enabled: false
  model_size: small
lpr:
  enabled: false
classification:
  bird:
    enabled: true

Relevant Frigate log output

2025-09-17 09:59:00.917864802  [INFO] Preparing Frigate...
2025-09-17 09:59:01.439120342  [INFO] Starting Frigate...
2025-09-17 09:59:03.698410739  [2025-09-17 09:59:03] frigate.util.config            INFO    : Checking if frigate config needs migration...
2025-09-17 09:59:03.718833346  [2025-09-17 09:59:03] frigate.util.config            INFO    : copying config as backup...
2025-09-17 09:59:03.723052972  [2025-09-17 09:59:03] frigate.util.config            INFO    : Finished frigate config migration...
2025-09-17 09:59:03.785550998  [2025-09-17 09:59:03] frigate.util.services          WARNING : Did not detect hwaccel, using a GPU for accelerated video decoding is highly recommended
2025-09-17 09:59:08.003218755  [2025-09-17 09:59:08] frigate.app                    INFO    : Starting Frigate (0.16.1-e664cb2)
2025-09-17 09:59:08.066784575  [2025-09-17 09:59:08] peewee_migrate.logs            INFO    : Starting migrations
2025-09-17 09:59:08.069682909  [2025-09-17 09:59:08] peewee_migrate.logs            INFO    : There is nothing to migrate
2025-09-17 09:59:08.092640785  [2025-09-17 09:59:08] frigate.app                    INFO    : Recording process started: 310
2025-09-17 09:59:08.107021728  [2025-09-17 09:59:08] frigate.app                    INFO    : Review process started: 315
2025-09-17 09:59:08.115124437  [2025-09-17 09:59:08] frigate.app                    INFO    : go2rtc process pid: 127
2025-09-17 09:59:08.146538126  [2025-09-17 09:59:08] frigate.app                    INFO    : Embedding process started: 338
2025-09-17 09:59:08.150783651  [2025-09-17 09:59:08] detector.hailo                 INFO    : Starting detection process: 335
2025-09-17 09:59:08.188187956  [2025-09-17 09:59:08] frigate.app                    INFO    : Output process started: 375
2025-09-17 09:59:08.195648630  INFO: Created TensorFlow Lite XNNPACK delegate for CPU.
2025-09-17 09:59:08.318479138  [2025-09-17 09:59:08] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for coop: 406
2025-09-17 09:59:08.337856563  [2025-09-17 09:59:08] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for aviary_front: 417
2025-09-17 09:59:08.357733477  [2025-09-17 09:59:08] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for coop: 424
2025-09-17 09:59:08.368865246  [2025-09-17 09:59:08] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for aviary_front: 430
2025-09-17 09:59:08.574144865  [2025-09-17 09:59:08] frigate.api.fastapi_app        INFO    : Starting FastAPI app
2025-09-17 09:59:08.887634388  [2025-09-17 09:59:08] frigate.api.fastapi_app        INFO    : FastAPI started

Relevant go2rtc log output

2025-09-17 09:59:01.452733475  [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2025-09-17 09:59:01.809106695  [INFO] Starting go2rtc...
2025-09-17 09:59:01.897668477  09:59:01.897 INF go2rtc platform=linux/amd64 revision=fa580c5 version=1.9.9
2025-09-17 09:59:01.897672235  09:59:01.897 INF config path=/dev/shm/go2rtc.yaml
2025-09-17 09:59:01.898178859  09:59:01.898 INF [rtsp] listen addr=:8554
2025-09-17 09:59:01.898333463  09:59:01.898 INF [api] listen addr=:1984
2025-09-17 09:59:01.899043799  09:59:01.898 INF [webrtc] listen addr=:8555
2025-09-17 09:59:07.996018950  09:59:07.995 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.230.98:8800: i/o timeout" stream=aviary_front_sub
2025-09-17 09:59:10.774463403  [INFO] Starting go2rtc healthcheck service...

FFprobe output from your camera

ffprobe version 5.1.7-0+deb12u1 Copyright (c) 2007-2025 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 12 (Debian 12.2.0-14+deb12u1)
  configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=0+deb12u1 --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --arch=amd64 --enable-gpl --disable-stripping --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libdav1d --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libglslang --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libjack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libmysofa --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librabbitmq --enable-librist --enable-librubberband --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-lv2 --enable-omx --enable-openal --enable-opencl --enable-opengl --enable-sdl2 --disable-sndio --enable-libjxl --enable-pocketsphinx --enable-librsvg --enable-libmfx --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdrm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-libx264 --enable-libplacebo --enable-librav1e --enable-shared
  libavutil      57. 28.100 / 57. 28.100
  libavcodec     59. 37.100 / 59. 37.100
  libavformat    59. 27.100 / 59. 27.100
  libavdevice    59.  7.100 / 59.  7.100
  libavfilter     8. 44.100 /  8. 44.100
  libswscale      6.  7.100 /  6.  7.100
  libswresample   4.  7.100 /  4.  7.100
  libpostproc    56.  6.100 / 56.  6.100
[rtsp @ 0x59a016497180] method SETUP failed: 461 Unsupported transport
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
    Last message repeated 1 times
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
    Last message repeated 1 times
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
    Last message repeated 1 times
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
    Last message repeated 1 times
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
    Last message repeated 1 times
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
    Last message repeated 1 times
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
    Last message repeated 1 times
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
    Last message repeated 1 times
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
    Last message repeated 1 times
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
    Last message repeated 1 times
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
    Last message repeated 1 times
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
    Last message repeated 1 times
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
    Last message repeated 1 times
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
    Last message repeated 1 times
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
    Last message repeated 1 times
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
    Last message repeated 1 times
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
    Last message repeated 1 times
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
    Last message repeated 1 times
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
    Last message repeated 1 times
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
    Last message repeated 1 times
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] no frame!
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] non-existing PPS 0 referenced
    Last message repeated 1 times
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0x59a01649bb80] no frame!
Input #0, rtsp, from 'rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/aviary_front':
  Metadata:
    title           : go2rtc/1.9.9
  Duration: N/A, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
  Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (Main), yuv420p(tv, bt709, progressive), 2304x1296, 15 fps, 16.92 tbr, 90k tbn
  Stream #0:1: Audio: pcm_alaw, 8000 Hz, mono, s16, 64 kb/s

Frigate stats

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Install method

Docker Compose

docker-compose file or Docker CLI command

services:
  frigate:
    container_name: frigate
    privileged: true # this may not be necessary for all setups
    restart: unless-stopped
    stop_grace_period: 30s # allow enough time to shut down the various services
    image: ghcr.io/blakeblackshear/frigate:0.16.1
      # doesn't work: 0.16.1 (stable)
      # works: 0.16.0 (stable)/0.16.0-rc1/-rc2/-rc3/-rc4

    shm_size: "512mb" # update for your cameras based on calculation above
    devices:
      #- /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb # Passes the USB Coral, needs to be modified for other versions
      #- /dev/apex_0:/dev/apex_0 # Passes a PCIe Coral, follow driver instructions here https://coral.ai/docs/m2/get-started/#2a-on-linux
      #- /dev/video11:/dev/video11 # For Raspberry Pi 4B
      - /dev/hailo0
      #- /dev/dri/renderD128:/dev/dri/renderD128 # For intel hwaccel, needs to be updated for your hardware
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - /mnt/frigate/config:/config
      - /mnt/frigate/media/frigate:/media/frigate
      #- type: tmpfs # Optional: 1GB of memory, reduces SSD/SD Card wear
      #  target: /tmp/cache
      #  tmpfs:
      #    size: 1000000000
    ports:
      - "8971:8971"
      - "5000:5000" # Internal unauthenticated access. Expose carefully.
      - "8554:8554" # RTSP feeds
      - "8555:8555/tcp" # WebRTC over tcp
      - "8555:8555/udp" # WebRTC over udp
    environment:
      FRIGATE_RTSP_PASSWORD: "password"

Object Detector

Other

Network connection

Wired

Camera make and model

Tapo C410

Screenshots of the Frigate UI's System metrics pages

No response

Any other information that may be helpful

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hawkeye217 · 2025-09-17T10:16:11Z

inkeep-ai-assistant[bot]
bot Sep 17, 2025

Disabling a camera in Frigate via MQTT or the UI should stop Frigate from processing that camera. You can use the MQTT topic frigate/<camera_name>/enabled/set with the payload OFF to disable a camera, and check its state via frigate/<camera_name>/enabled/state(1). However, the documentation does not specify whether this action will always close the underlying connection to the camera at the go2rtc/ffmpeg layer, especially for restreamed sources or specific camera types.

If you are using restreaming with go2rtc, ensure that the camera's stream management in go2rtc matches your expectations, as some configurations may keep the RTSP connection alive for other clients or processes(2). There is no documented Frigate setting to explicitly force go2rtc or ffmpeg to close the stream when a camera is disabled from Frigate.

Check out these potentially useful sources: Restream, MQTT, Full Reference Config

Would you like a general answer based on my knowledge instead?

📚 Sources:

Have another question? Just tag @inkeep.

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hawkeye217 Sep 17, 2025
Collaborator

The AI is correct here. As noted in the documentation, disabling a camera does not stop go2rtc's processing or consumption of your camera stream, only Frigate's.

Frigate will not (and cannot) forcibly remove a stream from go2rtc.

https://docs.frigate.video/configuration/live#disabling-cameras

MakenBaken Sep 17, 2025
Author

Yes, I get that, but for some reason it works without issues on a lower version of Frigate... Has maybe something changed from 0.16.0 to 0.16.1 that I missed?

hawkeye217 Sep 17, 2025
Collaborator

Nothing in 0.16.1 changed that would affect the connection in this way. Did you try hard rebooting the camera?

MakenBaken Sep 17, 2025
Author

I've rebooted and reset the camera a couple of times and configured it again in Tapo to make sure it's not the network / wifi connection. The issue is the same with the Tapo C212, but that one has an RTSP stream that Frigate is now using instead of the tapo:// connection...
Note to self: No more cameras without RTSP in the future. ;-)

Right now Frigate 0.16.0 Release is running with the cameras disabled through MQTT and I'll leave it running like this for some time to double check it's all working as intended and investigate further from there... Thank you so far!

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