Tapo H500
Idéal pour : Idéal pour centraliser localement les vidéos de plusieurs appareils Tapo compatibles, sans abonnement.
En bref : Les avis Reddit présentent le Tapo H500 comme une solution pratique pour centraliser localement les enregistrements et éviter le cloud. Le bilan reste cependant mitigé en raison d’une reconnaissance faciale jugée très peu fiable, de limites en enregistrement continu et de bugs variables selon les configurations.
Au-delà de ce modèle, la marque Tapo (toutes gammes) recueille 37 % d'avis positifs sur 1023 utilisateurs Reddit. Ce signal marque ne compte pas dans la note du modèle ci-dessus.
Points forts
Utilisable sans abonnement
9 1
« It is PnP, has AI facial recognition and completely eliminates the need for a subscription service. » Voir l’avis
« Literally the point of the h200 and h500 hub » Voir l’avis
« It eliminates the need for cloud storage and sd cards completely and acts as a local storage server. » Voir l’avis
Installation facile
28 16
« It is PnP, has AI facial recognition and completely eliminates the need for a subscription service. » Voir l’avis
« You can choose to fallback to a direct connection with the hub if your wifi is bad and the hub is better. » Voir l’avis
« You just have to remember: it’s only as good as your home wireless connection. » Voir l’avis
Bonne qualité d’image
2 1
« Works perfectly and shows what I need it to and a good resolution » Voir l’avis
Points faibles
Détection peu fiable
18 27
« After 6 months, I still get detected as an unknown person most of the time (I use cameras indoors which see me many times during the day). » Voir l’avis
« I think that this was more of a marketing thing.... » Voir l’avis
« \+1 - Same experience however I have only had my Tapo H500 for about a week so I was thinking that algorithms will probably get better with time but now I am keeping my hopes down. » Voir l’avis
| Critère | Note /10 | Ce qu'en dit le consensus |
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| Application | 4.0 | L’application offre un accès rapide aux flux et enregistrements, mais certaines fonctions de gestion et de programmation restent limitées ou instables. |
| Installation | 5.3 | La configuration et l’ajout d’un disque sont souvent jugés simples, sous réserve de compatibilité et d’une architecture réseau adaptée. |
| Détection | 3.0 | La détection classique peut convenir, mais la reconnaissance faciale et les clips événementiels courts concentrent de nombreuses critiques. |
| Utilisation sans abonnement | 8.5 | Le stockage local sans cloud ni abonnement constitue l’un des avantages les plus consensuels du H500. |
| Fiabilité | 4.6 | Plusieurs installations fonctionnent durablement, mais d’autres utilisateurs rapportent des déconnexions, des bugs, de la chauffe ou des limites d’enregistrement. |
| Prix | 3.6 | Le rapport qualité-prix divise, surtout face au H200, aux cartes microSD et aux véritables NVR, avec le coût du disque à ajouter. |
| Image | 5.0 | Les rares avis sur l’affichage et le chargement sont plutôt positifs, malgré quelques clips événementiels incomplets ou saccadés. |
Avis Reddit
121 avis analysés · Positifs 48 Neutres 21 Négatifs 46
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Ravenheld 🇫🇷🇬🇧
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Ok-Attitude8773 🇫🇷
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r/Tapo · The H500 is useless for supporting only 4 continuous cameras recording Bonjour c'est bizzare, moi j' en ai 5 + la sonnette et aucun problème
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Chris_N_run 🇫🇷
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r/Tapo · What is the hub for? Est-ce que cela vaut vraiment la peine de prendre le plus gros modèle h500 ? Le H100 ou H200 est suffisant ?
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catmandot 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 Facial Recognition It's useless. After 6 months, I still get detected as an unknown person most of the time (I use cameras indoors which see me many times during the day). I have no camera which sees a TV, but mine have detected faces displayed on the side of vans parking in front of my house.
r/Tapo · H500 Facial Recognition I've been doing that for months and I did not notice any improvement.
r/Tapo · Tapo cameras: Is there a way to set the duration of motion-triggered recordings? OK, I managed to see the GIF (It was blocked by the office Wifi). It shows how to switch from Detection Recording to Conntinous Recording. But that's not what I need. I don't want to record the whole day, just one minute after a movement detection instead of just 14 seconds.
r/Tapo · H500 Facial Recognition Same here. I mostly get detected as an unknown person. Despite adding these pictures to my person, the AI doesn't get better in recognizing me.
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All_And_Forever 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 Facial Recognition I gave up. Now it's off. I think that this was more of a marketing thing.... This Ai needs a lot of improvement. Actually, there's a lot to improve with the h500.
r/Tapo · H500 vs Micro SD I have an h500 and sd cards as redundancy just in case anything goes wrong with the network. I've got some cheaper sandisk extreme since it won't be constantly recording on it. I've had some instances when the cameras record on them for a bit, despite having great signal and having the some cameras connected directly to the hub and neither the cams or the router or even the h500 have an auto reboot on... So... You must factor in the cost of a hub and an ssd, against some sd cards that will last, depending on their size, a couple of years. The hub Ai is rubbish. You can't set crossing lines or have some other more advanced Ai features that some cameras have. You have the option to view live footage on a tv or set it up to view in every tv in your home (with a lot of work) but you can do that with the app anyway. Another thing is.. I have a Gigabit network as most of us do and sometimes the hub is lagging for no reason. It's not horrible but it could be much better. I bought it as an easy setup nvr kind of thing and as that it works ok. Just my humble and honest opinion from my experience.
r/Tapo · Tapo cameras in external storage The h500 can only have 4 cameras recording 24/7 but it can have 16 cameras recording events only. You'll need to buy a hard drive for it. With that many cameras... I believe that there are better and more cost effective solutions. The h500 is nothing to write home about. It's a pretty basic machine. Even the Ai is basic. There are cameras with better Ai than the h500. Of course that you can add sensors and plugs. Only you can judge if it's worth considering...
r/Tapo · H500 Facial Recognition In this example yes, but i have Qhd and 4k cameras and the 4k have the same errors... They sometimes don't even detect my schnauzer... Well.. The dog is grey and the outside is concrete but i can see it and the Ai doesn't... Also... It detects people at night (that aren't there) if an insect flies by or at the slightest fog or rain... So... A lot to be improved..
r/Tapo · How to tell if recording to h500? That's the problem then. It's only recording events. Set it to all blue and it will record 24/7.
r/Tapo · C120 event durations are too long It's a hub and it has a slightly better detection ai.
r/Tapo · H500 Facial Recognition Totally agree. The Ai is the same as in the cameras themselves. I've tried to "teach" it, both on the cameras and on the hub and it's the same. The hub could do so much more but tapo is doing it's own thing... They prefer to release new stuff with those new features, instead of integrating them on the existing software... It's more profitable that way...
r/Tapo · H500 help needed Every tapo device is on a dedicated iot network and with device isolation enabled as since the beginning. The problem just began now. I'm going to see what they say about it.
r/Tapo · H500 help needed The thing is.. When i first configured the hub, I could always access it and the hard-drive without a wan connection. This is something new. It also wouldn't make any sence to be locked out from your own system in case of a wan blackout...
r/Tapo · C120 event durations are too long I noticed that after adding the h500, notifications that were 1min long, suddenly turned to 14sec.
r/Tapo · H500 Hub new setup question Don't forget to isolate all iots from your network! You can add the hard-drive later. It's not difficult to format it and run it after installation. Watching live footage is only possible on hdmi or with another screen that supports usb-c like a tablet or just a "dumb screen", other than that, only using the app, preferably in the same isolated network to get really low latency.
r/Tapo · H500 help needed Nothing changed in my setup and i used to be able to connect with the app on that same iot network. I don't know if it's the hub or the app but something changed. Nothing changed in the router, maybe i need to setup the hub again using first the wifi and then connecting the ethernet cable... It has both networks configured 2.4ghz and 5ghz and it's on cable... It's like I'm not the device admin or something...
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plump-lamp 🇬🇧🌐
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r/Tapo · The H500 is useless for supporting only 4 continuous cameras recording It's insanely cheap for a network hub.... How many houses need more than 4 24x7 recording?
r/Tapo · Tapo care cloud storage alternatives Literally the point of the h200 and h500 hub
r/Tapo · H500 Question Not possible doesn't work that way unfortunately
r/Tapo · H500 vs Micro SD cards It's about price. H500 plus SSD vs microsd cards. Main benefit of h500 is the storage is safe if a camera is stolen
r/Tapo · H500 questions - will it help me Face recognition is pretty piss poor so there isn't a reason to get it.
r/Tapo · HomeBase H500 usage recommendations You just need something with HDMI. Constant 24x7 monitoring works okay for it but not great. The h500 hub is very meh
r/Tapo · How to tell if recording to h500? There is no camera storage unless there's an SD card. It's recording to the hub then
r/Tapo · C120 event durations are too long Powered do 24x7 + clips with the hub and the proper clip length so there's no need for it. The clip just continues to the 24x7 when motion stops
r/Tapo · H500 Hub new setup question That's internal not external. Just slide it in the side
r/Tapo · Tapo hub H200 with C200 and C320WS cameras for recording ? H500 hub supports 2.5" hard drives which will last longer. I would put an SD card in each, doesn't need to be high endurance, that's mostly a farce for micro SD cards. Use those cheap cards as a backup if your hub HDD dies. Then get the h500 hub with an SDD in it
r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? H200 can do all that for 1/3rd the price which is what I'm cross comparing
r/Tapo · How to tell if recording to h500? I mean.... Can you see recordings? Assuming you don't have a subscription, don't have cloud, then yeah if you can see them it's recording them.
r/Tapo · C120 event durations are too long What does 15 second clips? Not the hubs.... What I'm saying is they do the length of the motion with the hub like you are expecting not the additional minute.
r/Tapo · C120 event durations are too long But you do 24x7 with the hub and clips. That's what I do
r/Tapo · C120 event durations are too long I do have the h500 hub as well. Cameras recording to that appear to do the length of the motion not a full extra minute
r/Tapo · New to Tapo and I have a couple questions Yup. But no reason to get a hub. If it's all internal just get SD cards, it all will work exactly the same unless you really want your doorbell clips stored on the hub and not on a local SD card
r/Tapo · H500 Hub new setup question Wait did you buy an external hard drive or a 2.5" hard drive to put in it? Because you need to put a drive in it ideally. External doesn't work the same
r/Tapo · Question regarding TP link CCTV cameras + TP link hubs how many cameras? Record 24x7 or clips? I assume 24x7. Just know they only support 4 max for 24x7, also the H500 hub has better camera support. I can't speak for the h200 but the h500 can do direct wifi connection or over wifi or over ethernet as long as they can talk to eachother on the network. if the hub or your wifi go down, it will fail over to the other that is available. IMO h500 is worth it as it supports a 2.5" SSD
r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? No actions won't be held on the hub
r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? I have a support ticket open and they have not said it takes time, they said it should immediately detect strangers. It's not new though, eufy has been doing this with their cheaper s380 hub for over a year
r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? We did multiple test clips with strangers and friendlies, and it didn't detect a single one after initially detecting them a few days ago. Two different cameras to test.
r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? H500 only supports 4x 24x7 recording so "every single camera" would be limited to 4 if your goal is 24x7 and not clips
r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? FYI after testing, H500's facial recognition is an absolute joke.
r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? It's does. I'm actually a big wyze user, 15 cameras, home alarm system with 30 sensors, bulbs galore. I've been making my way towards other systems just not sure yet. I have 2 tapo cameras for testing, 2 reolink, and 1 eufy. I also have 20 or so tapo smart switches already. Just not sure the 3x price is worth it for the h500 hub vs the 200 yet. Basically h500 supports larger better storage and matter support and largely untested facial recognition. H200 has native home assistant integration h500 doesn't yet. Does the h500 do 24x7 recording with all those cameras or just events only? Are there other smart actions/automations you can do with the hub you can't do with individual cameras? Is there a centralized events area for clips from other cameras or are those still only visible by going to each camera?
r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? I'm not asking you to help me. You're defending it when every single person on this sub with an h500 has said the facial recognition just doesn't work
r/Tapo · 24/7 Capture w/ the H500, C460 and C660 They fix bugs. It's a bug.
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MuchBiscotti-8495162 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 Screen recommendations I have an H500 and it's connected to a 24-inch monitor via the HDMI port. Screen mirror is running without any issues.
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goose-77- 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · The H500 is useless for supporting only 4 continuous cameras recording The H500 is fantastic for the price. It is PnP, has AI facial recognition and completely eliminates the need for a subscription service. It also connects to multiple sensors, locks and doorbells if you go deep into the Tapo ecosystem. If you need 24/7 monitoring on more than 4 cameras then you’d be better off with a professionally installed wired home security system. You could have 4 cameras recording 24/7 in your high traffic / critical areas and have up to 12 additional cameras set to event recording on less critical area. Alternatively, if you have cameras at each end of the house, get a second H500 and cluster 4 cameras to each one with the cameras connected directly to the hub rather than via your home wifi.
r/Tapo · H200 Hub questions and confusion Hey, you asked. I gave an option that works for me and would meet your needs.
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fallenwout 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Tapo H500 You can choose to fallback to a direct connection with the hub if your wifi is bad and the hub is better. It is set on the device itself, not on the hub. https://preview.redd.it/t7xle3ub5lpg1.png?width=980&format=png&auto=webp&s=8cde7455bcc4c890a3cb020ab67f977d2f83cca3
r/Tapo · D235 and H200 or H500 I have a D235 permanently wired and recording 24/7 to an H500 with a 1TB ssd. No issues whatsoever.
r/Tapo · Tapo H500 The hub can connect to wifi as well, so you only need a power cable. The traffic is surprisingly little, knowing the ethernet port is only 100mbps, wifi will do fine. (mine is wired though) I don't use the hdmi feature. If you use the hdmi stream on battery powered camera's, the stream will go to sleep to save camera battery and there is no setting to ignore that. So you have to power the camera's to enjoy 24/7 hdmi stream. My doorbell is permanently wired in with "always-on" mode and I still can't do 24/7 streaming because it thinks it runs on battery, probably a software bug. 24/7 recording is fine. Most of their camera's (including my doorbell) have a built in local account if you enable it. You can access the camera through RTSP protocol with third party apps/nvr's with the camera credentials directly to the ip-address. Be aware that you have to configure some ports if you want this outside the local network (I won't make this public if I were you). https://preview.redd.it/kb09tkgbmlpg1.png?width=980&format=png&auto=webp&s=9d28cda9d36656813513fc5d0bce8146d50415c0
r/Tapo · Tapo H500 I have no regrets. Be aware though that continuous recording is only supported up to 4 camera's at a time. Event recording is supported up to 16 cameras. I have 24/7 recording of my doorbell (2K 5MP) and I get 46 days on a 1 TB SSD. If you go for a spinning disk, make note that the hub will make the typical hard disk noise. Don't put it in a closed space, I have mine well ventilated and the disk still gets to 53°C.
r/Tapo · H500 questions - will it help me The H500 does not make detection or facial recognition better. It is a gimmick that doesn't work.
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Spiritual-Age-2096 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 vs Micro SD cards H500 hands down, bonus points it can also be used as network wifi backup for your cameras.
r/Tapo · H500 vs Micro SD I bit the bullet and got the H500 after just looking at the cost of the highest capacity micro sd cards acceptable for the cameras, the overall price was more than the H500.
r/Tapo · Tapo H500 After reading through, my internet set up is relatively similar to yours I haven't had a problem with the H500 getting any of my recordings, and I have cameras covering 6 of my 12 acres. A couple of my farther out just on the cusp of my wifi signal have switched to the hub wifi, but all works as it should. Also after reading your comments, I think I need to add at least 1 more node so I can move my H500 and hook it into my tv lol. Thankfully my tv is corner mounted so I can throw a small shelf up behind it to set the H500 on and a Deco mount.
r/Tapo · Tapo H500 playback suddenly became very laggy (local + remote) – anyone else? My issue started when the app updated a few days ago.
r/Tapo · Question on the H500 hub The others will still record events on the H500, I'm currently maxed out on my cameras for my H500 total... Since you intend on running a large number see if your router offers a seperate IoT network. I just learned of this option and still moving other smart devices over but once I moved my cameras and garage door openers over, I noticed a significant difference already on my main network. The pict https://preview.redd.it/mbk31x5159rg1.jpeg?width=589&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b90f5ba273805dc1e3bac1e39d2c4f730c19203a ure is my device and network insanity lol. My guest network is just my solar panels, and if a guest needs wifi and about 3/4 of my main network needs to move to my IoT network
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Straight-Magician137 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 Facial Recognition \+1 - Same experience however I have only had my Tapo H500 for about a week so I was thinking that algorithms will probably get better with time but now I am keeping my hopes down.
r/Tapo · H500 Facial Recognition Good to know, I’ll stop trying to keep updating the familiars
r/Tapo · Recommendations for 2.5inch SATA HDD/SSD for Tapo H500 (Australia) Okay okay… I couldn’t wait to see this in action and pulled apart my Seagate Portable hard drive and voila to my surprise I was able to remove the Sata to USB 3 adapter and use the hard drive in my Tapo H500. Couldn’t be more excited. Thank you so much for the tip. I now have 1TB of HDD at 5400 RPM without spending a single $$. Just out of curiosity, my drive temperature is showing around 40 degrees Celsius. Is that normal? What’s the ideal range?
r/Tapo · Tapo H200 network setup query I setup my H500 2 days ago and had the same setup as you and I can confirm it didn’t work. I had to move my cameras on the main wifi and you’ll need to reset all your cameras for this, TP Link doesn’t allow change of wifi otherwise. The problem is that the Hub won’t be able to find the cameras on a different network (guest wifi in this instance) and cameras in the guest wifi won’t be allowed to communicate with the hub. Even if you put the hub in the guest network, still they won’t be able to talk to each other as typically network discovery is not allowed on guest network. Hope that makes sense?
r/Tapo · Tapo H500 That’s a bummer! I could have easily repurposed my existing drive. Anyways, this changes my equation as I’ll now need to budget a storage with my Tapo H500, may be I’ll look at SSD depending on the price difference.
r/Tapo · Tapo H500 Wow! Those are good insights. I am still not sure about the placement for the hub, TV is wall mounted and I don’t want to clutter it by installing a hub and then running more cables. May be it will look good on the kitchen bench. I can also chuck it somewhere in the network rack in my garage but then I am afraid I won’t use it to the full potential (HDMI port for Live streaming on a screen), answering video door bell etc etc. Thoughts?
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billindaburgh 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Question on the H500 hub I don't have any 24/7 recording but my understanding is yes the others will be motion activated and record to the hub. Don't think the external drive is going to work the sata connection is internal and you have to use the disk tray that is included it get to it.
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tdouglasj1980 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · New to Tapo and I have a couple questions As I understand how it all works, yes you can do everything you want with that setup. I currently have almost all of that, plus wireless cameras (don't do 24/7 recording) so I can tell you my experience at least. 1. I have a 1TB generic SSD drive in the H500. I don't have a clue what brand or model but it works perfect. I didn't bother to look at the "recommended" list because it's a SSD drive and if it's too slow, I will find out quickly. No issues. 2. According to Tapo, with 4 cameras (that is the max live recording you can do on the H500) it will record about 20 days of 24/7 recording with a 1TB drive. I would go bigger if you need that 4x 24/7. I have a 16" monitor hooked up to the H500 that splits the screen in 4 per the settings I setup and shows the 1 camera I have at Live 24/7 and the others are notification only due to the battery powered versions that they are. 3. Tapo does say that it requires a wired camera to do the 24/7 recording but also mentions that not all will support it. You may want to ask Tapo directly if the C120 supports that recording to the H500 hub. I know other indoor cams like the C211's I have will do it, but I would ask to be absolutely sure. 4. I have the D225 camera and it works great. Be sure to set zones or areas to watch as the battery does drop a bit faster than other cameras. Mine has been in use about 3 weeks in total, has about 10-12 notifications per day, and is at about 60% battery right now. That's not horrible considering what it does, but in that same period of time, I have three C460's recording notifications only at 4k and they are still at 80% in that same time frame. I know you won't have camera batteries but depending on the settings and notifications you have setup, I would expect 6-8 weeks per charge on the doorbell. Ultimately I think you'll be very pleased with that setup, but please make sure with Tapo that the C120 cameras support 24/7 recording via that H500. That's the only part I am not certain about with what you want to do. Everything else should be fine.
r/Tapo · H500 Hub new setup question I use a 1TB internal drive. The process is easier if you wait and set it all up together. You can do it separately but setting up the hub first as you will have it, makes it easier. Yes it is only through HDMI. I have a 16” IPS monitor with hdmi and usb c for power. Sure it sucks a bit to use two cables but that’s how it is setup.
r/Tapo · Tapo H500 reboot I have the same roughly with a few extra and I don’t reboot mine unless the screen I have attached to it freezes. That’s a rare thing though. Maybe once a month it will freeze I also have a 1TB ssd and I’ve had this all running nearly five months. The SSD has 295gb available right now and has not filled up once yet. I get at least 125 notifications for motion a day and it still is very efficient about how much space is used. It would be nice if Tapo would let me delete from the SSD by month or something so I can get rid of the older stuff
r/Tapo · HomeBase H500 usage recommendations Echo show sucks in my opinion. I have a 15.6” 2.5k portable monitor. Powers up via usbc from the hub and it came with the hdmi to mini hdmi cable it needs to work. I don’t have it sitting on the hub because the angle wasn’t right but the monitor has its own stand and is set to the right angle that way. Works perfectly and shows what I need it to and a good resolution
r/Tapo · The H500 is useless for supporting only 4 continuous cameras recording More than 4 continuous recordings and you need POE cameras and an actual NVR with proper storage and software. I personally had one setup like that in my old home and while it was nice, 90% or more of the time, it is just recording nothing. It was nice to have the cameras both powered and driven by just one Cat6 cable, but they were not intuitive and weren't able to detect as well as the Tapo cameras and H500 can. I have two cameras recording full time and the rest set to only record notifications. It is a very straight forward and simple system. If you need something more, get a more professional system. Lastly, I would guess that Tapo limits this to 4 cameras because of the amount of data that will have to be transferring at a constant rate across your network. Add that to the read/write speed of most drives and the hardware built into the H500 and you can easily see why they would limit it. No reason to have more when the vast majority of their demographic audience, doesn't need it.
r/Tapo · Question on the H500 hub I've got the H500 hooked up to 7 cameras total (4 motion & 3 continuous), a doorbell camera, and a door lock as well. I only have used the internal SSD for storage. I did not look at any compatibility list of any kind. I already had a 1TB drive from my Eufy HomeBase that I was getting rid of, plugged it in, formatted, done. No issues. Furthermore, I have a 16" 2.5k IPS screen hooked up to the H500 for viewing. I don't have any issues with it at all. The resolution is a bit off because the cameras are 4k and the screen is 2.5k, but that's nothing that really bothers me at all. I don't use any IOT network. I just have a Deco Mesh WiFi7 setup that works perfectly. The hub is about 10 feet from one Node and the cameras are all within 20 feet of the Node they are attached to as well. I never have issues with slow connection, slow response time, signal drops, etc. I do have a 1Gbps both up and down for my internet service, but I'm still limited by how fast the equipment itself can go. Ultimately, this hub could be better, but it is definitely already better than the Eufy option that I trashed. It runs everything very smoothly and I personally don't need more than 4 cameras live at once so it isn't a big issue for me, yet. I would assume at some point they will expand that or who knows, maybe come out with something else. For now, the H500 works extremely well and for most people I'm sure it will be more than enough.
r/Tapo · Do Tapo 4k cameras and H500 hub have sufficient quality and reliability to serve as home security camera system, when it really matters? I'm sure solar would work great, they make kits or add-ons for most cameras that can add solar. I've just been so impressed with the longevity of the cameras batteries that I haven't even really thought about it honestly. I've tried the connection both with the H500 hooked up via Cat6e and fiber internet or just using the WiFi mesh system I have. Very little to no change noticed. All the power lines in my neighborhood are buried in the ground so we have maybe 10 minutes a year without power. I have numerous power banks and blocks and UPS backups if need be though. The 4k pan/tilt cameras I have are the C560WS. It has a POE Ethernet port or a regular 120V port on it as well in case you want to power it via Ethernet. Lastly, I use a 1TB basic 2.5" SSD in the H500. No SD cards in any cameras at all. Everything runs to the H500 for recording. I get at least 100 recordings a day, mostly at 4k, and I formatted the drive on February 9th. I still have 343GB available on the drive. I will eventually either delete (a feature Tapo could add here) just a few months of recordings or will just mass delete it all when it gets close. It will of course just roll over and keep recording if I don't delete, but I don't think I need recordings from February and March anymore
r/Tapo · Do Tapo 4k cameras and H500 hub have sufficient quality and reliability to serve as home security camera system, when it really matters? Is it good enough? For most of us, YES! Will it work for you? Only you can answer that. Buy one of the 4k cameras, put it where you would put it, set it up in the app without the hub, and see how you like it. Personally I have a home where I had EVERYTHING with Eufy and threw it all in the trash and went with Tapo. The 4k camera quality is much better, the app is faster, the hub is better (mirroring and recording it better), and while there are some features I wish Tapo had in the app, it isn't a make or break reason to not buy them. My entire setup is on a mesh WiFi 7 system. I have two 4k pan/tilt cameras that are powered, two 4k bullet cameras that are battery powered, two C211 in the house that are of course wired, a 2k video door bell, a thumbprint enabled door lock, and the H500 connected to it all running it. Attached to the H500 i have a 2.5k 15" monitor used to live monitor the powered cameras and motion monitor the others. I have every camera on the highest of settings and frequencies to check for motion and anything else it will do. The battery life on everything is AMAZING. Both of my battery cameras have yet to be charged and I'm about 2-3 months in. The doorbell unfortunately requires it about once a month due to the activity but that's not an issue for me at all. All in all, the Tapo setup is just going to get better and hopefully features will improve as well. Eufy made it clear many times they don't care about their customers and their cameras and batteries leave a LOT to be desired.
r/Tapo · Tapo H500 playback suddenly became very laggy (local + remote) – anyone else? Sorry not a good help. Mine is running great.
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Quickdraw209 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Do Tapo 4k cameras and H500 hub have sufficient quality and reliability to serve as home security camera system, when it really matters? I use both and it’s seamless. You just have to remember: it’s only as good as your home wireless connection. I had to add a couple boosters to extend my WiFi to the other side of the house.
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That_Weather_1169 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · How to make all cameras and h500 sound an alarm at the same time?! You can do it with the h200 by adding individual smart actions for each camera, I can't see why the h500 would be any different.
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Pixeldust1970 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 Facial Recognition I would only buy it for that specific reason and now I am reading it’s not working. Hm 🤔
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GlassMunky 🇬🇧🌐
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r/Tapo · Tapo H500 Yes it’s one or the other but typically it’s if it looses connection to the hub it will store to these card. And yes your drive should work I ripped one out an old laptop and used it just fine.
r/Tapo · Question on the H500 hub they make sata cord extensions. ive seen people do this and it wokrs fine. its the only actual way to get the full 16TB out of the hub too since they dont make 2.5" ones that large
r/Tapo · The H500 is useless for supporting only 4 continuous cameras recording $125 is expensive? 🤷♂️
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johnmgbg 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · What are great long-term local storage solutions for the TP-Link Tapo C120s besides Micro SD? The H500 is the safest option. It might be a bit lacking today, but Tapo is known for being active in continuous development.
r/Tapo · Storing videos outside cameras? Probably wait for the H200 to restock, or consider getting the H500. People are still waiting for the H500, as it's a significant upgrade over the H200. I can see that it's now available on Amazon.
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Hot-Opportunity2694 🇬🇧🌐
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r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? I just switched to Tapo from Wyze this week. Bought 4 cameras, the H500, and a wifi deadbolt. Was tired of Wyze’s subscriptions and how poorly their cameras work without them. Tapo’s camera recognition (people, vehicles, pets) without an addon subscription being necessary is huge. The H500 hub tying everything together is even more huge. It eliminates the need for cloud storage and sd cards completely and acts as a local storage server. I installed a 2tb ssd 2.5” drive, which was super simple (1 screw and plug and play for the drive) in the H500. 3 of my 4 new cameras worked out of the box (with firmware updates) with the hub, only my C260 does not, but it’s scheduled for a firmware update within the month to make it compatible. Tapo has a compatibility list on their site that lists what works now, and when updates are coming for those that don’t. The H500 also acts as hub for Tapo’s sub-g wireless sensors, which is another feature I like. I just ordered 2 of their door contact sensors to take advantage of this feature, but don’t have them yet. The hub also gives the option of adding specific face recognition to your cameras, but I haven’t used that yet. It supports wireless or wired connection to your network, I’m using a wired Ethernet connection. Setup was extremely easy. For $150 bucks, I think the hub takes your home security setup to the next level. It’s a new product, so it’s not yet compatible yet with all of their cameras (like my C260), but I’m very impressed and happy thus far. I hope this helps.
r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? I have not, I don’t have those. Here is the current compatibility list, it looks like version 2 of those cameras are compatible: [https://www.tapo.com/us/faq/686/](https://www.tapo.com/us/faq/686/)
r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? # Crucial BX500 2TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5-Inch Internal SSD. I got it from Amazon for around $110. Seems to be working great. The H500 recognized it right away and asked me to format it, been smooth sailing ever since.
r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? You’re welcome! And yes, it looks like it does.
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SugarrrSugarr 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Tapo cameras: Is there a way to set the duration of motion-triggered recordings? I told them to change it for hubs, it's using local WiFi so I don't understand for that limitation at all, it's not using their servers at all. Because of it I'm forced to use continuous recording, I will never trust these short clips. It should be at least 30 seconds for the shortest clip, or the same length as for camera SD card events.
r/Tapo · Tapo cameras: Is there a way to set the duration of motion-triggered recordings? not possible to change the duration, it's designed like that you are lucky it's 15 seconds for h500, because for h200 it's 9 to 10 seconds only yes I have confirmation from support some time ago
r/Tapo · H500 questions - will it help me don't waste your money if you need it fot facial recognition, it's not accurate and it's not learning https://preview.redd.it/0q3azns11rdh1.png?width=1052&format=png&auto=webp&s=a209c60c117a39bc613e106c55e0d5f21ed0791a
r/Tapo · H500 Facial Recognition I been updating it for months, gave up some time ago
r/Tapo · C120 event durations are too long Yes, but they said that longer events could overwhelm the network, but 24/7 is ok XD
r/Tapo · C120 event durations are too long I mean if you have only an event recording for the hub then it will be only 15 seconds for events if there is no more movement, etc , sometimes you can't even notice that someone passes a camera, because pre recording is missing/too short.
r/Tapo · C120 event durations are too long yes, no other choice, 15 sec events are useless :d
r/Tapo · C120 event durations are too long yes, hubs events are designed from 10 to 15 seconds, that's why I use continuous recording, clips are too short with h200 and h500, you miss too much
r/Tapo · What is the hub for? you can, h200 and h500 are ap for cameras, WiFi backup option
r/Tapo · First Impressions of the Tapo H500: Potential, but Still a Work in Progress no other tapo appliance support thread but they put on their forum that it is a matter hub, but it's rubbish without thread
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dr0p8ear 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 questions - will it help me Face recognition is terrible do not buy if that is a big factor for you. It constantly puts up new faces that have already been identified and you end up with a HEAP of confirmation faces each day. It’s not worth the overhead on the hub.
r/Tapo · Tapo H500 reboot I have mine set to auto reboot at 3am along with all the rest of my devices. No reason other than I think it helps
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Blue-Thunder 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · D235 and H200 or H500 Friend has the D235 and the H200 and it goes down so often it is useless. The doorbell is within 5 feet of the router as well, so loss of signal is complete BS. They also have their wifi networks split so the 5g and the 2.4 are separate. The H200 is also hardwired. They are also using a high endurance SD card.. I can't recommend the H500 as it's a joke for what you pay for it. Tapo needs to release a real NVR, and not just a hub.
r/Tapo · H500 questions - will it help me As stated, do not buy the H500 for facial recognition as it's garbage. Tapo had real NVRs at CES that were an upgrade, and they apparently decided to shelve them. The processing power required for accurate facial recognition is not available for cheap, yet.
r/Tapo · Question on the H500 hub The H500 is not a true NVR, it's a joke. 4 cameras, with a possible upgrade to 6 with a firmware update in the "future" with the rest of the cameras only being motion...Then add that it only takes 2.5" drives, and the drives need to be on the compatibility list to ensure it works, which with the work around for a 3.5" means you may not be able to make your chose 3.5" work with it a crap shoot. The Tapo NVR810P 8 channel NVR they had at CES in 2025 would have been perfect as it handled both wifi and hard wired cameras. It also had all the AI features that the H500 has. Yes Frigate is a PITA to setup, and the annual sub for Blue Iris is for software updates, maintenance and support. Once you buy the license for the software, you are done, and you decide whether you want to pay for updates, support and maintenance after 1 year. There are plenty of guides for Frigate, but in all honesty, it needs to be more "I'm a moron" friendly, but once you do get it setup, it is far more powerful than anything Tapo offers.
r/Tapo · Question on the H500 hub No it is not worth it. The H500 is a joke and should never have been released. Tapo had a real 8 channel NVR at CES, and according to support in this sub, they decided to deep six it for some god awful reason (probably to push the AI and subscription crap). If anything you would be better off going the route of making your own NVR with open source software like Frigate or closed source like Blue Iris.
r/Tapo · H500 & older camera's (compatible according to site OK) The fix is more than likely going to be you buying new cameras, sadly.
r/Tapo · H500 vs Micro SD You should let Tapo know that you want a real NVR, and not that joke they call the H500. You should stick with SD cards and do 24-7 sadly as motion detection always misses important events. Plenty of horror stories of people having their cars broken into, their garage, etc and the good old motion only capture missed everything.
r/Tapo · Do Tapo 4k cameras and H500 hub have sufficient quality and reliability to serve as home security camera system, when it really matters? The hub is severely limiting for recording as it can only handle 4-6 cameras recording 24-7 pending on the firmware, and the rest of the cameras will be motion detection only. You can go with the cameras themselves if you want to save some money, but get a real NVR instead of the H500 hub. Figure you would want at least 3 cameras on the house (front yard, back yard, on side), 3 on the garage (main doors, man door, inside), and whatever in your garden area. I would personally go with the C575D in every place possible if you want 4k as the dual cams cover such a large area and the motion tracking will ensure you catch almost everything.
r/Tapo · Unsure whether to go with the H500 or whether I'd be throwing money away. And people need to stop defending companies that hand us crap products. Your compliance is why their corporate side thinks it's perfectly ok to hand us crap. It's funny how other companies have 8 channel NVR's that are cheaper than the H500, and yet people still think it's a great buy when it's a joke of a product.
r/Tapo · H500 access from PC or script That's the neet thing, you don't. The H500 is a hub that has become a pseudo NVR, and it doesn't do it well. If you want them on your PC your best bet is just bite the bullet and setup Frigate or Blue Iris and use their superior detection settings.
r/Tapo · The H500 is useless for supporting only 4 continuous cameras recording The amount of data transferring across the wireless network is nothing. Most of the cameras don't even break 6mbit (750kb/s) when there is action and continuous recording with zero events is under 200kb/s. Even the 4k cameras use very little bitrate. Tapo has NVR's in their VIGI line that can handle up to 32 wireless cameras with continuous recording, and have 16 of them streaming at once.. The H500 is a joke, and should never have been marketed the way it has been.
r/Tapo · New to Tapo and I have a couple questions It only accepts 2.5" drives, and has no airflow so your drives overheat. The USB port is only for dumping video, not recording. The unit can only do 24-7 recording from a max of 4 cameras, and the other 12 it supports can only be of motion events. It constantly has issues with losing communication with the cameras and sensors. The AI is half baked and doesn't work most of the time. The NVR's they had a CES 2025 had full AI abilities (including rich descriptions) with no need for the cloud, supported 8 cameras wired or wireless, and used 3.5" drives. I surmise it might be the Tapo NVR810P, but finding anything other than marketing materials or the instruction manual is rather difficult. When I asked the staff here about it, they stated that it might have been dropped and the H500 became the faux NVR it is now. https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networking/cloud-camera/tapo-nvr810p/
r/Tapo · New to Tapo and I have a couple questions The H500 is a joke and no one should be buying it. Wait for Tapo to release the real NVR's that they had at CES.
r/Tapo · H500 Hub new setup question You absolutely can not use an external drive with this unit. The unit only works with internal drives and the external port is for backing up of data only. You can only view it via HDMI. The USB-C port does not support display port.
r/Tapo · Tapo H500 Your portable WD drive can't be used as the USB port is soldered to the drive. There are no connections on the bare drive that are usable. NONE.
r/Tapo · H500 Question Yeah no. This thing was half cooked when it was released, and all owners seem to do is complain of how bad it is.
r/Tapo · Tapo better than Eufy? Currently only supports 4 cameras, and will support 6 sometime in the possible future with "updates", as per their documentation. [The AI enhancement currently supports a maximum of 4 cameras simultaneously and is planned to be optimized to support up to 6 cameras in the future.](https://www.tp-link.com/ca/home-networking/smart-hub/tapo-h500/#footnote-3)
r/Tapo · Tapo better than Eufy? The H500 is a joke and no one should buy it. Tapo should release a REAL NVR. They had one at CES, and they've apparently decided to bury it.
r/Tapo · The H500 is useless for supporting only 4 continuous cameras recording There are "future plans" to update it to allow up to 6. I've chimed in about this joke of a device, and it appears most of the community here are happy with this neutered POS. It's a slap in the face to users, and should never have been released. Release the NVR's that were at CES that supported wifi cameras and had full ONVIF and RTSP support, with full onboard rich AI notifications, something the H500 absolutely does not have.
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johncostanzo 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 questions - will it help me I have the H500 and use it primarily for local storage, and it’s worked well for that. I also tried the facial recognition feature, but I ended up disabling it because it wasn’t very reliable with my newer Tapo cameras. One feature I do appreciate is that the H500 can act as a backup Wi-Fi connection for your cameras, which adds a little extra reliability if your primary connection has issues. Overall, I’m happy with the H500 and don’t regret buying it. That said, if facial recognition is the main reason you’re considering it, I think you might be disappointed. At least with my setup, that feature just hasn’t lived up to expectations.
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SignorLuigi 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 Facial Recognition When I first got my H500 I made a point of checking the "unknown" face log. Any of them that were actually me I manually changed in the app from "unknown" to "me." After a couple weeks of doing this, I started to be correctly recognized by the H500 at a much more commendable level. Is everyone doing this but not seeing any improvement in the H500's facial recognition?
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Big_Broccoli_8180 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 Facial Recognition Yes, Same experience here, the facial recognition is not that good, unfortunately.
r/Tapo · H500 Hub new setup question 1. Are you only using an external drive? How about internal? The built in storage is something like 16GB, which isn’t a lot. 2. HDMI only. But you can use your android tablet or iPad with the Tapo app instead 👍
r/Tapo · H500 Hub new setup question I’m not 100% sure, but I think the external drive is only used for backing up the internal, rather than being the primary storage device. It might be worth checking.
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stiscooby 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · D235 and H200 or H500 I got a D235 and H500 a few weeks ago. The D235 is running on battery and the H500 is hard wired in to my network. Mines now working fine. To start with I did have a few instances where it reported there were "network issues".... initially I had the D235 connecting to the H500 directly (using it's own hot-spot) but there's a few walls between the two devices and wasn't sure how strong that signal was, so I changed the D235 to connect to my normal wi-fi network. I also turned off "wi-fi backup" (to stop it attempting to jump between what it thinks is the better signal). Since I have made these changes, all had been working fine since.
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wettale1234 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 Hub new setup question You can set everything up before you get an additional drive, however, I would recommend expanding the internal storage. I use a 2tb SSD for the internal storage with 2 doorbells and 10 cameras, and it works great.
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Scouse_Powerhouse 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 Question Well that’s just silly. Thanks for confirming.
r/Tapo · H500 Question Yeah, I get that. It’s why I’m looking into Home Assistant. With this, though, it’s a Tapo product talking to a Tapo product, so I didn’t think it would be that hard!
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flopflip21 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · What are great long-term local storage solutions for the TP-Link Tapo C120s besides Micro SD? It depends on how much storage you need. If you run out of space, it will automatically loop-record (as long as you have that option enabled). I’m using a spare 256 GB SSD, and it gives me about a week of recordings before the loop kicks in but I also have five cameras, so that affects the duration. Some people use an external WD Purple surveillance HDD instead, since there are reports that the H500 can wear out an SSD over time because SSDs aren’t designed for continuous recording.
r/Tapo · What are great long-term local storage solutions for the TP-Link Tapo C120s besides Micro SD? There are plenty of NVRs available that work with Tapo cameras. I used to have my four cameras and one doorbell connected to my Synology, but I wasn’t happy with their performance. I bought the H500, and everything looks great so far. It might be worth ordering the H500 from Amazon, try it and if you don’t like it, you can always return it.
r/Tapo · Question on Tapo cameras and hubs Hello, 1. It’s difficult to say for sure whether the V1 models will work unless someone has specifically tested them. 2. I have the H500, and aside from supporting up to 16 cameras and 56 sensors, the biggest advantage is that it functions as an NVR. You can install an SSD in it for continuous recording, which means you don’t need cloud storage or individual SD cards in each camera. 3. The H500 is very straightforward to set up. You add it to the Tapo app, and it automatically detects your cameras without requiring you to set them up again.
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XprofQ 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · What are great long-term local storage solutions for the TP-Link Tapo C120s besides Micro SD? I have had the H500 for over a month now, with 10 cameras. I don’t record continuously. I installed a cheap 1TB drive that cost me less than buying a bunch of smaller, high quality micro SD cards. Also, I didn’t need to climb the ladder to install the cards in the floodlight cameras, nor will I need to replace them should one go bad. Because the videos are stored to the drive in the H500 and the H500 is connected to my router via ethernet, I have found that clip playback is a much improved. As far as long-term storage goes, saving anything to a single drive is not a suitable long-term solution; however, the H500 has a USB port for manual backups. Depending on what you’re trying to accomplish, this might be good enough. Initial reviews were not favorable. The firmware was not great from what I understand and the purpose of the product is rather confusing. The H500 does add other features, such as AI recognition for older cameras, adding sensors, etc.
r/Tapo · What are great long-term local storage solutions for the TP-Link Tapo C120s besides Micro SD? Yeah. I was able to add AI features without replacing my older Tapo video doorbell, which was a nice bonus too. I didn’t think I would ever use their sensors, but my refrigerator stopped working, so I put one inside for an early warning if it happens again. With Matter support, I was able to add them to Apple Home easily.
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Automatic-Count9582 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · What are great long-term local storage solutions for the TP-Link Tapo C120s besides Micro SD? I've got 5 Cameras which all save back to H500 with a 1TB HDD. I haven't played with much of the settings because I don't know what I'm doing, but it's working really well. I also have a bunch of temperature and humidity sensors, IR units etc. all paired to the H500 as well. I'm not an expert at this stuff, but it's been pretty easy so far.
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MaintenanceCapable83 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? I have had the H500 hub for a few weeks. I have 3 C402 Cameras and a D210 Door bell Camera and everything is stored on the hub and easy to access. I have an old computer monitor that i hooked up to the hub via the HDMI ports and i can mirror my phone app to display all 4 cams at once. I have not added a hard drive yet, but still works great and just overwrites once you hit the internal limit of the hubs storage. I have not gotten there yet,
r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? If i understand correctly, you can lose internet, but still have a active network within you home and if that is the case, as long as the cameras can connect to the network, then you should still have record access
r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? no more that the wifi required to operate the cameras,
r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? It does, but you need to build up several images for it to become consistent.
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baconeggsavocado 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Tapo Hub H100 vs H200 performance? I don't need all those features, also price.
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iReadECGs 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Storing videos outside cameras? H200 and H500 hubs are available on Amazon. I had poor video performance with the hubs for some reason. Went back to just recording to SD.
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dorkmuncan 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · TAPO H200 Thanks, I've looked at the H500 and it seems very underwhelming for the price (CAD$199). I like the idea of the HDMI output for live viewing, but all my cameras are solar or battery, so live streaming is out of the question. I would need to factor in $ for a 2.5" drive as I don't have any spare and I have read the AI functionality is pretty spotty so the only benefit would be the additional device count. I think Ill just get another H200 (CAD$36) for my 2 x C645D's and call it a day, as I have plenty of SD Cards lying around.
r/Tapo · TAPO H200 Yep the dual-lens camera's taking up 2 slots makes perfect sense when you consider that they are essentially 2 different camera's. H500 doesn't really seem like a good value proposition for me, so I'll likely get multiple H200's as required.
r/Tapo · TAPO H200 It only makes sense if they found issues in the firmware and are working on a fix, but then why not put a release starting that? My tinfoil hat is pointing in the direction of they want me to be frustrated and just buy the Tapo H500 which is currently compatible with my new cameras. Which TBH, would be cheaper than getting local storage for my C645D's due to current pricing. Currently they are just sitting there watching my yard generating alerts. I do have some other camera's covering critical things.
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BoBSMITHtheBR 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 questions - will it help me The processing power available to cameras or the hub is tiny compared to what’s available for models running in the cloud. Local facial recognition pretty much works only under ideal scenarios. If you really wanted better facial recognition you would have to run Frigate or something and hook it up to a RTX graphics card.
r/Tapo · H500 questions - will it help me So if you record to the H500 instead of locally on the C575D you will have unified facial recognition on the hub instead of individually on the C575D. That will make managing the poor facial detection easier.
r/Tapo · h500 review in the US Any update on this? I just got a H500 and I tested it for 1 day with a single detection only solar camera and it got really hot in the empty hard drive bay. It looks like the slits on the side of the plastic aren’t actually vent holes they are mostly decorative. I wonder if there isn’t enough ventilation in the design.
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EnolaGayFallout 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 questions - will it help me Face recognition is dog shit. I have added hundreds of my face image and it will still say unfamiliar face. I have this H500 for almost a year. I have turn off this feature because I keep getting unfamiliar face but it’s me! Sometimes I really wonder how police can track down a person base on a blur image but Tapo AI keep telling me unfamiliar face but it’s my family face.
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itsjordan21 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 vs Micro SD cards Ya initially I was just going to buy them SD cards but then I saw the H500. The cost is not too off with them having 7+ cameras.
r/Tapo · H500 vs Micro SD cards I’m assuming you lose everything. I don’t think there is no redundancy with the hub.
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Fair_Fruit2605 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 vs Micro SD That was my initial thought too. But I found some Kingston endurance 64gb cards for $20 so it was cheaper than the H500 since I didn’t get massive size SD cards. I’m not looking for looking back more than a day most likely so that should suffice (I hope).
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ugadawgs98 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 vs Micro SD I stayed using memory cards. I prefer 24/7 recording due to past experiences on needing footage and the 4 feed limitation of the H500 would not meet my needs.
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Accomplished-Aide249 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 Facial Recognition I would like an option for an incorrect face detected to be able to select the correct face instead of choosing no event or deleting the event….@Tapo
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mdm0962 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 Facial Recognition You definitely need to train the AI to known faces.
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Riley_TP-Link 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 power outage requires HD format Very much no, but I suppose it is possible with any device losing power unexpectedly. Before resetting, I may have recommended just manually rebooting or reseating the drive to see if the hub just couldn't read it on first boot before assuming the drive was corrupted, and footage lost. Once the drive is formatted, everything is removed from the drive and previous recordings erased, so it should be a last option.
r/Tapo · Help with T100 Smart Motion Sensors and smart bulbs working together With the H200yes, but as an FYI- technically the H500's Matter controller may be able to open up the compatibility for third-party Matter bulbs, as it is one of the few device types supported by the H500.
r/Tapo · Current Tapo Smart Hub (H200/H500) Compatible Camera List I spoke with the team and the version that is currently available in your region does not look to have the full feature set shown at CES, but we were told that it will come soon via an update. For camera recording limits, the maximum amount of cameras will change depending on the recording type the cameras are using. If you have your cameras all set to use 24/7 recording, you will be limited to 4 cameras. If you use cameras that are recording based on events detected (hint: set high sensitivities so it records events consistently, but not constantly), the limit will be increased towards the maximum of 16 cameras. Lastly, we actually announced a full NVR solution at CES that would support multiple 24/7 streams, however I do not have a timeline to give for an approximate release.
r/Tapo · Current Tapo Smart Hub (H200/H500) Compatible Camera List So I realistically have no insights into the H500 that you have or what features are available as it is a non-US release, it caught our team by surprise that a region has already made it available. It could be that the device has fewer features, or is expecting an update - but I unfortunately do not have any insights. I would recommend reaching out on our global forums as they are the team dealing with the version that you have and may be able to provide an answer. From my experience with the H500, there is quite a bit beyond just local recording such as the AI Empowerment, Facial Recognition, HDMI features, USB Backup, and Matter Controller features. We will begin slowly rolling out our content for the US release of the device soon, and then I can share more details regarding the features available for the H500s US Launch.
r/Tapo · Current Tapo Smart Hub (H200/H500) Compatible Camera List I think you will be surprised, we have plans for all of the above, and we showed off many of these at CES along with the upcoming hub and NVR For the H200, we have had it for a few years now and was originally used only for specific cameras. Since then, its feature set has expanded to allow a majority of Tapo cameras to record their clips directly to the SD card of the hub, rather than the camera's own SD Card. The H500 is long anticipated due to its ability to act as a faux-NVR and is releasing in just a few months time in the US once firmware and fixes are finalized. It just happens to share the same camera compatibility list with the H200s.
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SC0rP10N35 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 Ghost Camera If you are referring to the item under Storage, mine automatically disappears when I clear all recordings for that camera.
r/Tapo · H500 Facial Recognition Ive turned off the AI. Waste of processor cycles.
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velo52x12 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Recommendations for 2.5inch SATA HDD/SSD for Tapo H500 (Australia) I can confirm that the drive from a Seagate portable drive will work in the H500. I had originally put a small SSD in my H500, but wanted more capacity for 24/7 recording. I had an old 1TB Seagate portable drive sitting around, so I pulled it apart and installed it in the H500. Works perfectly fine. On the portable drive I used, the end with the USB connector just pulled right off. I did have to use some tools to pry open the remainder of the case. u/dimspace makes a good point about using a SSD in the H500. The continuous write cycles from 24/7 recording will significantly shorten the lifespan of the drive. When I pulled the SSD out of my H500 it was also quite hot, again from the constant writing.
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Mysterious_Yak1974 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Firmware Error: Tapo H500 Hub won't pair with C645D Camera despite official compatibility info. Both on latest version! The latest firmware for C645D cameras is 1.1.8 and for H500 is 1.3.18. BUT ... some cameras and hubs will not updae to this newer version and are stuck on 1.1.7. The v1.1.8 resolves some major camera issues. I have a case open with Tapo for the firmware update issue ... but they will not respond over a weekend ....M-F only support :( Try updating your hub and camera firmware.
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huntandhart 🇬🇧🌐
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r/Tapo · Tapo better than Eufy? Local storage with an optional 2.5” Hard Drive gives you the option to go up to 16TB of storage. If you’ve got a 30 device system, the larger hub is what you’ll need eventually (I think even it only goes up to like 16 cameras). It also allows some “local AI” abilities up to 6 cameras. It’s got basic recognition, so you can set it to not alert on know approved faces, but still alert on unknown or know faces you specify.
r/Tapo · Tapo better than Eufy? Get the H500 hub if at all possible
r/Tapo · Tapo better than Eufy? Good point. There are 16TB 2.5” drives, but they’re stupid pricy enterprise grade stuff. With that said, the 2.5” drive option is still a big improvement then being limited to microSD
r/Tapo · Tapo better than Eufy? I’m running 6 now
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Scary_Habit974 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Recommended SD cards for camera Yes and yes. H500, with up 2TB local (at home, not on camera) storage.
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Lickthawhitedogshit 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · How to tell if recording to h500? It may just be that it’s so little that it shows up as 0. I just checked and a month’s worth of event-only recordings in a low traffic area took up less than 1gb on mine. Maybe yours will register something in a week or two!
r/Tapo · How to tell if recording to h500? Have you “connected” the devices to the hub? I installed a bunch of new cameras and my hub showed 0 used until they were “connected.” FYI, they refused to connect until the software was fully updated on each camera.
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MoneySings 🇬🇧🌐
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r/Tapo · How to tell if recording to h500? Yep they show as connected to the hub but the hub doesn't show any usage. I've got about a week of recordings
r/Tapo · How to tell if recording to h500? I can see the recordings, no cloud but the H500 shows 0kb which is why I don't know if it is a big or it's using some inbuilt storage.
r/Tapo · How to tell if recording to h500? Thanks :) so it's a bug :)
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Pohq 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 Hub new setup question Set mine up a few weeks after I got it. No issues at all drive installed and up and running and recording in 10 mins max.
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wase471111 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 Hub new setup question thanks, 1 tb seagate baracuda should have been here by now, but will deliver monday..only 2 cameras at this point, so that should be plenty of room, but if these Tapo cams are as good as I keep reading about, I'll be replacing my 2 eufy doorbells, and the other 4 eufy cameras sooner and may need 2 TB at that time might as well just enjoy the weekend and wait for the drive on monday, plus, its been over 100 degrees for the last 9 days in phoenix, and its cooling down now, so another couple of days is no big deal, just to make initial setup easier
r/Tapo · H500 Hub new setup question thanks, I've watched a couple videos and it looks super simple
r/Tapo · H500 Hub new setup question I was planning on using the external 1tb drive I bought, since 16gb isnt much yeah, I figured it was HDMI only for video out, so I will likely use my tablet via wifi if I get more tapo cams/doorbells, I will likely get an inexpensive hdmi monitor and leave it connected to that all the time thanks for you answers
r/Tapo · Question on the H500 hub This,external sata won't work at this point
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sperey 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H200 low volume - upgrade to H500? I had the 200 Now have the 500 500 does sound a little louder to me. Have it in the electrical cupboard by the front door. Can hear it from upstairs fine. From the kitchen when the extractor fan is going and door to hallway closed it is difficult to hear, so we have the camera in the kitchen ring when doorbell is pressed. Separate to the ring, I do like the facial recognition on the 500.
r/Tapo · Tapo H200 -- older hardware version received from amazon --> returned Apologies, You are indeed correct BUT it is region dependent. USA region has a hardware v1.0 and v1.6 EU/Asia regions have a hardware v1.0 only What region are you in? Apparently should still work on H200 v1.0 I still have my h200 from when I upgraded to H500 (love the facial recognition). I will check on mine today or tomorrow. Though if you are USA and want your h/w v1.6 go for it!
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nechronius 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Tapo cameras: Is there a way to set the duration of motion-triggered recordings? In general my cameras recording to SD cards generally record for a minute. The ones recording to an H500 tend to only record for the duration necessary.
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username12435687 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? H200 maxes our on 4 cameras. H500 can have up to 16. H200 uses a micro SD. H500 used hdd or ssd. Significantly better. H500 has better built in ai features that allow your cameras to have better facial recognition or recognition for vehicles or animals or whatever. Tapo 500 also allows you to connect a screen to view 4 camera feeds live 24/7. H500 has an ethernet port to allow for faster video playback as well. If you are going smaller scale then h200 is plenty. If you want a full home security system with many sensors and cameras you need the h500
r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? Yeah confirmation bias tends to work that way lol. I never defended it i said it works for me pretty well. I literally said it's not perfect but works for me. Don't take out your frustration on internet strangers that are just trying to help
r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? So what do you want now? Im not tp link and the system works fine for me so idk what you want at this point. Get the eufy hub if its better
r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? Mine didn't work perfectly out of the box either. You have to give it time to collect data and set up familiar and then add data to the familiar when they aren't recognized properly so it gets better. I don't think you're going to find any device right now that has significantly better on device Ai it's relatively new technology and im sure it will get better with time but if it's not working well enough for you then return it idk what else to tell you
r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? If it recognizes someone as a stranger then add that to the familiar you have set up to give the ai more data. I mean this is pretty basic on device Ai of course it's not going to be perfect. It's running on a device that's not ultra powerful. Not sure what you are expecting but for me it works pretty well
r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? It works over wifi and just offloads all recordings to the hub it's linked to. That way you can download all footage to your hub on an ssd and hardwire that to your router for very quick and reliable access to your camera footage
r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? The expendable storage is awesome to be able to host your stuff all locally. It can also double as a doorbell or an alert system for your security cameras or sensors. It's super accessible as I've dealt with systems that just dont work quite as well. Build quality is nice. Overall just a solid system
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Redozersstuff 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Current Tapo Smart Hub (H200/H500) Compatible Camera List never confirmed, nobody has seemed to confirm, but it says there I guess you can use any camera. You need to buy the H500 Hub for yourself to confirm
r/Tapo · Current Tapo Smart Hub (H200/H500) Compatible Camera List I just heard a video saying it is compatible with other brands camera via Onvif? Says it's open to other manufacturers but you never mentioned it? I am gonna get some other brand cameras, I do have 4 tapo cameras and 2 other ones, those 2 do support onvif via loading a file onto an sd card. They want you to use the app but you know, it can really support Onvif. this video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg\_xYmAx2nM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg_xYmAx2nM)
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F6613E0A-02D6-44CB-A 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · C425 solar kit - not impressed Facial recognition? With its picture people would need to kiss the lens
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Comprehensive_Star72 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? The h500 is limited to four 24/7 cameras even though it can do 16 clip recording cameras. H200 has an ethernet port as well. Ethernet on both is limited to 100Mbp which limits the benefit over micro SD. Not seeing much between them in real use.
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Organized_Chaos_888 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Storing videos outside cameras? H200 is the best in between, but will only support 4 cameras. If you need more, wait for the H500, although that thing isn't cheap like the others. Well, not where I saw it anyway. 3.5x more expensive.
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threesls 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · First Impressions of the Tapo H500: Potential, but Still a Work in Progress Got my H500 today. The UK charger is _enormous_ also. It's only 12v/2.0A, maybe Tapo has been fighting the long war against users oblivious to just how bad their home power quality is, whatever. I think I might have liked it to be spun out to a brick with a IEC 60320 connector. I noted your tip that it gets a little hot, so I've plopped mine on a USB-powered laptop cooling pad. I don't know if there is already a fan in there (in my experience, purely passive cooled devices benefit massively from adding a fan, but if it already has one, the additional benefit is marginal) but we'll see. Storage temperature in the Tapo app is reporting at only a few degrees over ambient (despite having two cameras writing to it), but it's only been on for an hour. I had network issues also when connecting existing Tapo devices which the app would insist are not on the same network, which I resolved by simply stubbornly trying again. Somehow, this worked. Yeah, it's a mystery to me too.
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Lazy-Philosopher-234 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · First Impressions of the Tapo H500: Potential, but Still a Work in Progress That cannot be correct. I received mine today, added 3 C120 cameras I have outside and another indoor camera (C225) , so I am already at 4. It does not say anywhere I am already at capacity. I am expecting a 2TB SSD tomorrow. I see this device as both an NVR and also a "range extender" for my outdoor cameras, since it is much closer to the window than my access point. My plan was to connect the Hub via 5Ghz to my WLAN and then let the cameras decide to use the Hub own 2.4Ghz Network (Backup WIFI Function). So far one camera decided to do this. To me this was important to reduce congestion on the 2.4Ghz band of my access Point (7 cameras connected to the same access point all recording to the cloud causes a bit of traffic). I have no plans to connect it to a TV or monitor via the HDMI so I cannot tell about this. Right now is sitting on my night table and that is it
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jj1917 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · TAPO H200 yeah, mine came through as well, so now I got 4/4 cameras doing 24/7 recording to the H200 (2x615F , 1xD130, 1xC720) Seems to work great so far. If you need more than 4 though, might want to look into the H500 which supports 16 cameras and you can also plug in a full hard drive for lots of storage space.
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Rockall__ 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · C230 playback extremely slow since going from tapo care to SD card I have the H500 with an SSD in it. Loading is instant
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urban_chronotis 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 Screen recommendations For anyone interested, the H500 doesn't support touch screens.
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4cim4 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 Screen recommendations I connected my H500 to a pc 21inch monitor. Im using 3 C560WS cameras on 5g ssid wifi, with event recording, while hub is using ethernet. They all on the same vlan. I can view the instructions on the monitor from H500, but can't get screen mirror to work. It keeps stating "No Signal" in the app. i did set one camera up for 24/7 recording and tried again to no avail, with the same message. Not sure what signal its referring too, as cameras, hub and phone are on same network vlan. A little stumped whats going on her tbh
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Fine-Look-1394 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 Screen recommendations I have a C120 camera connected to my H500 hub that is set to record events. Screen mirroring gives the live feed of the camera on the HDMI. I haven't figured out how to watch recordings via the HDMI yet. Still watching those on my tablet via the app.
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Tsunami1983 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · HomeBase H500 usage recommendations I just received my H500 this week. I bought a portable monitor and hung it on the wall by my desk. It's connected through HDMI, and haven't had any problems mirroring.
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Novel-Pumpkin7476 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · How to get RTSP link after add Tapo Camera to H500 Hub? Wow so thats mean even it connect to the hub but we can use each camera RTSP link just like standalone camera? Sweet
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Environmental-Gap355 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 & older camera's (compatible according to site OK) welp, on this list its not compatible [Which TP-Link Tapo Cameras/Devices Are Compatible with Tapo Hub | Tapo](https://www.tapo.com/nl/faq/686/) Consistancy is lacking hard on tp-links website... I guess u can ignore my post unless you have a fix...
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Boomslang86 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Do Tapo 4k cameras and H500 hub have sufficient quality and reliability to serve as home security camera system, when it really matters? The capacity of the h500 is 16 tb. I have a 4 tb ssd no problem
r/Tapo · 24/7 Capture w/ the H500, C460 and C660 Support indicated you can not have detection and 24/7 scheduled recording on the c460 with the H500. One or the other I guess. Basically, I'll have to toggle the cameras 24/7 capture manually each time. Not a big deal. Just can't use the scheduling to do it.
r/Tapo · 24/7 Capture w/ the H500, C460 and C660 I'm pretty sure they would tell me the only option would be to use a sd card instead of the H500. Has anyone been able to use the C460 for 24/7 capture to the H500 ?
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dumpitdog 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 vs Micro SD It does only support four devices. Because of this, I actually own two. Because it's not that's dependent upon Wi-Fi and your experience less 2.4 interference issues, I have way more stability than I do going straight to the old SD card and reading it off the camera. I keep SD cards in the cameras for backup but I put a high-end SD card in my H200. Sunday I'll probably buy the H500 but it had so many bugs in it when it was first released I shunned it.
r/Tapo · H500 help needed It's quite possible what you've uncovered is a bug that appeared in a recent update.
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Equalizer6338 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Do Tapo 4k cameras and H500 hub have sufficient quality and reliability to serve as home security camera system, when it really matters? Thank you - great insights! Will then wire the cameras where this is straight forward, but otherwise rely on the solar/wifi model where its more cumbersome if we had to wire-connect them all the way. Our hub/switch is all powered behind UPS, so that will do in case of power cuts also. Impressive that you have still so much space left on your SSD, so tells me that a 1TB or 2TB size will more than suffice for us here also. Agreed, it would be helpful with a function one day, that maybe could auto-delete recordings more than 3 months old.
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PizzaPastaMozzarella 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Do Tapo 4k cameras and H500 hub have sufficient quality and reliability to serve as home security camera system, when it really matters? I have about 10 cameras, half solar and half wired with power. All run on wifi connection. My setup inside is 2x deco x55. I also have one deco x50 mounted outside to cover my garden and driveway. All cameras work good and the h500 also sets up a secondary network to help with stability. When the 575d comes out in my region I will probably replace all of them with poe. But for a basic security system it been working flawlessly (no restarts) for 1,5 years.
r/Tapo · 24/7 Capture w/ the H500, C460 and C660 Not sure why they say that. Mine works great with 24/7 and detection while recording to H500. There was a small period when 24/7 had gaps but after last update it’s stable again
r/Tapo · 24/7 Capture w/ the H500, C460 and C660 I have 3 c460 with 24/7 capture and only record to h500. Works great
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banifesto 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Do Tapo 4k cameras and H500 hub have sufficient quality and reliability to serve as home security camera system, when it really matters? Yes i've seen somewhere in reddit, a sata cable is used to connect a 3.5" hdd, but it is not a neat setup. But you'll get more options with 3.5" such as more resilient drive (designed for cctv) and bigger capacity.
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Big_Welder9802 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Tapo H200 compatibility Thanks. I found that but then I read elsewhere that the C660 is only compatible with the H500, not the H200. Just wanted to check if someone from TP-LINK might confirm for sure. I messaged their support page yesterday. Thanks again for taking the time to reply.
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Biig-O 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Unsure whether to go with the H500 or whether I'd be throwing money away. So... You want help from a person that does not own it? I do it works fine I have a 2tb iin mine three cameras, d225
r/Tapo · Unsure whether to go with the H500 or whether I'd be throwing money away. Then go with reolink or something. For the price it works just fine.
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Stunning-Sherbert-81 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 Facial Recognition I have not tested the H500 and the only camera I have with the same facial recognition feature o use it inside and it activates only if I’m out so I haven’t had any face recognition but I’m using Aireal for all the cameras 2K and 4K and it’s pretty good at recognizing even with hats and glasses, sometimes recognizes only with the back of the head, so that’s that. Hopefully they launch an update with better recognition for the h500 and supported stand alone cameras with that feature.
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dutchsnowden 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 Facial Recognition Exact same problem here. Each day me and my wife are at least a douzen or two times not familiars.
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eddy_3d 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 Facial Recognition I think if your face is captured 20% or 30%, it can detect you as unknown person.
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maddiericola 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 Facial Recognition Same here. Waiting for patch as well
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OXRoblox 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? Currently running battery cameras, so it would be clips anyways. It was cheaper for me to buy 4 separate 128GB SD cards than to get a H500 (without storage).
r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? Don’t have one, but I did go through this when expanding my setup. If it is cheaper for you to buy an SD card for every single camera separately than an H500 hub, it is not worth it imo. Of course there are benefits to drives than SD cards, but if you run battery cameras, you’re cooked when power goes out and you don’t have a UPS on your H500, which kind of defeats the purpose of “battery” cameras
r/Tapo · H500 vs Micro SD cards Battery cameras: SD cards Wired cameras: H500 Do note that if you do get robbed by someone with a wifi jammer, H500 will be rendered useless and no footage would be saved.
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Zitrax_ 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 access from PC or script I am specifically interested in the detection clips though. Don't want to duplicate that logic when it already exist.
r/Tapo · H500 access from PC or script I think that is the live stream, not saved recordings.
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Very_Itchy_Bandicoot 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 access from PC or script thats pretty much the only way ive found unless you setup some home assistant or something similar, but also keep in might that the battery operated tapo cameras dont have the protocols to be recording 24/7 and as much as ive tried I just havent found a way to change it.
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4di05 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Firmware Error: Tapo H500 Hub won't pair with C645D Camera despite official compatibility info. Both on latest version! Cheers mate! I’ve already tried to force the update in both devices but once i tapped on “update firmware” the system says “you have the last firmware available” Maybe it’s in roll out? I’ll give another chance tomorrow
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FlyProfessional5035 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · The H500 is useless for supporting only 4 continuous cameras recording Yes. I could get 6-7 sd cards of 128gb which means 2-3weeks rec in a commercial district. Not being able to continuously rec on all cams makes it worth less than an sd card. Main drawback for the sd is if tampered. Then again I have 23 cameras each point to another so good luck.
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Legal-Application292 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Question on the H500 hub I have the h500 with a 4 tb ssd. No problems with my 8 cameras, 4 c460 mag cams and 4 c660 p/t. Only problem the h500 doesn't support 24/7 capture for the mag cams even though it's stated it does with the latest firmware. I get continuous reboot loops where the camera has to be shut off and on again. The c660 has no problem with continuous recording to the h500.
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DazzlingpAd134 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Setting up a security system you need the H200 or H500 hub to connect the cameras and everything else h100 can't do that
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Carl_TP-Link 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Tapo h200 Yeah that won't work then to Use them with the H200 or even an H500 hub they have to be within wireless range of the hub.
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thePopPop 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 Ghost Camera It was under Camera Playback. But I went to the storage section and was able to delete it from there. Thanks for the bump in the right direction!
r/Tapo · H500 Ghost Camera There are none. They were deleted when I removed the camera from Tapo. Its not hurting anything, but I would like to delete the entry.
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xtimeport 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Tapo H500 loop recording?? Regardless of the list c500 works on h500.
r/Tapo · Tapo H500 loop recording?? After updating the application, the issue was resolved - at least for now.
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njf520 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · New to Tapo and I have a couple questions Very interesting! Thanks for the info. Dropping connections is something I really want to avoid.
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sabaw3 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Question on the H500 hub Thanks to all who replied. I'm still deciding but I guess the main factor will be the price. If I can get the H500 on a very good sale price, I might bite the bullet.
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MarvinG1984 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 Question Oh okay. Which doorbell do you have? I believe the H500 says, battery operated cameras will only stream when motion is detected.
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Vast_Excitement699 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Tapo H500 The problem I have with it is that I cover a large property with my cameras on 3 different networks but it will only see the cameras on the network it's connected to
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Lnp142 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Tapo H500 Where are you buying it from, Amazon lists it for $129
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Unlucky_Finger_4602 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · What is the hub for? Larger storage capacity up to 16TB. Up to 16 cameras instead of 4 cameras. Up to 64 sensors. More AI features. HDMI port to attach to a monitor or tablet for viewing.
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dinosuitgirl 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Question about Tapo H200 hub You can have multiple hubs on a network and you assign each camera to a hub... I've also seen people mix several H200s and a H500 all on the same network.
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Tourist1292 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Can't view recorded clips when disconnected from the home wifi. I just set up a H500 hub over the weekend. The streaming to my phone is so efficient. It starts playing within a second or two.
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Keodras_90 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · November's Monthly Featured Firmware Updates for Tapo It would be interesting if the H500 had improved AI noise detection, such as baby cries, glass breakage, dog barks, cat meows please.
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spankspank1 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Tapo C120 Camera Experience – A Cautionary Tale for RTSP Users I wanted to do the dual hybrid but once I saw that 1 c246d camera takes up 2 spots on the h500 feed it turned me away from it. Bc I need to be able to watch feed on the monitor of 4 different locations. I wish the hub did 8 slots or they'll do an update in the future so you can. So I figured I'd do the all c216s or c120s. Does your c120s quality show better than your c246d?
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BeeJumpy2096 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · What are great long-term local storage solutions for the TP-Link Tapo C120s besides Micro SD? My experience is similar. I’ve been running the H500 for a couple of months with 5 cameras and the only issue I’ve had is that one of my cameras is not yet compatible with the hub for storing recordings. An update is supposed to be coming, and it’s a camera that the features outweighed the fact that I’ll have to wait a bit to enable the central recording. It’s also not in a high traffic location that triggers a lot of recording (interior of detached garage/shop that stores cars that are not driven daily). The H500 was a breeze to set up, super easy to add addition storage by installing a hard drive, and blends seamlessly into the Tapo environment (apps, etc.). If your main concern is central recording with plenty of storage space, I think you’ll find the H500 does the job well. I can’t speak to the performance of the additional AI features or things like automations, as I haven’t used any of those, but those seemed like the areas where people were underwhelmed in the reviews I read.
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AzX-Mike 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · What are great long-term local storage solutions for the TP-Link Tapo C120s besides Micro SD? despite the reviews and firmware, you're pretty satisfied with it, appreciate your input
r/Tapo · What are great long-term local storage solutions for the TP-Link Tapo C120s besides Micro SD? too many reviews that says the h500 is lacking, I am trying to get away from sd cards
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ifupred 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Hub H200 confusion, would I benefit? Wifi backup? As it says if you have internet it backs up to the hub. If the net goes down it defaults back to the sd card. So it can store in both places. But only 1 at a time
r/Tapo · Hub H200 confusion, would I benefit? Wifi backup? Tapo H500 is better suited. I've had a attempted break in. The face tracking over multiple camera is something I didn't think I'd care for but it's really cool. I use a 1tb SSD and have connected 4 cameras. 4 are AI powered for all the bells and whistles. I put mine as 24/7 recording. The other go to the sd card
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greggscell 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Hub H200 confusion, would I benefit? Wifi backup? In case I wasn't clear in my long winded comment, you can always see the live feed in the app on a phone or tablet. The HDMI live feed is different and I'm looking forward to messing with it soon. Any suggestions on a quality 25ft or so, HDMI cord that can be hidden? 😁
r/Tapo · Hub H200 confusion, would I benefit? Wifi backup? With that many cameras you might want to check into the h500 hub. Record to SSD, Adds AI to non-AI cameras. Facial recognition... Is a work in progress, but kinda cool. Connect 4 live feeds with HDMI, USB back up. Right now I'm using a cheap 1TB HDD from their list of drives they've tested. 24-7 recording on 3 cameras for a couple months now and so far so good. I'm happy with it.
r/Tapo · Hub H200 confusion, would I benefit? Wifi backup? Sorry, I haven't used either of those features yet. I have mine sitting out, in like the middle of the house. I'll need a long HDMI cord for that and I'm not set up for that yet. All the paranoia I've read about it running hot has me paranoid , 🙄 so I have it in the open. But I don't feel any heat and don't really hear anything loud. USB transfer is just out, to back up your drive only. As far as I can tell the USB C port only charges a tablet or something. The Tapo Tablet App is nice. The h500 hub is $150, but I did see it on Amazon for $130 and even less for "used like-new" sales. Check for compatibility of your cameras and any drive you get. This hub is definitely a work in progress and I'm enjoying it!
r/Tapo · Hub H200 confusion, would I benefit? Wifi backup? OMG 😳 No. No. No. Where are you getting this from? Whoever they are, block them. I very clearly said, "so far, so good" AND that "I'm happy with it".
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ThrowawayMyAccount01 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · US vs. EU devices, hubs and their cross-compatibility I see. Well, I don't really care about buying accessories just 2-3 cameras from the US. They are like half the price. And at least one of them isn't even available in India/UK. That's one of the only reason behind my interest in buying the US variants. But if Hub 500 isn't cross-compatible, odds of H200 seem even lower. Can I ask which cameras you have and if they are still working with the other Hub?
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drugstocheck 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? I have installed successfully TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 2TB SLC Cache 3D NAND #T253TZ002T0C101
r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? Thank you. It looks H500 supports 3D TLC NAND SSD.
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battouter 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? so as long as the local network is up. there shouldn't be a problem with recording. got it.
r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? i assume you would need really good wifi connectivity for this thing to record videos properly?
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mattheww1992 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? I find the facial recognition the weakest part to it. It does pick people up 70% of the time, but its too inconsistent to be running routines from it etc. It also spots people who should be familar as strangers far too often and sometimes just doesn't spot a face at all.
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damwookie 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · H500 hub reviews? I think it does 24/7 with 4 cameras. I've only just switched today. I think it looks like a cheap piece of plastic but that's ok as it's inside my TV unit. I like that I can playback clips per face or clips that contain strangers but it's too early to see how well it recognises family. The hub can playback the clips but there is a button for each camera first. It all feels very similar tbh. I still would have got it for SSD support but for the price it deserves to be a metal square puck for some metal cooling. More like a ugreen device. Than a plastic toblarone.
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CoolhereIam 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · C425 solar kit - not impressed I picked up 2 of these exact same set ups a few weeks ago, and while the camera and solar panel seem decent quality, the detection is garbage. I set mine to only detect people and is mounted on the corner of my garage where it has a clear view of my driveway, porch and front yard. Some people have been able to get to my front door, deliver a package and get back to their van without it picking them up. Other times I'll get a notification and check the recording and all it picked up is 2 seconds of someone walking their dog barely in view. It seems to always notice me walking to my car but doesn't like to detect anyone else. I'm still playing around with the detection areas and sensitivity but so far I'm not left super impressed. I liked the idea of the new h500 hub having facial recognition but after seeing how bad the detection is, I know it won't work and wouldn't be worth the money.
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Omnibitent 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Current Tapo Smart Hub (H200/H500) Compatible Camera List Per my searches that seems like it’s true too but haven’t confirmed. Have you been able to confirm this for yourself?
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petulant_snowflake 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Current Tapo Smart Hub (H200/H500) Compatible Camera List This isn't the only marketing material I've seen that advertised C260 + H500 compatibility, but as I'm assuming these are paid partner posts from TP-Link, it's worth noting: https://imgbox.com/TqJDY16P
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Cfran55 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · h500 review in the US I didn’t plug in the cable all the way user error. I will wait for prime day for a sale on an ssd. I was getting too many notifications so I turned off the ai
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Rice_Eater483 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · First Impressions of the Tapo H500: Potential, but Still a Work in Progress Can the facial recognition feature be used for automations at all? I hope it's not just for notifications. That's still nice but being able to unlock the door(using a Tapo lock or Matter Lock) would a pretty cool idea that I hope is possible.
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tktan1984 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Current Tapo Smart Hub (H200/H500) Compatible Camera List the majority of my cams are c225 v2. currently i am only able to connect a few solar battery cams and a single c225 v1. so it feels abit of a letdown at the moment
r/Tapo · First Impressions of the Tapo H500: Potential, but Still a Work in Progress i received a reply from tplink elsewhere. it is indeed limited to 4 with continuous recording which is what i want to use. the limit is 16 for detection recording only.
r/Tapo · Current Tapo Smart Hub (H200/H500) Compatible Camera List i do have them set to 247 recording because there seems to be an issue with the detection recording. with the detection set to max length, footage within the recorded clip is very jumpy and often missing many random seconds of recording within the time period that is supposed to be recorded. thus my 247 recording is to get around this problem.
r/Tapo · First Impressions of the Tapo H500: Potential, but Still a Work in Progress cant test in a useful way as it only supports a few battery external cams now. so theres barely any people detected. everyone is usually indoors, the majority of my tapo cams are there
r/Tapo · Current Tapo Smart Hub (H200/H500) Compatible Camera List is this something for future use bcos i have a H500 now and it seems to be just like a H200 with a 4 camera limit
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techsnapp 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · First Impressions of the Tapo H500: Potential, but Still a Work in Progress Understand. Hopefully it won't be long before those devices are compatible and you and really test the h500.
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scottjl 🇬🇧
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r/Tapo · Hub H200 confusion, would I benefit? Wifi backup? Turn it on its side. Put the bottom up (well on an angle). The main board and hear sink are below where the drive is (*really* bad design) so the heat will rise up though the drive. Turn it on its side so the heat drifts more up and out and less onto the drive. It’s what I did with mine.
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metallicorb 🌐
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r/Tapo · H500 Facial Recognition Same exact experience.
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Historical-Low235 🇪🇸
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r/SecurityCamera · Security camera needed for my small house under 1k AUD please Buena elección. La H500 con solo 2 cámaras es "demasiado" ahora pero exactamente la decisión correcta si piensas escalar (añadir cámaras después es trivial y no tienes que reemplazar el hub). La C245 con PoE también es más estable que solar para cámaras permanentes si en algún momento puedes pasar un cable. Sobre la durabilidad: las Tapo en general aguantan bien a la intemperie dentro de su rango IP, el punto débil suele ser la exposición UV directa prolongada en climas muy soleados. Si puedes darles algo de sombra sin perder ángulo de visión, alargan bastante la vida útil. Suerte con la instalación, y si el soporte de canaleta da problemas con el peso de la C245 ya sabes dónde preguntar.
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Equivalent-Hat5927 🌐
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r/Tapo · What is the hub for? \>AI recognition only h500
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PrOpHeTeLlO 🇮🇹
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r/Tapo · H500 wont connect to wifi Suggerisco di iniziare con un hard-reset dell'Hub H500 ed un riavvio del router. Il tentativo di connessione in modalità wireless dell'H500 potrebbe fallire se il tuo router principale trasmette solo a 2.4 GHz poiche' ha bisogno della frequenza 5 GHz (o se le frequenze non sono separate correttamente e lo smartphone si aggancia alla 2.4)
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Le Tapo H500 fonctionne-t-il sans abonnement ?
Oui, les utilisateurs Reddit confirment que les vidéos peuvent être enregistrées localement sans stockage cloud. L’ajout d’un disque interne permet de centraliser les enregistrements sans carte microSD dans chaque caméra.
La reconnaissance faciale du H500 est-elle fiable ?
Le consensus Reddit est largement négatif sur ce point. De nombreux utilisateurs signalent des visages familiers constamment classés comme inconnus, même après un long apprentissage, tandis que quelques-uns obtiennent des résultats acceptables.
Le H500 peut-il enregistrer toutes les caméras en continu ?
Non, les témoignages indiquent une limite généralement située autour de quatre flux enregistrés en continu, avec des variations évoquées selon le firmware. Les autres caméras doivent alors se limiter aux événements, dont les clips sont souvent jugés trop courts.
Le Tapo H500 est-il facile à installer ?
Les utilisateurs Reddit trouvent généralement l’ajout du hub et d’un disque interne simple. Il faut néanmoins vérifier la compatibilité des caméras et du disque, mettre les firmwares à jour et conserver les appareils sur un réseau permettant leur communication.
Since it's a French shop, I'll answer in French. I'm sure auto-translate from Reddit will be enough if you want to read this part anyway. \^\^ Je l'ai acheté chez Busiboutique,com il y a 15 jours mais je n'avais pas encore pris le temps de faire une review. J'avais déjà acheté du matériel chez eux pour le boulot donc j'avais 100% confiance. Je l'ai payé 152.50 TTC + 12.90€ de frais de port soit 165.40€ au total (ça pique un peu mais ça reste soit dans les mêmes prix moins légèrement moins cher que d'autres revendeur que je ne connais). Ne t’inquiète pas de la mention "offre limitée jusqu'au xx/xx/2025, elle change tous les jours :D. Il leur reste 15 sur les 40/45 qu'ils avaient il y a 15 jours donc ils en ont quand même écoulés quelques uns, aucune idée des dates de restock une fois qu'ils auront vendus ce qu'ils ont.
They’re not compatible *for now* (it was planned for April). And I absolutely needed the product for an installation at my parents’ place in June (they live far from me, and I only go there once a year). I preferred to get it now rather than risk it being out of stock in June.
If you already own an H200, you might consider selling it second-hand ? The H500 is essentially an evolution of the H200. In my view, the H500 functions more like a mini NAS, with the option to add a hard drive and enhanced camera recognition features. Although I’m not certain about the exact hardware inside, given its price and capabilities, I suspect it uses a chip similar to Google Coral. What also caught my attention about the H500 is its HDMI output, allowing it to serve as a standalone mini surveillance station. Have you had the chance to test the H500, particularly its facial recognition or person-tracking features across multiple cameras?