Tapo C100 Frigate setup with audio

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For Tapo C100 cameras with audio in recordings and live preview, as well as audio in the Home Assistant Frigate card.

Make sure to setup the "Camera Account" in "Advanced Settings" through the Tapo app first.

Fill in any {{variable}} with your details.

frigate-config.yml

...
go2rtc:
  streams:
    # Encode the main stream and sub-stream as h264 with AAC audio
    {{stream_name}}:
      - rtsp://{{camera_user}}:{{camera_password}}@{{camera_ip}}:554/stream1
      - "ffmpeg:{{stream_name}}#audio=aac#video=h264#hardware"
    {{stream_name}}_sub:
      - rtsp://{{camera_user}}:{{camera_password}}@{{camera_ip}}:554/stream2
      - "ffmpeg:{{stream_name}}_sub#audio=aac#video=h264#hardware"

cameras:
  {{camera_name}}:
    ffmpeg:
      output_args:
        record: preset-record-generic-audio-aac
      inputs:
        # Use the lower quality sub-stream for detection
        - path: rtsp://{{frigate_host_ip}}:8554/{{stream_name}}_sub
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
        
        # Use the higher quality main stream for recording
        - path: rtsp://{{frigate_host_ip}}:8554/{{stream_name}}?video&audio
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
            
      # Adjust this arg as needed for your hardware
      hwaccel_args: preset-vaapi
    live:
      stream_name: {{stream_name}}
...

frigate-hass-card.yml

type: custom:frigate-card
cameras:
  - frigate:
      camera_name: {{stream_name}}
    live_provider: go2rtc
view: {}