TapoStreamer

Overview

TapoStreamer is an Python application that shows the video streaming from the cameras made by TP-Link. It runs on macOS.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• License

Installation

Just add tap and install homebrew package.

brew tap rioriost/tap
brew install tapostreamer

Usage

Execute tapostreamer command.

tapostreamer

The first time, tapostreamer prompts you to input a username and password for the camera. The username and password are stored in the keychain.

Please enter your Tapo ID, part before '@': your_account
Please enter your Tapo Password: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Then, tapostreamer prompts you to input the number of rows and columns for the cameras. The default values are 2 and 3, respectively.

Config file not found, creating one in /Users/rifujita/Library/Preferences/TapoStreamer/config.ini
Please enter the number of rows for cameras [2]:
Please enter the number of columns for cameras [3]:

After that, tapostreamer detects the cameras in the network and shows the list of the cameras. You can select the cameras to show the video streaming.

Detecting cameras in the network...
16 reachable IP addresses found.
Estimated time to detect cameras: 17.12 seconds.
Select a camera from the list below:
[1]: *  192.168.50.6
[2]:    192.168.50.7
[3]:    192.168.50.8
[4]:    192.168.50.10
[5]:    192.168.50.128
[0]:    Skip
Enter the number of the camera [1]:
Select a camera from the list below:
[1]: *  192.168.50.7
[2]:    192.168.50.8
[3]:    192.168.50.10
[4]:    192.168.50.128
[0]:    Skip
Enter the number of the camera [1]:
Select a camera from the list below:
[1]: *  192.168.50.8
[2]:    192.168.50.10
[3]:    192.168.50.128
[0]:    Skip
Enter the number of the camera [1]:
Select a camera from the list below:
[1]: *  192.168.50.10
[2]:    192.168.50.128
[0]:    Skip
Enter the number of the camera [1]:
Select a camera from the list below:
[1]: *  192.168.50.128
[0]:    Skip
Enter the number of the camera [1]:

Finally, tapostreamer shows the video streaming from the selected cameras.

Starting TapoStreamer...
Press 'q' to quit.

Release Notes

0.4.3 Release

• Move formula to rioriost/tap

0.4.2 Release

• Dependency update

0.4.1 Release

• Dependency Update

0.4.0 Release

• Bump to Python 3.14

0.3.9 Release

• Dependency Update

0.3.8 Release

• Dependency Update

0.3.7 Release

• Dependency Update

0.3.6 Release

• Security Update

0.3.5 Release

• Dependency Update

0.3.4 Release

• Dependency Update

0.3.3 Release

• Dependency Update

0.2.0 Release

• Multi-threading support.

0.1.2 Release

• Small bug fixes.

0.1.1 Release

• Small bug fixes.

0.1.0 Release

• First release.

Known Issues

0.2.0 Release

• tapostreamer sometimes fails with 'segmentation fault' when it's terminated. Due to the OpenCV implementation.

License

MIT License