[Camera Support]: Tapo cameras audio stuttering in recordings only

[Ferooo00oo]

Describe the problem you are having

Tapo cameras audio stuttering in recordings only

Version

0.14.1-

What browser(s) are you using?

No response

Frigate config file

mqtt:
  enabled: false

go2rtc:
  streams:
    Office:
      - rtsp://user:[email protected]:554/stream1
    Hall:
      - rtsp://user:[email protected]:554/stream1


cameras:

  Office:
    ffmpeg:
      output_args:
        record: preset-record-generic-audio-aac
        
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Office
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
        - path: rtsp://user:[email protected]:554/stream2
          roles:
            - detect
    onvif:
      host: 192.168.1.xxx
      port: 2020
      user: user
      password: pass

    detect:
      width: 1920
      height: 1080
      fps: 5

    record: # <----- Enable recording
      enabled: true
      retain:
        days: 3
        mode: all





  Hall: # <--- this will be changed to your actual camera later

    ffmpeg:
      output_args:
        record: preset-record-generic-audio-aac

      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Hall
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
        - path: rtsp://user:[email protected]:554/stream2
          roles:
            - detect

    onvif:
      host: 192.168.1.yyy
      port: 2020
      user: user
      password: pass

    detect:
      width: 1920
      height: 1080
      fps: 5

    record: # <----- Enable recording
      enabled: true
      retain:
        days: 3
        mode: all



detectors:
  ov:
    type: openvino
    device: CPU
    model:
      path: /openvino-model/FP16/ssdlite_mobilenet_v2.xml
model:
  width: 300
  height: 300
  input_tensor: nhwc
  input_pixel_format: bgr
  labelmap_path: /openvino-model/coco_91cl_bkgr.txt
version: 0.14
camera_groups:
  VIP:
    order: 1
    icon: LuServer
    cameras:
      - Hall
      - Office

Relevant Frigate log output

2024-10-09 12:32:02.942234  [INFO] Preparing Frigate...
2024-10-09 12:32:02.942274  [INFO] Starting Frigate...
2024-10-09 12:32:03.793512  [2024-10-09 12:32:03] frigate.app                    INFO    : Starting Frigate (0.14.1-)
2024-10-09 12:32:03.793558  [2024-10-09 12:32:03] frigate.util.config            INFO    : Checking if frigate config needs migration...
2024-10-09 12:32:03.809026  [2024-10-09 12:32:03] frigate.util.config            INFO    : frigate config does not need migration...
2024-10-09 12:32:05.409910  [2024-10-09 12:32:05] frigate.util.services          WARNING : Did not detect hwaccel, using a GPU for accelerated video decoding is highly recommended
2024-10-09 12:32:05.415185  [2024-10-09 12:32:05] frigate.config                 WARNING : Customizing more than a detector model path is unsupported.
2024-10-09 12:32:05.422159  [2024-10-09 12:32:05] peewee_migrate.logs            INFO    : Starting migrations
2024-10-09 12:32:05.430520  [2024-10-09 12:32:05] peewee_migrate.logs            INFO    : There is nothing to migrate
2024-10-09 12:32:05.691349  [2024-10-09 12:32:05] frigate.app                    INFO    : Recording process started: 190943
2024-10-09 12:32:05.694720  [2024-10-09 12:32:05] frigate.app                    INFO    : Recording process started: 190945
2024-10-09 12:32:05.697019  [2024-10-09 12:32:05] frigate.app                    INFO    : go2rtc process pid: 144
2024-10-09 12:32:05.713167  [2024-10-09 12:32:05] frigate.app                    INFO    : Output process started: 190972
2024-10-09 12:32:05.719334  [2024-10-09 12:32:05] detector.ov                    INFO    : Starting detection process: 190971
2024-10-09 12:32:05.740558  [2024-10-09 12:32:05] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for Office: 190987
2024-10-09 12:32:05.743015  [2024-10-09 12:32:05] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for Hall: 190989
2024-10-09 12:32:05.746974  [2024-10-09 12:32:05] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for Office: 190995
2024-10-09 12:32:05.753284  [2024-10-09 12:32:05] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for Hall: 190998

FFprobe output from your camera

N/A

Frigate stats

No response

Operating system

Proxmox

Install method

Proxmox via TTeck Script

Object Detector

CPU (no coral)

Network connection

Wired

Camera make and model

Tapo C100 & Tapo C200

Screenshots of the Frigate UI's System metrics pages

Any other information that may be helpful

No response

[NickM-27]

Might be worth trying to set "ffmpeg:rtsp..." for the go2rtc streams

[Ferooo00oo]

Thanks for the reply -I appreciate it- but unfortunately that didn't work. :(

[NickM-27]

then it seems tapo is just sending bad quality audio, you are already transcoding it so not sure there is much that can be done