Do you have a Tapo camera and want to enable third-party access to your camera feed? A third-party access is required when you want to allow an application or service other than Tapo to access your camera feed. For example, you might want to view your camera streams using third party apps (like Cam Hero, iSpy, Blue Iris etc) or want to attach a network storage device (NAS like Synology) for recording your streams.
Pre-requisites
To add a camera account, make sure you have downloaded the Tapo app from the App Store and you are logged into that app and can see your camera.
Step 1: Select the camera you want to add a camera account for and the click the "Settings" icon as shown below
Step 2: Scroll down to "Advanced settings"
Step3: Go to "Camera Account"
Once in the camera account screen, turn on the Camera Account option
Step 4: Start the Camera account creation dialogue
Read the fine print and continue to account creation
Step 5: Create a new camera account by setting a new username and password
Hit "Create" afterwards and this should create a camera account for the particular camera.
Now you can use these credentials with a third party application like Cam Hero to allow it to stream your cameras!
Notes and best practices
A camera account is valid for a single camera only. If you have multiple cameras in your Tapo account, you need to create a camera account separately for each camera.
It's a good idea to disable or delete your camera account when no longer needed
It's a good idea to set a username that can give you some indication about the purpose you have set it up for.
Set a strong password and avoid using weak passwords.
Create a separate camera account for each third-party service or application you want to use it with. This way, you can easily disable a single service later on.
Which Tapo camera models are supported using the above method?
Using the above method, you can create a camera account for almost any model for example , Indoor Cameras:Tapo C100, Tapo C110, Tapo C200, Tapo C210, Tapo C211
Outdoor Cameras (Wired):Tapo C310, Tapo C320WS, Tapo C325WB
Battery-Powered Cameras:Tapo C420S1, Tapo C420S2
Specialty Cameras:Tapo 2K Pan Tilt Camera, Tapo 2K QHD Indoor/Outdoor Cam
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