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Feature Request: Support for H.265 Codec and Higher Bitrate Options on All Tapo Cameras

 
9
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Feature Request: Support for H.265 Codec and Higher Bitrate Options on All Tapo Cameras

Feature Request: Support for H.265 Codec and Higher Bitrate Options on All Tapo Cameras
Feature Request: Support for H.265 Codec and Higher Bitrate Options on All Tapo Cameras
2025-04-23 09:04:01 - last edited 2025-04-25 07:31:10
Tags: #H.265+
Model: Tapo C520WS  
Hardware Version: V1
Firmware Version: 1.2.9

Hi Tapo team,

 

I'd like to request the addition of H.265 video codec support and higher bitrate options across all Tapo camera models.

H.265 is significantly more efficient than H.264 in terms of compression, allowing for better video quality while saving bandwidth and storage—especially important for higher-resolution cameras like the C520WS. Many competing brands already support H.265 and allow for higher bitrate configurations, giving users more flexibility and control over their video quality.

 

A few questions:

 

  1. Is there a plan to add H.265 support and bitrate adjustment via a firmware update or upcoming version revision?

  2. If so, is there a timeline or model list for when we can expect this?

 

It would be great to see Tapo stay competitive with these widely adopted features. Thanks for the continued development and listening to user feedback!

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Re:Feature Request: Support for H.265 Codec and Higher Bitrate Options on All Tapo Cameras
2025-05-09 10:44:12

  @Lily_js 

Hi, 
Thank you for your feedback here. We certainly appreciate your feedback and feature request.
While we don't have any specific details that I can share about whether this feature can come to the product or when it might, I'll log the feature request and pass it along to the team to evaluate.
If other users have the same request, please vote on this thread and leave your usage scenario for evaluation.
Best Regards

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RE:Feature Request: Support for H.265 Codec and Higher Bitrate Options on All Tapo Cameras
2025-05-29 09:44:50
I agree !!! H265 is a must have. On NAS it improves the performance and reduce the storage. I have 4 tapo cameras and it's so sad it can't support h265 unless as my Reolink one.
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Re:Feature Request: Support for H.265 Codec and Higher Bitrate Options on All Tapo Cameras
2025-06-27 04:15:35

Please support H265 if not H265+, look at how much data it transmitted during last 50 days.

 

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RE:Feature Request: Support for H.265 Codec and Higher Bitrate Options on All Tapo Cameras
2025-07-01 08:29:24
Please add support for H.265 (H.265+) Codec + higher bitrate options. I purchased your Tapo 4K C660 camera Kit + H500 Homebase + D235 2K Doorbell. Especially for 4K camera it would be great, as already described the benefits in the original post here. Thank you. Petr Batek, Czech Republic
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