Unable to view recordings in app, Tapo D225
Hello I have a Tapo D225 and I have a SD card installed and set to continuous record, I have had it installed and has been working fine for 2 weeks, but yesterday 10/3 I noticed, I can still view live stream and get notifications but I can longer view recording via the app, when I try to go to recordings it just tells me "no recordings" if I use the left and right arrows on the date selections I can change the date and it will flash me the thumbnails of the event moments and then immediately go back to the "no recordings" message, I have pulled out the SD card to verify whether it actually recording and if I could watch what been recording and it is recording and I was able to browse through and watch the videos on the SD card.
I have tried deleting the app cache and turning the doorbell off and then back on and everything seems to work fine except being able to view recordings on the app.
Here are couple screenshots , the left is the screenshot where it flashes the events before then automatically going to the no recording message, I have also attached video of screen recording if want to see it.
Update 10/4/2024:
So after digging around and trying to find out more information I came across another thread here on the tp-link support forums, saying that they had this same issue and the cause of it wast the app saying SD card had reached capacity even though was set to loop recording, and deleting footage/formating the card solved the issue and they were able to view events again. So I put a new SD card in and I was able to view recording/events again in the app.
For my setup, I did have it set to loop recording and in the app it did list the card as full, so this appears to be an app issue rather than a hardware issue, as after I put in a new SD card I was able to view recordings/events in the app again, I then checked the other SD card on the computer and the loop recording was working as intended as I could open the files and watch the recorded footage.
Phone: Pixle 6 Pro
Tapo app version: 3.7.113
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Hey @pf3net,
Thanks for reporting this, I will make sure to get the information to our teams to take a look at.
Do you have the model of the SD card that was initially affected?
If you have another phone/device, were you able to view the footage from the Tapo App?
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@Riley_S So updated on the SD and and viewing it in the app.
After I stuck in a new SD card and formatted it, I was able to view the recordings/events again in the app, which on on 10/4, on 10/9 the SD card had filled up and started loop recording and this is when the issue presented itself again, as can still view the live view and get alerts but when go to the playback section it just gives the "no recordings" page.
As before I took out the SD card to verify that it was recording and that I could view the recordings on the computer and I could, so I put in the first SD card and playback section and still same message no recordings, so I format the SD card and i am able to view the playback section on the app again.
So the app playback section stops works when the app thinks the card is full even though the doorbell itself is still recording and loop recording when it gets full like it should be.
SD cards that have been used.
Samsung PRO Endurance 128GB
Samsung EVO Select 128GB
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Thanks for the information. After giving the case to our engineering teams, they stated that they would like to take a closer look at your case to troubleshoot and identify the cause. Would it be okay if the team contacted you using the email you used for your community login? Otherwise, feel free to message me at another email that would be best to contact you at.
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@Riley_S Hi - I am having this exact same issue. Have had the doorbell for a few weeks and have already had to reformat it twice and all recordings lost. Once was even when it wasn't full. Can you reach out to help as well? Seems to be an issue with the doorbell/app, not the SD card.
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I'm having the same issue. I couldnt see any previous footage. The doorbell stopped notifying me as well of motion detection (I didnt realize for a couple days). I reformatted the sd car, Samsung edurance evo 256gb, and I get my notficiations back as well as event recording. I am on 24/7 recording
surely its something that can be fixed with a firmware update? which seem to never happen?
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Came here to say the same thing... my D225 stops recording once the SD Card is full. All the prior events dissappear and so do the recordings on the app. If I reformat the SD card it starts recording again just fine. The D225 is not looping as it should and just reporting the card as full. 512GB Sandisk High Endurance SDSQQNR-512G-GN6iA
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Came here to say the same thing... my D225 stops recording once the SD Card is full. All the prior events dissappear and so do the recordings on the app. If I reformat the SD card it starts recording again just fine. The D225 is not looping as it should and just reporting the card as full. 512GB Sandisk High Endurance SDSQQNR-512G-GN6iA
From my tests, the app does report that the SD card is full but when I pull out the SD card and check it on a computer the doorbell is still recording as it should and I can view the footage.
I was in contact with one of their techs from support and they pulled the diagnostics logs and they confirmed that they did see errors in the logs.
These were the replies I got from support
"Thanks very much for your cooperation! We have got the logs and find that the index inside the SD card of the doorbell has something wrong when it's full.
Our R&D is trying to reproduce the problem now, please kindly wait a bit more. We will update to you as soon as possible."
Follow up email
"Considering that this issue hasn't been found and solved by our R&D, and it takes a long time for you for a solution, we decide to collect the device to analyze the problem."
I'm not sure if that means they would want to have me send them the device, but for me it not really that big of issue to spend all the time and effort when the fastest solution is just formatting the SD card that takes like a minute. I have noticed that it been freezing up lately when try to view video feed, but from the sound of it with other replies here this is not a isolated issue. @Riley_S
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pf3net wrote
DHL1 wrote
Came here to say the same thing... my D225 stops recording once the SD Card is full. All the prior events dissappear and so do the recordings on the app. If I reformat the SD card it starts recording again just fine. The D225 is not looping as it should and just reporting the card as full. 512GB Sandisk High Endurance SDSQQNR-512G-GN6iA
From my tests, the app does report that the SD card is full but when I pull out the SD card and check it on a computer the doorbell is still recording as it should and I can view the footage.
I was in contact with one of their techs from support and they pulled the diagnostics logs and they confirmed that they did see errors in the logs.
These were the replies I got from support
"Thanks very much for your cooperation! We have got the logs and find that the index inside the SD card of the doorbell has something wrong when it's full.
Our R&D is trying to reproduce the problem now, please kindly wait a bit more. We will update to you as soon as possible."
Follow up email
"Considering that this issue hasn't been found and solved by our R&D, and it takes a long time for you for a solution, we decide to collect the device to analyze the problem."
I'm not sure if that means they would want to have me send them the device, but for me it not really that big of issue to spend all the time and effort when the fastest solution is just formatting the SD card that takes like a minute. I have noticed that it been freezing up lately when try to view video feed, but from the sound of it with other replies here this is not a isolated issue. @Riley_S
Reformatting the SD is not a solution considering that you lose all the prior days of videos and events which I would like to keep as long as I can and just let the older ones be overwritten when space is needed. @pf3net
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DHL1 wrote
pf3net wrote
DHL1 wrote
Came here to say the same thing... my D225 stops recording once the SD Card is full. All the prior events dissappear and so do the recordings on the app. If I reformat the SD card it starts recording again just fine. The D225 is not looping as it should and just reporting the card as full. 512GB Sandisk High Endurance SDSQQNR-512G-GN6iA
From my tests, the app does report that the SD card is full but when I pull out the SD card and check it on a computer the doorbell is still recording as it should and I can view the footage.
I was in contact with one of their techs from support and they pulled the diagnostics logs and they confirmed that they did see errors in the logs.
These were the replies I got from support
"Thanks very much for your cooperation! We have got the logs and find that the index inside the SD card of the doorbell has something wrong when it's full.
Our R&D is trying to reproduce the problem now, please kindly wait a bit more. We will update to you as soon as possible."
Follow up email
"Considering that this issue hasn't been found and solved by our R&D, and it takes a long time for you for a solution, we decide to collect the device to analyze the problem."
I'm not sure if that means they would want to have me send them the device, but for me it not really that big of issue to spend all the time and effort when the fastest solution is just formatting the SD card that takes like a minute. I have noticed that it been freezing up lately when try to view video feed, but from the sound of it with other replies here this is not a isolated issue. @Riley_S
Reformatting the SD is not a solution considering that you lose all the prior days of videos and events which I would like to keep as long as I can and just let the older ones be overwritten when space is needed. @pf3net
I can see your point but it also not a solution or very convenient, if would have to send the doorbell off to support and be without it for weeks or even months while they try to figure out what wrong with it.
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@pf3net interesting. seems like many people have the same issue and I feel they are blaming it on a defective SD card? should be easy for the to reproduce
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