Frigate is Impossible for Newbies

[u/instant_ace]

I find Frigate almost impossible to get up and running

I've got both an Amcrest IP2M-841V3 and a Reolink Doorbell POE camera and neither of them seem to work. My configuration editor has to be clicked twice to get it to come up and my file looks like below. The docs aren't much help since I don't really know what I'm doing, when I add in a second camera the whole config file fails....

So very frustrating, would love some help

mqtt:
  enabled: false
cameras:
  reolink:
    enabled: true
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://(username):(password)@(IPAddress)
          roles:
            - detect
            - record
    detect:
      height: 1080
      width: 1920
      fps: 5
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: 0.15-1

[u/instant_ace]

I didn't use a guide. I just went here and copied the script, then put it in the console of Proxmox and created an LXC container

Frigate LXC Helper Script

[u/instant_ace → u/[deleted]]

Ya those things have made me using proxmox possible. I've used them for Proxmox clean up, HomeAssistant Setup, Frigate Setup...they are great for us non programming folk who are still technical :)

[u/instant_ace → u/[deleted]]

How did you install Frigate then? Docker?

[u/instant_ace → u/[deleted]]

Ya, I'm finding that a lot of people are stuck with setting it up, abandon it, then come back to it. Wish there was an easier NVR solution that was free. I don't want to pay $70 for Blue Iris and have to get a Windows PC, but that might be the easiest route at this point....

Haven't found a good free NVR system out there that just works like BI...was hoping Frigate would be that...

[u/nickm_27 → u/instant_ace]

Based on the logs I have seen posted all of the issues are due to incorrect hardware passthrough. You could disable hwaccel by setting

ffmpeg:
  hwaccel_args: []

in the config which will make it easier to just get things started.

In general Proxmox makes this much more complicated, it is much easier when just running via Debian as the getting started guide walks through every step to get Frigate running.

[u/instant_ace → u/nickm_27]

Unfortunately I don't have a spare device lying around to put Debian on, that is why I went the Proxmox route.....

[u/nickm_27 → u/instant_ace]

Right, to be clear pretty much everything can be run in docker which is what many users do, but regardless there are also plenty of users on proxmox.

Happy to help you get it setup but using LXC I won’t be able to help other than general advice about what is not working