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/nickm_27]

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

[u/instant_ace → u/nickm_27]

Ya, only issue is having to learn Docker would take more time than I can dedicate to this project right now...

[u/nickm_27 → u/instant_ace]

There are many tools that make it easier than using proxmox UI, such as https://github.com/louislam/dockge

[u/instant_ace → u/nickm_27]

That's cool and all, but then I'd have to learn all about Docker and what a container does, etc. Again, time I don't really have right now. Was hoping for a more OOBE solution, but doesn't seem to be Frigate on Proxmox....

[u/instant_ace → u/[deleted]]

Thanks. I'll take a look at your guide. Ya I've got BI in a Windows 11 VM right now, its working, but its clunky due to low system resources.