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[Camera Support]: Can I set as an input a USB device?
See original GitHub issueDescribe the problem you are having
I have a USB camera connected to my server and I passthrough the whole pcie adapter (as I understand that it is more stable that way), however at the moment I am using a second container running rtsp-simple-server and converting the stream from the USB camera to an rtsp stream and then using that in Frigate. Can I use directly the USB camera feed etc /dev/v4l/by-id/usb-SMI_PC_Cam-video-index0 ?
Version
0.10.1-83481AF
Frigate config file
{
"birdseye": {
"enabled": true,
"height": 720,
"mode": "objects",
"quality": 8,
"width": 1280
},
"cameras": {
"frontdoor": {
"best_image_timeout": 60,
"detect": {
"enabled": true,
"fps": 5,
"height": 600,
"max_disappeared": 25,
"stationary": {
"interval": 0,
"max_frames": {
"default": null,
"objects": {}
},
"threshold": 50
},
"width": 1024
},
"ffmpeg": {
"global_args": [
"-hide_banner",
"-loglevel",
"warning"
],
"hwaccel_args": [],
"input_args": [
"-avoid_negative_ts",
"make_zero",
"-fflags",
"+genpts+discardcorrupt",
"-rtsp_transport",
"tcp",
"-stimeout",
"5000000",
"-use_wallclock_as_timestamps",
"1"
],
"inputs": [
{
"global_args": [],
"hwaccel_args": [],
"input_args": [],
"path": "rtsp://frigate:WasilewN1k1Frigate@192.168.1.139:8554/frontdoor",
"roles": [
"record",
"rtmp",
"detect"
]
}
],
"output_args": {
"detect": [
"-f",
"rawvideo",
"-pix_fmt",
"yuv420p"
],
"record": [
"-f",
"segment",
"-segment_time",
"10",
"-segment_format",
"mp4",
"-reset_timestamps",
"1",
"-strftime",
"1",
"-c",
"copy",
"-an"
],
"rtmp": [
"-c",
"copy",
"-f",
"flv"
]
}
},
"ffmpeg_cmds": [
{
"cmd": "ffmpeg -hide_banner -loglevel warning -avoid_negative_ts make_zero -fflags +genpts+discardcorrupt -rtsp_transport tcp -stimeout 5000000 -use_wallclock_as_timestamps 1 -i rtsp://frigate:WasilewN1k1Frigate@192.168.1.139:8554/frontdoor -f segment -segment_time 10 -segment_format mp4 -reset_timestamps 1 -strftime 1 -c copy -an /tmp/cache/frontdoor-%Y%m%d%H%M%S.mp4 -c copy -f flv rtmp://127.0.0.1/live/frontdoor -r 5 -s 1024x600 -f rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p pipe:",
"roles": [
"record",
"rtmp",
"detect"
]
}
],
"live": {
"height": 720,
"quality": 7
},
"motion": {
"contour_area": 30,
"delta_alpha": 0.2,
"frame_alpha": 0.2,
"frame_height": 50,
"improve_contrast": false,
"mask": "",
"threshold": 25
},
"mqtt": {
"bounding_box": true,
"crop": true,
"enabled": true,
"height": 270,
"quality": 70,
"required_zones": [],
"timestamp": true
},
"name": "frontdoor",
"objects": {
"filters": {
"person": {
"mask": null,
"max_area": 24000000,
"min_area": 0,
"min_score": 0.5,
"threshold": 0.7
}
},
"mask": "",
"track": [
"person"
]
},
"record": {
"enabled": true,
"events": {
"max_seconds": 300,
"objects": [
"person"
],
"post_capture": 5,
"pre_capture": 5,
"required_zones": [],
"retain": {
"default": 10,
"mode": "motion",
"objects": {
"person": 1500
}
}
},
"expire_interval": 60,
"retain": {
"days": 0,
"mode": "all"
},
"retain_days": null
},
"rtmp": {
"enabled": true
},
"snapshots": {
"bounding_box": true,
"clean_copy": true,
"crop": false,
"enabled": true,
"height": null,
"quality": 70,
"required_zones": [],
"retain": {
"default": 10,
"mode": "motion",
"objects": {
"person": 15
}
},
"timestamp": true
},
"timestamp_style": {
"color": {
"blue": 255,
"green": 255,
"red": 255
},
"effect": null,
"format": "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S",
"position": "tl",
"thickness": 2
},
"zones": {}
}
},
"database": {
"path": "/db/frigate.db"
},
"detect": {
"enabled": true,
"fps": 5,
"height": 720,
"max_disappeared": null,
"stationary": {
"interval": 0,
"max_frames": {
"default": null,
"objects": {}
},
"threshold": null
},
"width": 1280
},
"detectors": {
"cpu": {
"device": "usb",
"num_threads": 3,
"type": "cpu"
}
},
"environment_vars": {},
"ffmpeg": {
"global_args": [
"-hide_banner",
"-loglevel",
"warning"
],
"hwaccel_args": [],
"input_args": [
"-avoid_negative_ts",
"make_zero",
"-fflags",
"+genpts+discardcorrupt",
"-rtsp_transport",
"tcp",
"-stimeout",
"5000000",
"-use_wallclock_as_timestamps",
"1"
],
"output_args": {
"detect": [
"-f",
"rawvideo",
"-pix_fmt",
"yuv420p"
],
"record": [
"-f",
"segment",
"-segment_time",
"10",
"-segment_format",
"mp4",
"-reset_timestamps",
"1",
"-strftime",
"1",
"-c",
"copy",
"-an"
],
"rtmp": [
"-c",
"copy",
"-f",
"flv"
]
}
},
"live": {
"height": 720,
"quality": 7
},
"logger": {
"default": "info",
"logs": {}
},
"model": {
"height": 320,
"labelmap": {},
"labelmap_path": null,
"path": null,
"width": 320
},
"motion": null,
"mqtt": {
"client_id": "frigate",
"host": "192.168.6.215",
"password": "MqttA33pass",
"port": 1883,
"stats_interval": 60,
"tls_ca_certs": null,
"tls_client_cert": null,
"tls_client_key": null,
"tls_insecure": null,
"topic_prefix": "frigate",
"user": "mqttuser"
},
"objects": {
"filters": null,
"mask": "",
"track": [
"person"
]
},
"record": {
"enabled": false,
"events": {
"max_seconds": 300,
"objects": null,
"post_capture": 5,
"pre_capture": 5,
"required_zones": [],
"retain": {
"default": 10,
"mode": "motion",
"objects": {}
}
},
"expire_interval": 60,
"retain": {
"days": 0,
"mode": "all"
},
"retain_days": null
},
"rtmp": {
"enabled": true
},
"snapshots": {
"bounding_box": true,
"clean_copy": true,
"crop": false,
"enabled": false,
"height": null,
"quality": 70,
"required_zones": [],
"retain": {
"default": 10,
"mode": "motion",
"objects": {}
},
"timestamp": false
},
"timestamp_style": {
"color": {
"blue": 255,
"green": 255,
"red": 255
},
"effect": null,
"format": "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S",
"position": "tl",
"thickness": 2
}
}
Relevant log output
none
FFprobe output from your camera
none
Frigate stats
No response
Operating system
Other Linux
Install method
Docker Compose
Coral version
CPU (no coral)
Network connection
Wired
Camera make and model
090c:037c Silicon Motion, Inc. - Taiwan (formerly Feiya Technology Corp.) 300k Pixel Camera
Any other information that may be helpful
No response
Issue Analytics
- State:
- Created a year ago
- Comments:20 (2 by maintainers)
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Actually this fixed the rotation: https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/issues/1242#issuecomment-871306797
Oh, yeah, that makes a lot of sense 🤦🏻♂️
Now it makes a lot more sense reading the args lol