[Config Support]: Why I see recordings continuous recordings? #20952

sharpcall · 2025-11-17T20:00:35Z

sharpcall
Nov 17, 2025

Describe the problem you are having

1- I see continuous recording for the last 19 hours and the storage filled up and it is cleaning now. Isn't my config below supposed to only records detections and alerts (aka the red markers in timeline)? But I see the time line fully recording for the last 19 hours even when there is no motion detected.

2- What are the Go2RTC errors?

Version

0.16.1

Frigate config file

mqtt:
  host: 192.168.2.41 #Insert the IP address of your Home Assistant
  port: 1883 #Leave as default 1883 or change to match the port set in yout MQTT Broker configuration
  user: someuser
  password: somepass
  topic_prefix: frigate
  client_id: frigate
  stats_interval: 60

ffmpeg:
  hwaccel_args: preset-vaapi
#    - -hwaccel
#    - vaapi
#    - -hwaccel_device
#    - /dev/dri/renderD128
#    - -hwaccel_output_format
#    - yuv420p

detectors:
  coral:
    type: edgetpu
    device: usb

database:
  path: /config/frigate.db

# Optional: logger verbosity settings
logger:
  # Optional: Default log verbosity (default: shown below)
  default: info
  # Optional: Component specific logger overrides
  logs:
    frigate.event: debug

go2rtc:
  log:
    exec: trace
  streams:

    Front_Right:
      - ffmpeg:rtsp://admin:Rootme@[email protected]:554/Preview_01_main
    Front_Right_sub:
      - ffmpeg:rtsp://admin:Rootme@[email protected]:554/Preview_01_sub
      
cameras:
  Front_Right:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Front_Right
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Front_Right_sub
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
#    detect:
#      height: 720 #Change this to match the resolution of your detection channel (in this case channel 1)
#      width: 1280 #Change this to match the resolution of your detection channel (in this case channel 1)
#      fps: 5 #This is the frame rate for detection, between 5-10 fps is sufficient.
    record:
      enabled: true
      retain:
        days: 12 #The number of days a recording will be kept for after a motion is detected.
        mode: motion
      alerts:
        retain:
          days: 30
      detections:
        retain:
          days: 30
    objects:
      track:
        - person
        - car
        - cat
        - dog
        - bird
    motion:
      threshold: 30
      contour_area: 10
      improve_contrast: true

    zones:
      Driveway_and_Front:
        coordinates: 
          1,1,0.986,0.93,0.93,0.784,0.859,0.567,0.802,0.357,0.767,0.245,0.674,0.113,0.627,0,0.532,0,0,0,0,1
        loitering_time: 0
        inertia: 3

Relevant Frigate log output

2025-11-17 00:12:18.757713049  [INFO] Preparing Frigate...
2025-11-17 00:12:19.363444564  [INFO] Starting Frigate...
2025-11-17 00:12:22.782259898  [2025-11-17 00:12:22] frigate.util.config            INFO    : Checking if frigate config needs migration...
2025-11-17 00:12:22.832997373  [2025-11-17 00:12:22] frigate.util.config            INFO    : frigate config does not need migration...
2025-11-17 00:13:06.130511540  [2025-11-17 00:13:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Starting Frigate (0.16.2-4d58206)
2025-11-17 00:13:06.152925027  [2025-11-17 00:13:06] peewee_migrate.logs            INFO    : Starting migrations
2025-11-17 00:13:06.153427792  [2025-11-17 00:13:06] peewee_migrate.logs            INFO    : There is nothing to migrate
2025-11-17 00:13:06.181812183  [2025-11-17 00:13:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Recording process started: 489
2025-11-17 00:13:06.189111948  [2025-11-17 00:13:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Review process started: 500
2025-11-17 00:13:06.194410331  [2025-11-17 00:13:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : go2rtc process pid: 121
2025-11-17 00:13:06.211675607  [2025-11-17 00:13:06] detector.coral                 INFO    : Starting detection process: 513
2025-11-17 00:13:06.212875159  [2025-11-17 00:13:06] frigate.detectors.plugins.edgetpu_tfl INFO    : Attempting to load TPU as usb
2025-11-17 00:13:06.216147085  [2025-11-17 00:13:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Embedding process started: 516
2025-11-17 00:13:06.231030261  [2025-11-17 00:13:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Output process started: 540
2025-11-17 00:13:06.594942750  [2025-11-17 00:13:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for Front_Right: 565
2025-11-17 00:13:06.607906181  [2025-11-17 00:13:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for Front_Left: 569
2025-11-17 00:13:06.629667626  [2025-11-17 00:13:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for Side_Right_East: 576
2025-11-17 00:13:06.669998476  [2025-11-17 00:13:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for Side_Left_Back_Whitefriars: 581
2025-11-17 00:13:06.673658975  [2025-11-17 00:13:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for Side_Right_Back: 600
2025-11-17 00:13:06.674549296  [2025-11-17 00:13:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for Back_Right: 607
2025-11-17 00:13:06.708213938  [2025-11-17 00:13:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for Front_Right: 631
2025-11-17 00:13:06.724631036  [2025-11-17 00:13:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for Front_Left: 639
2025-11-17 00:13:06.771891764  [2025-11-17 00:13:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for Side_Right_East: 659
2025-11-17 00:13:06.788368825  [2025-11-17 00:13:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for Side_Left_Back_Whitefriars: 671
2025-11-17 00:13:06.806301374  [2025-11-17 00:13:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for Side_Right_Back: 677
2025-11-17 00:13:06.849838797  [2025-11-17 00:13:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for Back_Right: 700
2025-11-17 00:13:07.019504262  [2025-11-17 00:13:07] frigate.api.fastapi_app        INFO    : Starting FastAPI app
2025-11-17 00:13:07.230525075  [2025-11-17 00:13:07] frigate.api.fastapi_app        INFO    : FastAPI started
2025-11-17 00:13:08.487322784  loading data from : /config/model_cache/facedet/landmarkdet.yaml
2025-11-17 00:13:08.841421195  [2025-11-17 00:13:08] frigate.detectors.plugins.edgetpu_tfl INFO    : TPU found
2025-11-17 00:13:08.846289809  INFO: Created TensorFlow Lite XNNPACK delegate for CPU.
2025-11-17 00:13:08.846289809  [LOGGING] Last message repeated 1 times
2025-11-17 00:33:07.222269822  [2025-11-17 00:33:07] frigate.storage                INFO    : Less than 1 hour of recording space left, running storage maintenance...
2025-11-17 00:33:07.666366883  [2025-11-17 00:33:07] frigate.storage                INFO    : Cleaned up 13756.549999999908 MB of recordings
2025-11-17 02:08:07.807888475  [2025-11-17 02:08:07] frigate.storage                INFO    : Less than 1 hour of recording space left, running storage maintenance...
2025-11-17 02:08:08.094565829  [2025-11-17 02:08:08] frigate.storage                INFO    : Cleaned up 13758.029999999912 MB of recordings
2025-11-17 03:43:08.197530620  [2025-11-17 03:43:08] frigate.storage                INFO    : Less than 1 hour of recording space left, running storage maintenance...
2025-11-17 03:43:08.599747355  [2025-11-17 03:43:08] frigate.storage                INFO    : Cleaned up 13755.549999999925 MB of recordings
2025-11-17 05:18:08.725049302  [2025-11-17 05:18:08] frigate.storage                INFO    : Less than 1 hour of recording space left, running storage maintenance...
2025-11-17 05:18:09.055639896  [2025-11-17 05:18:09] frigate.storage                INFO    : Cleaned up 13755.22999999993 MB of recordings
2025-11-17 06:48:09.182341018  [2025-11-17 06:48:09] frigate.storage                INFO    : Less than 1 hour of recording space left, running storage maintenance...
2025-11-17 06:48:09.910266648  [2025-11-17 06:48:09] frigate.storage                INFO    : Cleaned up 13758.689999999928 MB of recordings
2025-11-17 07:58:10.035977362  [2025-11-17 07:58:10] frigate.storage                INFO    : Less than 1 hour of recording space left, running storage maintenance...
2025-11-17 07:58:10.334992683  [2025-11-17 07:58:10] frigate.storage                INFO    : Cleaned up 13756.429999999897 MB of recordings
2025-11-17 09:08:10.407170102  [2025-11-17 09:08:10] frigate.storage                INFO    : Less than 1 hour of recording space left, running storage maintenance...
2025-11-17 09:08:10.710174401  [2025-11-17 09:08:10] frigate.storage                INFO    : Cleaned up 13757.939999999928 MB of recordings
2025-11-17 10:13:10.809948945  [2025-11-17 10:13:10] frigate.storage                INFO    : Less than 1 hour of recording space left, running storage maintenance...
2025-11-17 10:13:11.259153748  [2025-11-17 10:13:11] frigate.storage                INFO    : Cleaned up 13757.999999999955 MB of recordings
2025-11-17 11:08:45.557828205  [2025-11-17 11:08:45] frigate.api.media              ERROR   : No recordings found for Back_Right during the requested time range
2025-11-17 11:08:45.557828205  [LOGGING] Last message repeated 6 times
2025-11-17 11:13:11.497485136  [2025-11-17 11:13:11] frigate.storage                INFO    : Less than 1 hour of recording space left, running storage maintenance...
2025-11-17 11:13:12.090953011  [2025-11-17 11:13:12] frigate.storage                INFO    : Cleaned up 13761.099999999933 MB of recordings
2025-11-17 11:53:00.905670564  [2025-11-17 11:53:00] frigate.comms.dispatcher       INFO    : Setting motion threshold for Front_Right: 30
2025-11-17 11:53:00.926640858  [2025-11-17 11:53:00] frigate.comms.dispatcher       INFO    : Setting motion contour area for Front_Right: 10
2025-11-17 11:53:16.664618500  [2025-11-17 11:53:16] frigate.comms.dispatcher       INFO    : Setting motion threshold for Front_Right: 30
2025-11-17 11:53:16.698185449  [2025-11-17 11:53:16] frigate.comms.dispatcher       INFO    : Setting motion contour area for Front_Right: 10
2025-11-17 12:06:58.776876782  Exception in thread embeddings_maintainer:
2025-11-17 12:06:58.776885135  Traceback (most recent call last):
2025-11-17 12:06:58.776890411    File "/usr/lib/python3.11/threading.py", line 1038, in _bootstrap_inner
2025-11-17 12:06:58.776900332      self.run()
2025-11-17 12:06:58.776906644    File "/opt/frigate/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py", line 173, in run
2025-11-17 12:06:58.776919708      self._process_updates()
2025-11-17 12:06:58.776958644    File "/opt/frigate/frigate/embeddings/maintainer.py", line 268, in _process_updates
2025-11-17 12:06:58.776964075      processor.process_frame(data, yuv_frame)
2025-11-17 12:06:58.776969636    File "/opt/frigate/frigate/data_processing/real_time/bird.py", line 132, in process_frame
2025-11-17 12:06:58.776974782      input = cv2.resize(input, (224, 224))
2025-11-17 12:06:58.776978864              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2025-11-17 12:06:58.777029835  cv2.error: OpenCV(4.11.0) /io/opencv/modules/imgproc/src/resize.cpp:4208: error: (-215:Assertion failed) !ssize.empty() in function 'resize'
2025-11-17 14:58:21.276052  2025-11-17 12:06:58.777033874
2025-11-17 12:18:12.364550039  [2025-11-17 12:18:12] frigate.storage                INFO    : Less than 1 hour of recording space left, running storage maintenance...
2025-11-17 12:18:12.773524235  [2025-11-17 12:18:12] frigate.storage                INFO    : Cleaned up 13756.809999999952 MB of recordings
2025-11-17 13:13:13.257239595  [2025-11-17 13:13:13] frigate.storage                INFO    : Less than 1 hour of recording space left, running storage maintenance...
2025-11-17 13:13:13.665271008  [2025-11-17 13:13:13] frigate.storage                INFO    : Cleaned up 13753.639999999987 MB of recordings
2025-11-17 14:18:13.933153265  [2025-11-17 14:18:13] frigate.storage                INFO    : Less than 1 hour of recording space left, running storage maintenance...
2025-11-17 14:18:14.416919996  [2025-11-17 14:18:14] frigate.storage                INFO    : Cleaned up 13762.339999999958 MB of recordings

Relevant go2rtc log output

2025-11-17 00:12:19.330021154  [INFO] Preparing new go2rtc config...
2025-11-17 00:12:19.839219645  [INFO] Starting go2rtc...
2025-11-17 00:12:19.923344908  00:12:19.923 INF go2rtc platform=linux/amd64 revision=fa580c5 version=1.9.9
2025-11-17 00:12:19.923367501  00:12:19.923 INF config path=/dev/shm/go2rtc.yaml
2025-11-17 00:12:19.924082232  00:12:19.923 INF [api] listen addr=:1984
2025-11-17 00:12:19.924220741  00:12:19.924 INF [rtsp] listen addr=:8554
2025-11-17 00:12:19.924623249  00:12:19.924 INF [webrtc] listen addr=:8555
2025-11-17 00:12:22.896869071  00:12:22.896 DBG [exec] run rtsp args=["/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0/bin/ffmpeg","-hide_banner","-v","error","-allowed_media_types","video+audio","-fflags","nobuffer","-flags","low_delay","-timeout","5000000","-user_agent","go2rtc/ffmpeg","-rtsp_flags","prefer_tcp","-i","rtsp://admin:Rootme@[email protected]:554/Preview_01_sub","-c","copy","-user_agent","ffmpeg/go2rtc","-rtsp_transport","tcp","-f","rtsp","rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/4eef6385122e1ccd5edc680997b9533e"]
2025-11-17 00:12:26.301139134  00:12:26.300 DBG [exec] run rtsp launch=3.404111792s
2025-11-17 00:12:28.595401814  [INFO] Starting go2rtc healthcheck service...
2025-11-17 00:12:30.300235372  00:12:30.300 DBG [exec] run rtsp args=["/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0/bin/ffmpeg","-hide_banner","-v","error","-allowed_media_types","video+audio","-fflags","nobuffer","-flags","low_delay","-timeout","5000000","-user_agent","go2rtc/ffmpeg","-rtsp_flags","prefer_tcp","-i","rtsp://admin:Rootme@[email protected]:554/Preview_01_sub","-c","copy","-user_agent","ffmpeg/go2rtc","-rtsp_transport","tcp","-f","rtsp","rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/6ba500af3eb3676f3c4682a442228c43"]
2025-11-17 00:12:33.205009506  00:12:33.204 DBG [exec] run rtsp launch=2.904650719s
2025-11-17 00:12:37.200935140  00:12:37.200 DBG [exec] run rtsp args=["/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0/bin/ffmpeg","-hide_banner","-v","error","-allowed_media_types","video+audio","-fflags","nobuffer","-flags","low_delay","-timeout","5000000","-user_agent","go2rtc/ffmpeg","-rtsp_flags","prefer_tcp","-i","rtsp://admin:Rootme@[email protected]:554/Preview_01_sub","-c","copy","-user_agent","ffmpeg/go2rtc","-rtsp_transport","tcp","-f","rtsp","rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/5db76e1fe0f31c1043040cdd69999e3b"]
2025-11-17 00:12:40.005451658  00:12:40.005 DBG [exec] run rtsp launch=2.804350144s
2025-11-17 00:12:44.000667772  00:12:44.000 DBG [exec] run rtsp args=["/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0/bin/ffmpeg","-hide_banner","-v","error","-allowed_media_types","video+audio","-fflags","nobuffer","-flags","low_delay","-timeout","5000000","-user_agent","go2rtc/ffmpeg","-rtsp_flags","prefer_tcp","-i","rtsp://admin:Rootme@[email protected]:554/Preview_01_sub","-c","copy","-user_agent","ffmpeg/go2rtc","-rtsp_transport","tcp","-f","rtsp","rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/f2091afca2a751a9e6321824778b6b5e"]
2025-11-17 00:12:46.525105011  00:12:46.524 DBG [exec] run rtsp launch=2.524311114s
2025-11-17 00:12:50.481206350  00:12:50.481 DBG [exec] run rtsp args=["/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0/bin/ffmpeg","-hide_banner","-v","error","-allowed_media_types","video+audio","-fflags","nobuffer","-flags","low_delay","-timeout","5000000","-user_agent","go2rtc/ffmpeg","-rtsp_flags","prefer_tcp","-i","rtsp://admin:Rootme@[email protected]:554/Preview_01_sub","-c","copy","-user_agent","ffmpeg/go2rtc","-rtsp_transport","tcp","-f","rtsp","rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/5fce85003cfff8b95ebb360d64974557"]
2025-11-17 00:12:55.885078394  00:12:55.884 DBG [exec] run rtsp launch=5.40374056s
2025-11-17 00:12:59.824650148  00:12:59.824 DBG [exec] run rtsp args=["/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0/bin/ffmpeg","-hide_banner","-v","error","-allowed_media_types","video+audio","-fflags","nobuffer","-flags","low_delay","-timeout","5000000","-user_agent","go2rtc/ffmpeg","-rtsp_flags","prefer_tcp","-i","rtsp://admin:Rootme@[email protected]:554/Preview_01_sub","-c","copy","-user_agent","ffmpeg/go2rtc","-rtsp_transport","tcp","-f","rtsp","rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/6c001c1ab1866f4bf776f77109ea2f57"]
2025-11-17 00:13:02.053057924  00:13:02.052 DBG [exec] run rtsp launch=2.228282706s
2025-11-17 00:13:06.733746134  00:13:06.728 DBG [exec] run rtsp args=["/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0/bin/ffmpeg","-hide_banner","-v","error","-allowed_media_types","video+audio","-fflags","nobuffer","-flags","low_delay","-timeout","5000000","-user_agent","go2rtc/ffmpeg","-rtsp_flags","prefer_tcp","-i","rtsp://admin:Rootme@[email protected]:554/Preview_01_sub","-c","copy","-user_agent","ffmpeg/go2rtc","-rtsp_transport","tcp","-f","rtsp","rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/4eef6385122e1ccd5edc680997b9533e"]
2025-11-17 00:13:06.748718261  00:13:06.748 DBG [exec] run rtsp args=["/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0/bin/ffmpeg","-hide_banner","-v","error","-allowed_media_types","video+audio","-fflags","nobuffer","-flags","low_delay","-timeout","5000000","-user_agent","go2rtc/ffmpeg","-rtsp_flags","prefer_tcp","-i","rtsp://admin:Rootme@[email protected]:554/Preview_01_sub","-c","copy","-user_agent","ffmpeg/go2rtc","-rtsp_transport","tcp","-f","rtsp","rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/6ba500af3eb3676f3c4682a442228c43"]
2025-11-17 00:13:06.749644831  00:13:06.749 DBG [exec] run rtsp args=["/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0/bin/ffmpeg","-hide_banner","-v","error","-allowed_media_types","video+audio","-fflags","nobuffer","-flags","low_delay","-timeout","5000000","-user_agent","go2rtc/ffmpeg","-rtsp_flags","prefer_tcp","-i","rtsp://admin:Rootme@[email protected]:554/Preview_01_main","-c","copy","-user_agent","ffmpeg/go2rtc","-rtsp_transport","tcp","-f","rtsp","rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/1cb2fc99bb5abf9f85425844c7493385"]
2025-11-17 00:13:06.765240623  00:13:06.765 DBG [exec] run rtsp args=["/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0/bin/ffmpeg","-hide_banner","-v","error","-allowed_media_types","video+audio","-fflags","nobuffer","-flags","low_delay","-timeout","5000000","-user_agent","go2rtc/ffmpeg","-rtsp_flags","prefer_tcp","-i","rtsp://admin:Rootme@[email protected]:554/Preview_01_main","-c","copy","-user_agent","ffmpeg/go2rtc","-rtsp_transport","tcp","-f","rtsp","rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/5b3f96f075b2d825362c056c453c7a1c"]
2025-11-17 00:13:06.800883627  00:13:06.800 DBG [exec] run rtsp args=["/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0/bin/ffmpeg","-hide_banner","-v","error","-allowed_media_types","video+audio","-fflags","nobuffer","-flags","low_delay","-timeout","5000000","-user_agent","go2rtc/ffmpeg","-rtsp_flags","prefer_tcp","-i","rtsp://admin:Rootme@[email protected]:554/Preview_01_sub","-c","copy","-user_agent","ffmpeg/go2rtc","-rtsp_transport","tcp","-f","rtsp","rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/5db76e1fe0f31c1043040cdd69999e3b"]
2025-11-17 00:13:06.817014394  00:13:06.816 DBG [exec] run rtsp args=["/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0/bin/ffmpeg","-hide_banner","-v","error","-allowed_media_types","video+audio","-fflags","nobuffer","-flags","low_delay","-timeout","5000000","-user_agent","go2rtc/ffmpeg","-rtsp_flags","prefer_tcp","-i","rtsp://admin:Rootme@[email protected]:554/Preview_01_main","-c","copy","-user_agent","ffmpeg/go2rtc","-rtsp_transport","tcp","-f","rtsp","rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/c6096890f6294bf7081a0569715501c2"]
2025-11-17 00:13:06.834292253  00:13:06.834 DBG [exec] run rtsp args=["/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0/bin/ffmpeg","-hide_banner","-v","error","-allowed_media_types","video+audio","-fflags","nobuffer","-flags","low_delay","-timeout","5000000","-user_agent","go2rtc/ffmpeg","-rtsp_flags","prefer_tcp","-i","rtsp://admin:Rootme@[email protected]:554/Preview_01_sub","-c","copy","-user_agent","ffmpeg/go2rtc","-rtsp_transport","tcp","-f","rtsp","rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/f2091afca2a751a9e6321824778b6b5e"]
2025-11-17 00:13:06.859521238  00:13:06.859 DBG [exec] run rtsp args=["/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0/bin/ffmpeg","-hide_banner","-v","error","-allowed_media_types","video+audio","-fflags","nobuffer","-flags","low_delay","-timeout","5000000","-user_agent","go2rtc/ffmpeg","-rtsp_flags","prefer_tcp","-i","rtsp://admin:Rootme@[email protected]:554/Preview_01_sub","-c","copy","-user_agent","ffmpeg/go2rtc","-rtsp_transport","tcp","-f","rtsp","rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/5fce85003cfff8b95ebb360d64974557"]
2025-11-17 00:13:06.860520387  00:13:06.859 DBG [exec] run rtsp args=["/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0/bin/ffmpeg","-hide_banner","-v","error","-allowed_media_types","video+audio","-fflags","nobuffer","-flags","low_delay","-timeout","5000000","-user_agent","go2rtc/ffmpeg","-rtsp_flags","prefer_tcp","-i","rtsp://admin:Rootme@[email protected]:554/Preview_01_main","-c","copy","-user_agent","ffmpeg/go2rtc","-rtsp_transport","tcp","-f","rtsp","rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/7fbdbd7657451cc92280acf42f99cc5f"]
2025-11-17 00:13:06.862824207  00:13:06.862 DBG [exec] run rtsp args=["/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0/bin/ffmpeg","-hide_banner","-v","error","-allowed_media_types","video+audio","-fflags","nobuffer","-flags","low_delay","-timeout","5000000","-user_agent","go2rtc/ffmpeg","-rtsp_flags","prefer_tcp","-i","rtsp://admin:Rootme@[email protected]:554/Preview_01_main","-c","copy","-user_agent","ffmpeg/go2rtc","-rtsp_transport","tcp","-f","rtsp","rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/f144c83980ad4edb40aa7537da2e27cd"]
2025-11-17 00:13:06.886658532  00:13:06.886 DBG [exec] run rtsp args=["/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0/bin/ffmpeg","-hide_banner","-v","error","-allowed_media_types","video+audio","-fflags","nobuffer","-flags","low_delay","-timeout","5000000","-user_agent","go2rtc/ffmpeg","-rtsp_flags","prefer_tcp","-i","rtsp://admin:Rootme@[email protected]:554/Preview_01_sub","-c","copy","-user_agent","ffmpeg/go2rtc","-rtsp_transport","tcp","-f","rtsp","rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/6c001c1ab1866f4bf776f77109ea2f57"]
2025-11-17 00:13:06.897998301  00:13:06.897 DBG [exec] run rtsp args=["/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0/bin/ffmpeg","-hide_banner","-v","error","-allowed_media_types","video+audio","-fflags","nobuffer","-flags","low_delay","-timeout","5000000","-user_agent","go2rtc/ffmpeg","-rtsp_flags","prefer_tcp","-i","rtsp://admin:Rootme@[email protected]:554/Preview_01_main","-c","copy","-user_agent","ffmpeg/go2rtc","-rtsp_transport","tcp","-f","rtsp","rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/9d1d99071847819a413a284059e425f5"]
2025-11-17 00:13:08.874631601  00:13:08.874 DBG [exec] run rtsp launch=2.125038398s
2025-11-17 00:13:09.146599414  00:13:09.146 DBG [exec] run rtsp launch=2.39759409s
2025-11-17 00:13:09.398936742  00:13:09.398 DBG [exec] run rtsp launch=2.538236502s
2025-11-17 00:13:09.610888707  00:13:09.610 DBG [exec] run rtsp launch=2.793930138s
2025-11-17 00:13:09.674871278  00:13:09.674 DBG [exec] run rtsp launch=2.776959207s
2025-11-17 00:13:09.892881735  00:13:09.892 DBG [exec] run rtsp launch=3.127229322s
2025-11-17 00:13:09.926759897  00:13:09.926 DBG [exec] run rtsp launch=3.09255252s
2025-11-17 00:13:10.039160037  00:13:10.039 DBG [exec] run rtsp launch=3.176202021s
2025-11-17 00:13:10.067003021  00:13:10.066 DBG [exec] run rtsp launch=3.180229726s
2025-11-17 00:13:10.342792632  00:13:10.342 DBG [exec] run rtsp launch=3.613781343s
2025-11-17 00:13:11.483833484  00:13:11.483 DBG [exec] run rtsp launch=4.623591493s
2025-11-17 00:13:12.035366130  00:13:12.035 DBG [exec] run rtsp launch=5.234561135s

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Debian

Install method

Docker Compose

docker-compose file or Docker CLI command

NA

Object Detector

Coral

Screenshots of the Frigate UI's System metrics pages

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Any other information that may be helpful

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Answered by NickM-27

Nov 17, 2025

Could it be that it is because of low storage?

yes

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sharpcall · 2025-11-17T20:01:04Z

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bot Nov 17, 2025

Your configuration has an issue with the recording retention settings. You've set mode: motion under record.retain, which means Frigate will keep all recordings with motion for 12 days(1). This is causing continuous recording whenever motion is detected.

To only record alerts and detections (the red markers), you need to set record.retain.days: 0(1)(2). Here's the corrected configuration:

record:
  enabled: true
  retain:
    days: 0
    mode: motion
  alerts:
    retain:
      days: 30
      mode: motion
  detections:
    retain:
      days: 30
      mode: motion

(1)

This configuration will:

Not retain any base recordings (days: 0)
Keep recordings with alerts for 30 days
Keep recordings with detections for 30 days

The key point is that Frigate chooses the largest matching retention value between the recording retention and the tracked object retention when determining if a recording should be removed(1). With days: 12 at the base level, all motion-based recordings were being kept for 12 days regardless of whether they contained alerts or detections.

Regarding the go2rtc errors: The go2rtc logs you've provided don't show any errors - they're just debug messages showing the streams being launched successfully. The DBG [exec] run rtsp launch=X.XXs messages indicate successful stream initialization times(3).

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Right now the video of a detection does not show past few days even though it is set to 30 days with this configuration which it should for 30 days. Could it be that it is because of low storage?

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Could it be that it is because of low storage?

yes

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