0.17.0 with OpenVino - great improvement!!

[Pentagano]

Been running Frigate for a while now as a backup to Blueiris.
Most recent version using openvino only on an intel appears to have improved performance and detection especially for small animals like dogs and cats. (night time is still a bit hit and miss though - that's where CPAI with BI comes into play with Yolo)

About ready to give up on BlueIris (with Codeproject) or swap Frigate as my main system for detection. BI great for recording etc but I've removed my old GTX970 GPU due to rising energy costs and the heat it produces. New more efficient cards are just too expensive also.

Got Frigate now running on a tiny lenovo, debian 13 with docker. Simple. Pulls only 11-14w also!
Only downside of a dedicated debian pc is backups and restores.
Any easy way of making compressed backups? Possibly agent Veeam?

 

[flynreelow]

Been running Frigate for a while now as a backup to Blueiris.
Most recent version using openvino only on an intel appears to have improved performance and detection especially for small animals like dogs and cats. (night time is still a bit hit and miss though - that's where CPAI with BI comes into play with Yolo)

About ready to give up on BlueIris (with Codeproject) or swap Frigate as my main system for detection. BI great for recording etc but I've removed my old GTX970 GPU due to rising energy costs and the heat it produces. New more efficient cards are just too expensive also.

Got Frigate now running on a tiny lenovo, debian 13 with docker. Simple. Pulls only 11-14w also!
Only downside of a dedicated debian pc is backups and restores.
Any easy way of making compressed backups? Possibly agent Veeam?

how many cams, and what resolutions and frame rates?

 

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I already moved my home off of BI. About to move my father off as well. Frigate is great. Blows my mind what it's capable of.

 

[flynreelow]

I already moved my home off of BI. About to move my father off as well. Frigate is great. Blows my mind what it's capable of.

what kind of hardware?

how many cams, resolution, and fps?

 

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what kind of hardware?

how many cams, resolution, and fps?

5 cams. Mix of 4MP and 8MP. Hardware is a Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 2 (235HX version) for the host (Debian and running Frigate via Docker) connected to a Ugreen 2 Bay NAS for the actual storage. Also run an expensive RTX Pro 4000 SFF for local generative AI. That is definitely not needed. Just a fun bit of extra kit.

 

[Iemand91]

I'm in the proces of getting a new Unraid NAS/server, as replacement for old Qnap TS-212. Not planning for heavy use, mostly Frigate, Immich and the like.
Thinking about getting a used HP Elitedesk SFF, at least G4 or newer (that's 8th gen. Intel).
Would a i5-8500 be fine for Frigate with something like ~6 camera's?

Newer Elitedesk are harder to get and much, MUCH more expensive (even G4 Elitedesk have risen in price) and I'm thinking they may probably be overkill.

 

[mannyqwerty]

I'm in the proces of getting a new Unraid NAS/server, as replacement for old Qnap TS-212. Not planning for heavy use, mostly Frigate, Immich and the like.
Thinking about getting a used HP Elitedesk SFF, at least G4 or newer (that's 8th gen. Intel).
Would a i5-8200 be fine for Frigate with something like ~6 camera's?

Newer Elitedesk are harder to get and much, MUCH more expensive (even G4 Elitedesk have risen in price) and I'm thinking they may probably be overkill.

I actually own a Elitedesk G4 SFF with a i5-8600 and that currently runs my Frigate Instance. I have one 8MP camera, 2 5MP cameras, and 4 4MP cameras, and it's been working great. I use a USB Coral for my detection, but I did try the openvino model running on the integrated GPU, and it runs fine, though I did notice the GPU usage can spike really high when there is a lot going on, but this is likely caused by my high-res detection streams.

 

[Iemand91]

I actually own a Elitedesk G4 SFF with a i5-8600 and that currently runs my Frigate Instance. I have one 8MP camera, 2 5MP cameras, and 4 4MP cameras, and it's been working great. I use a USB Coral for my detection, but I did try the openvino model running on the integrated GPU, and it runs fine, though I did notice the GPU usage can spike really high when there is a lot going on, but this is likely caused by my high-res detection streams.

Thank you.
Apart from the initial install of Immich (and ingress of all photo's); Frigate is likely the most intensive thing the NAS/server has to do, so it's probably going to fine for me (most of the time, not much going on around here). Don't think the extra price (like twice as expensive) for a more recent Elitedesk compared to a G4 model is worth it.

 

[mannyqwerty]

Thank you.
Apart from the initial install of Immich (and ingress of all photo's); Frigate is likely the most intensive thing the NAS/server has to do, so it's probably going to fine for me (most of the time, not much going on around here). Don't think the extra price (like twice as expensive) for a more recent Elitedesk compared to a G4 model is worth it.

And the neat thing is you can always upgrade it too incase you want even faster detection and/or handle more cameras, I am looking to sell my coral and get an Intel Arc A310 Eco to replace it.

 

[bruceh]

running 12 cameras on old dell/intel desktop (10years old) with coral...no problem at all with detection on all cameras...BI is now in the trash bin...I'm done with Windows/BI...and if you have any setup question just ask ChatGPT....it will do the entire config yaml for you, and integrate with home assistant...

 

[Pentagano]

Every 2 minutes I see these blips of detector CPU usage regardless of activity and consistent.
Any idea what could be causing this?

UPDATE: Solved - 1 camera had a preset PTZ tilt and was moving a fraction to the left and right every 2 minutes!! haha

 

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Can't wait till the next version of frigate. Lots cool features coming up. For example, there will finally be fully configurable options via the GUI. Hand editing the config.yml file will still be available but potentially no longer needed. Also, the chat ai help bot will be built-in and you won't have to go to the docs site to talk. to it.