Help with setting up frigate recordings

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hey all,

i have recently set up some cage cams for my chinchillas and am trying to figure out the best way to keep an eye on past recordings so i hooked up the cameras to frigate with rtsp but i am unsure how to properly set up the recordings

i would like to have it recording 24 hours a day but no longer then 2 days so it doesnt fill my storage of course, and if possible i want it to record minute long clips so i can easily check back any minute within the last 2 days to see if anything happened in the past while i wasn’t looking

i currently have this down in my config

 chin_floor_2:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://
          roles:
            - detect
      output_args:
        record: preset-record-generic-audio-copy
    detect:
      fps: 20
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      timestamp: true
      bounding_box: true
      retain: 
        default: 2
    record:
      enabled: true
      retain: 
        days: 2

i am just wondering if this is the correct way to do this or if i am missing anything?

any help is appreciated!

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detect fps should not be this high, 5 is fine (does not need to match the camera), othwerwise looks good

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will this constantly keep recording as i wish or does it only record due to motion?

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it will record continuously as the default mode is all

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