Hi there.
I have a strange problem and my most powerful Google Fu has uncovered zero leads… Maybe you can help?
The problem…
- I have Home Assistant running on a HA Green.
- I have my Nest doorbell all linked up nicely to Home Assistant.
- I would like to set up Frigate on my Unraid server to record the feed from the doorbell.
I got Frigate working using the config tips from this post.
When I fire up Frigate it can’t get the camera stream…
…but if I click on the stream it shows nicely.
The logs say…
2024-05-29 20:16:48.333781917 [2024-05-29 20:16:48] frigate.app INFO : Camera processor started for front_door: 313
2024-05-29 20:16:48.335138913 [2024-05-29 20:16:48] frigate.app INFO : Capture process started for front_door: 315
2024-05-29 20:16:48.359674390 [2024-05-29 20:16:48] frigate.video ERROR : front_door: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2024-05-29 20:16:48.359860082 [2024-05-29 20:16:48] frigate.video ERROR : front_door: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2024-05-29 20:17:01.639749997 [2024-05-29 20:17:01] frigate.comms.dispatcher INFO : Turning off recordings for front_door
2024-05-29 20:17:08.373469144 [2024-05-29 20:17:08] watchdog.front_door ERROR : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for front_door.
2024-05-29 20:17:08.373498883 [2024-05-29 20:17:08] watchdog.front_door ERROR : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2024-05-29 20:17:08.373584102 [2024-05-29 20:17:08] ffmpeg.front_door.detect ERROR : [tcp @ 0x55d37575d100] Connection to tcp://MyHomeAsssitantIP:MyHomeAssistantPort?timeout=5000000 failed: Connection refused
2024-05-29 20:17:08.373655095 [2024-05-29 20:17:08] ffmpeg.front_door.detect ERROR : rtsp://192.168.0.150:8554/front_door_frigate?video=all&audio=all: Connection refused
2024-05-29 20:17:08.384933383 [2024-05-29 20:17:08] frigate.video ERROR : front_door: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2024-05-29 20:17:08.385090370 [2024-05-29 20:17:08] frigate.video ERROR : front_door: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
My Frigate config looks like this…
mqtt:
enabled: False
go2rtc:
hass:
config: "//MyHomeAssistantIP/config" # skip this setting if you Hass Add-on user
streams:
front_door_frigate: hass://MyHomeAssistantIP:MyHomeAssistantPort?entity_id=camera.the_front_door&token=MyHomeAssisstantToken
webrtc:
candidates:
- MyUnraidIP:8555
- stun:8555
cameras:
front_door:
enabled: True
ffmpeg:
output_args:
record: preset-record-generic-audio-aac
inputs:
- path: rtsp://MyHomeAssistantIP:8554/front_door_frigate?video=all&audio=all
input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
roles:
- record
- detect
live:
stream_name: front_door_frigate
detect:
width: 960
height: 1280
enabled: False # <---- disable detection until you have a working camera feed
record:
enabled: True
retain:
days: 3
mode: all
events:
retain:
default: 30
mode: motion
Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?
Does the path to the Haas config look OK? Do I even need it?
(All the examples have Haas on the same machine as Frigate).
Thanks in advance for your help!
Cheers,
Dan
