package/module request: frigate

[colemickens]

Project description

A complete and local NVR designed for Home Assistant with AI object detection. Uses OpenCV and Tensorflow to perform realtime object detection locally for IP cameras.

Metadata

• homepage URL: https://blakeblackshear.github.io/frigate/
• source URL: https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate
• license: MIT
• platforms: linux

[colemickens]

source url should be: https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate

[wmertens]

Had a quick look at the dockerfiles. Here's what seems to be needed:

• It wants nginx somewhere (separate docker file), with support for file-aio, http_sub_module, http_ssl_module, threads, and custom modules nginx-vod-module nginx-secure-token-module nginx-rtmp-module
• It wants ffmpeg with a bunch of codecs including nonfree
• It wants a bunch of python modules
• It wants coral-edgetpu support
• It wants vaapi support
• The web frontend sems to be a nodejs app but there's also a separate daemon in python

All in all, it seems non-trivial to package and support, but no doubt once packaged it would be superior to their current set of Docker overlays, possibly they'd switch.

I suppose the easier option is to just run the docker image... Not sure how easy that is in NixOS.

[colemickens]

I'm keeping an eye on https://github.com/scottlamb/moonfire-nvr personally.

[wmertens]

Hmm moonfire seems like a very long way away from the featureset of frigate. Frigate also stores camera streams unchanged, so not sure what the appeal is? The fact that it's written in Rust? It will be for sure easier to package :)

[mweinelt]

Frigate packaging happened in #214428, but it still has some issues to iron out. For example recordings of the camera stream don't work.

There is a separate ticket for libedgetpu/coral support (#188719), but we do have openvino, though there are still open TODOs with downloading the models for that.

Moonfire looks like a better thing in the long run, because frigate is really focused on their bespoke and complicated docker environment.

[mweinelt]

And moonfire-nvr happens in #243261

[mweinelt]

I think frigate works reasonably well, so I'm closing this issue now.