blakeblackshear
[Support]: Two events shown as one recording
Describe the problem you are having
Scenario: 1- My car drove into my driveway zone and was detected (car) and was stopped there for about 30 minutes. 2- Later I walked out on foot passed by the car
Outcome: One video recording showing the car driving in and myself leaving on foot (1) then a couple of seconds later showing myself walking by the car (2) (4 hours later and it still shows as in progress) There is also another clip for me detected as person
Expected: Two different clips: Car driving in (car detected) Myself walking on foot ( person detected)
Version
0.11.1-2eada21
Frigate config file
# frigate.yml
detectors:
cpu1:
type: cpu
mqtt:
# Required: host name
host: xyz.duckdns.org
# Optional: port (default: shown below)
port: 1883
# Optional: topic prefix (default: shown below)
# WARNING: must be unique if you are running multiple instances
topic_prefix: frigate
# Optional: client id (default: shown below)
# WARNING: must be unique if you are running multiple instances
client_id: frigate
# Optional: user
user: frigate
# Optional: password
# NOTE: Environment variables that begin with 'FRIGATE_' may be referenced in {}.
# eg. password: '{FRIGATE_MQTT_PASSWORD}'
password: fdsfdsfds
# Optional: interval in seconds for publishing stats (default: shown below)
stats_interval: 60
rtmp:
enabled: false
#motion:
# contour_area: 100
# delta_alpha: 0.2
# frame_alpha: 0.2
# frame_height: 80
# threshold: 25
birdseye:
# Optional: Enable birdseye view (default: shown below)
enabled: True
# Optional: Width of the output resolution (default: shown below)
width: 1280
# Optional: Height of the output resolution (default: shown below)
height: 720
# Optional: Encoding quality of the mpeg1 feed (default: shown below)
# 1 is the highest quality, and 31 is the lowest. Lower quality feeds utilize less CPU resources.
quality: 8
# Optional: Mode of the view. Available options are: objects, motion, and continuous
# objects - cameras are included if they have had a tracked object within the last 30 seconds
# motion - cameras are included if motion was detected in the last 30 seconds
# continuous - all cameras are included always
mode: continuous
cameras:
driveway:
zones:
sidewalk:
coordinates: 70,49,225,34,315,28,499,30,640,46,640,0,0,0,0,63
objects:
- car
drive_way:
coordinates: 296,32,488,33,640,57,640,352,0,352,0,65,130,44
objects:
- person
- car
objects:
track:
- person
- car
filters:
person:
mask:
- 70,49,225,34,315,28,499,30,640,46,640,0,0,0,0,63
# - 95,38,317,64,640,130,640,0,0,0,0,42
# min_score: 0.49
threshold: 0.58
min_area: 3200
max_area: 30320
ffmpeg:
inputs:
- path: rtsp://admin:[email protected]/2
roles:
- detect
- path: rtsp://admin:[email protected]/1
roles:
- record
detect:
width: 640
height: 352
fps: 7
# stationary:
# interval: 14
# motion:
# mask:
# - 70,49,225,34,315,28,499,30,640,46,640,0,0,0,0,63
# - 95,38,317,64,640,130,640,0,0,0,0,42
record:
enabled: true
retain:
days: 0
events:
required_zones:
- drive_way
- sidewalk
retain:
default: 5
mode: active_objects
snapshots:
enabled: True
bounding_box: True
required_zones:
- drive_way
- sidewalk
timestamp: True
retain:
default: 7
################################################
front_porch_camera:
objects:
track:
- person
filters:
person:
mask:
- 148,348,171,122,173,12,377,8,518,57,640,80,640,0,0,0,0,352
ffmpeg:
inputs:
- path: rtsp://admin:[email protected]/2
roles:
- detect
- path: rtsp://admin:[email protected]/1
roles:
- record
detect:
width: 640
height: 352
fps: 5
motion:
mask:
- 148,348,171,122,173,12,377,8,518,57,640,80,640,0,0,0,0,352
record:
enabled: true
retain:
days: 0
events:
retain:
default: 5
mode: motion
snapshots:
enabled: True
bounding_box: True
timestamp: True
retain:
default: 7
Relevant log output
NA
FFprobe output from your camera
NA
Frigate stats
No response
Operating system
HassOS
Install method
HassOS Addon
Coral version
CPU (no coral)
Network connection
Wireless
Camera make and model
Chortau
Any other information that may be helpful
No response
The event for your car will be there and ongoing as long as the car is in the frame. The event will not stop after the car stops moving. So the event including the part of you walking out is the correct and expected behavior.
There should be a separate event also for person.
Ok but then the problem is that it becomes not so useful as it is a time compressed clip. Anyone who walks by the car will be added to the clip and there is no way for me to tell when that person was present by looking at the clip. To make it clear. The event started at 8:02 and I walked by again at 8:35 and if someone else walks by at 12p, s/he will be added to the same clip and playing it back will make it look like it was once continuous stream of events. Why would a person be added to the clip for a car detection ?
Why would a person be added to the clip for a car detection ?
Because the event is for the car and the car is still there and your recording retention policy is
record:
events:
retain:
default: 5
mode: active_objects
which means it only keeps recording segments for that event where an object is active (in this case you)
Suggest reading the docs https://docs.frigate.video/configuration/record#what-do-the-different-retain-modes-mean as there is an example exactly about this
But if no "person" walked in and detected, then there would have been no recording for that moment. I guess what I saying here is that a "person" is what triggered saving a clip section as part of a "car" event.
How can this be fixed?. The clip is not useful now because it's not an actual representation of time
Suggest reading the docs https://docs.frigate.video/configuration/record#what-do-the-different-retain-modes-mean as there is an example exactly about this
I read it a few time but I can't seem to figure out what is wrong with my config.
I need to keep a recording as a car goes on my drive way but not when it becomes static I also need to record a person walking on the driveway regardless of the car but I don't want that person to be in the car clip
I need to keep a recording as a car goes on my drive way but not when it becomes static I also need to record a person walking on the driveway regardless of the car but I don't want that person to be in the car clip
There is no official way to do that. You could try to forcefully end the car event with a car object mask or max_frames but that would lead to the car being redected later and starting a new car event.
If you have timestamps on your recordings then I fail to see why it would be an issue as it would be clear when the car parked and when the person walked out.
I need to keep a recording as a car goes on my drive way but not when it becomes static I also need to record a person walking on the driveway regardless of the car but I don't want that person to be in the car clip
There is no official way to do that. You could try to forcefully end the car event with a car object mask or max_frames but that would lead to the car being redected later and starting a new car event.
Maybe that could be a new feature, if the object is not of the same type (i.e. car in this case), don't append that segment to the car detected clip
If you have timestamps on your recordings then I fail to see why it would be an issue as it would be clear when the car parked and when the person walked out.
I don't have timestamps (issues with the camera resetting it's TZ randomly
Maybe an option to add timestamp on the video (the first couple of seconds or so) ?
I also need to record a person walking on the driveway regardless of the car but I don't want that person to be in the car clip
You can already do that with ffmpeg but it requires decoding and reencoding the video which will use lots of GPU/CPU for recording
I also need to record a person walking on the driveway regardless of the car but I don't want that person to be in the car clip
You can already do that with ffmpeg but it requires decoding and reencoding the video which will use lots of GPU/CPU for recording
Not sure I understand, how can I do this with ffmpeg ?
ffmpeg doesn't know anything about the content of the video.
https://superuser.com/questions/1491264/ffmpeg-filter-to-add-timestamp-on-video
https://superuser.com/questions/1491264/ffmpeg-filter-to-add-timestamp-on-video
Aha, you were referring to the timestamp comment but you quoted the recording piece so I was confused :)
Oh shoot, that must have been a GitHub mobile app bug, didn't realize that it didn't quote what I wanted it to. Sorry about that.
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