Frigate NVR Updates: Directory Import and PTZ Reliability
Frigate activity centers on a proposed directory watch to import MP4 files directly, plus merged hardening for ONVIF camera moves and ongoing API and auth fixes.
Duration: PT2M7S
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from Frigate NVR Updates.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: Frigate NVR Updates
- Published: 2026-11-01T14:12:09Z
- Audio duration: PT2M7S
Transcript excerpt
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Good morning, it is November 1st, 2026, and this is Frigate NVR Updates.
The takeaway this weekend is expansion plus hardening: a proposal to bring offline video files directly into Frigate, alongside fixes to keep camera controls and core APIs stable.
First, new inputs. Pull request 24837 would let Frigate monitor a directory and import MP four files using FFmpeg. The stated goal is support for trail cameras, battery and solar cameras, footage from other surveillance systems, and transfers over FTP, without the overhead and instability of trying to stream those…
Second, reliability. Pull request 24835, now merged as commit a0b8d40, guards against O N V I F relative move failures so a single pan-tilt-zoom command failure does not cause wider problems. That is a small, focused fix with test coverage for P T Z over O N V I F, and it directly improves stability for affected…
What's next to watch is whether the directory import approach is accepted and how recording queries and export behavior change after the miscellaneous fixes land. If you maintain integrations or custom camera setups, test O N V I F moves and API authentication flows against current development builds.
That is it for…
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