Frigate NVR Updates: Smoother Live Switching and Runtime Debug Replay
Two merged changes from hawkeye217 smooth live stream switching and allow debug replay scenes to change without a restart. An open miscellaneous fixes pull request remains pending with details to come.
Duration: PT2M2S
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: 2026-11-14T14:13:18Z
- Audio duration: PT2M2S
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Good morning, it's Saturday, November 14th, 2026, and this is Frigate NVR Updates.
The through-line this week is iteration speed: less waiting when you switch a live stream, and no restart when you test a different detection setup.
First, live viewing. Pull request 24967, captured in commit 0e3dca5, tackles the blank flash when changing streams in single-camera view. The outgoing video's last frame is now drawn to a canvas cover until the new stream plays, and the card holds the camera's aspect ratio so the layout doesn't collapse. For mobile,…
Second, debug replay becomes runtime-configurable. Pull request 24958, in commit 9276502, lets you change a replay camera's detection scene without a restart. Under the hood, the replay camera drops its cached model so the refresh cycle picks up the new scene's model, and tracked-object state is rebuilt when the…
Finally, pull request 24970 is open as miscellaneous fixes across live, review and auto-track, but details weren't in today's feed.
What's next: expect less restart-heavy testing of detection configs, but contributors should exercise scene switches between models of different sizes and validate mobile stream switching, especially…
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