# Frigate NVR on Arch Linux with SMB Storage

## Overview

Self-hosted Frigate NVR running on Arch Linux using Docker and SMB-backed storage for recordings.

Current deployment includes:

* Arch Linux
* Docker / Docker Compose
* Frigate 0.17+
* Amcrest IP cameras
* SMB network storage
* go2rtc stream restreaming
* ONVIF camera discovery

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## Features

* Continuous camera recording
* Motion detection
* Snapshot capture
* Multi-camera support
* SMB/NAS storage
* ONVIF camera integration
* RTSP restreaming through go2rtc
* Home Assistant integration ready

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## Hardware

### Cameras

| Name  | IP Address   |
| ----- | ------------ |
| Front | 10.28.24.141 |
| PTZ 1 | 10.28.24.142 |

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## Network Ports

| Port | Service        |
| ---- | -------------- |
| 8971 | Frigate Web UI |
| 8554 | RTSP Restream  |
| 8555 | WebRTC         |
| 1984 | go2rtc API     |

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## Storage

Recordings are stored on an SMB-mounted network share.

Example mount:

```fstab
//NAS-IP/recordings /mnt/frigate-recordings cifs credentials=/etc/samba/frigate-smb.cred,uid=1000,gid=1000,_netdev,x-systemd.automount 0 0
```

Verify mount:

```bash
mount | grep frigate
```

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## Frigate Configuration

Configuration file:

```text
/opt/frigate/config/config.yml
```

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## Camera Streams

### Front Camera

Main Stream:

```text
rtsp://admin:PASSWORD@10.28.24.141:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0
```

Sub Stream:

```text
rtsp://admin:PASSWORD@10.28.24.141:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=1
```

### PTZ Camera

Main Stream:

```text
rtsp://admin:PASSWORD@10.28.24.142:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0
```

Sub Stream:

```text
rtsp://admin:PASSWORD@10.28.24.142:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=1
```

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## Example Configuration

```yaml
mqtt:
  enabled: false

version: 0.17-0

record:
  enabled: true

snapshots:
  enabled: true

go2rtc:
  streams:
    front:
      - rtsp://admin:PASSWORD@10.28.24.141:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0
    front_sub:
      - rtsp://admin:PASSWORD@10.28.24.141:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=1

    ptz_1:
      - rtsp://admin:PASSWORD@10.28.24.142:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0
    ptz_1_sub:
      - rtsp://admin:PASSWORD@10.28.24.142:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=1

cameras:
  front:
    enabled: true
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/front_sub
          roles:
            - detect
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/front
          roles:
            - record
            - audio
    detect:
      width: 640
      height: 480
      fps: 5

  ptz_1:
    enabled: true
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/ptz_1_sub
          roles:
            - detect
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/ptz_1
          roles:
            - record
            - audio
    detect:
      width: 640
      height: 480
      fps: 5
```

---

## Docker Management

Restart:

```bash
cd /opt/frigate
sudo docker compose restart
```

View Logs:

```bash
sudo docker logs -f frigate
```

Container Status:

```bash
sudo docker ps
```

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## Troubleshooting

### Verify RTSP Stream

```bash
ffprobe "rtsp://admin:PASSWORD@CAMERA_IP:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0"
```

### Verify SMB Mount

```bash
df -h
mount | grep cifs
```

### Verify Frigate Configuration

```bash
sudo docker logs frigate --tail 100
```

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## Future Improvements

* NVIDIA hardware decoding
* Home Assistant integration
* Object detection acceleration
* Cloudflare Tunnel remote access
* Mobile notifications
* Recording retention policies
* Automatic backups
* GPU-based inference

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