[Support]: Problems with RAM usage

[Exaban]

Describe the problem you are having

Hi
Since I updated to frigate 16 I noticed some strange behavior. My Ram usage goes up and up - you can see it in the picture. You can see the point where I restarted frigate, and in the End you can see the point where I stopped the addon completely. After that the Ram usage keeps normal.

The Version before didn't have those problems. Three cameras are only active when alarmo is active - so its normal that they are not found

Version

0.16.0

What browser(s) are you using?

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Frigate config file

mqtt:
  enabled: true
  host: core-mosquitto
  port: 1883
  topic_prefix: frigate
  client_id: frigate
  stats_interval: 30
  user: *****
  password: **********

notifications:
  enabled: true
  email: **********

detectors:
  coral:
    type: edgetpu
    device: usb

ffmpeg:
  hwaccel_args: preset-vaapi


birdseye:
  enabled: true         
  restream: false
  mode: objects
  width: 1280
  height: 720
  quality: 8

objects:
  track:
    - person
    - umbrella
  filters:
    person:
      min_score: 0.65   
    umbrella:
      min_score: 0.65

detect:
  width: 1280
  height: 720
  fps: 7

record:
  enabled: true
  alerts:
    retain:
      days: 30
    pre_capture: 5
    post_capture: 5
  detections:
    retain:
      days: 3
    pre_capture: 5
    post_capture: 5
snapshots:
  enabled: true
  clean_copy: true
  timestamp: false
  bounding_box: true
  retain:
    default: 14
    objects:
      person: 30
      umbrella: 30

go2rtc:
  streams:
    Keller:
      - rtsp://admin:password@192.168.178.85:554/h264Preview_01_main
    Keller_sub:
      - rtsp://admin:password@192.168.178.85:554/h264Preview_01_sub
    Garten:
      - rtsp://admin:password@192.168.178.53:554/h264Preview_01_main
    Garten_sub:
      - rtsp://admin:password@192.168.178.53:554/h264Preview_01_sub
    Haustuer:
      - rtsp://admin:password@192.168.178.36:554/h264Preview_01_main
    Haustuer_sub:
      - rtsp://admin:password@192.168.178.36:554/h264Preview_01_sub
    Garage:
      - rtsp://Exaban:password@192.168.178.32:554/h264Preview_01_main
    Garage_sub:
      - rtsp://Exaban:password@192.168.178.32:554/h264Preview_01_sub
    Flur:
      - rtsp://admin:password@192.168.178.7:554/h264Preview_01_main
    Flur_sub:
      - rtsp://admin:password@192.168.178.7:554/h264Preview_01_sub
    Kueche:
      - rtsp://admin:password@192.168.178.9:554/h264Preview_01_main
    Kueche_sub:
      - rtsp://admin:password@192.168.178.9:554/h264Preview_01_sub

cameras:
  cam_Haustuer:
    enabled: true
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Haustuer
          roles:
            - record
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Haustuer_sub
          roles:
            - detect
    detect:
      enabled: true
    birdseye:
      order: 0
    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones:
          - Haustuer_recording_Zone
      detections:
        required_zones:
          - Haustuer_recording_Zone
    motion:
      threshold: 15
      contour_area: 10
      improve_contrast: true
      mask: 0.349,0.017,0.351,0.043,0.64,0.044,0.638,0.02
    zones:
      Haustuer_recording_Zone:
        coordinates: 
          0.22,0.996,1,0.999,1,0.7,0.481,0.496,0.443,0.536,0.323,0.501,0.162,0.385,0.059,0.415,0.126,0.716,0.157,0.817
        loitering_time: 0
        inertia: 3
  cam_Garten:
    enabled: true
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Garten
          roles:
            - record
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Garten_sub
          roles:
            - detect
    detect:
      enabled: true
    birdseye:
      order: 1
    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones:
          - Garten_recording_Zone
      detections:
        required_zones:
          - Garten_recording_Zone
    zones:
      Garten_recording_Zone:
        coordinates: 
          0.533,0.311,0.533,0.463,0.63,0.506,0.632,0.057,0.746,0.058,0.738,0.328,0.941,0.387,0.946,0.085,1,0.006,1,0.999,0.005,1,0,0.24,0.355,0.153,0.455,0.135,0.454,0.23,0.452,0.281
        loitering_time: 0
        inertia: 3
    objects:
      filters:
        umbrella:
          mask: 
            0.687,0.267,0.646,0.339,0.64,0.516,0.728,0.529,0.743,0.453,0.759,0.341,0.744,0.259,0.718,0.248
        person:
          mask: 
            0.133,1,0.09,0.593,0.082,0.476,0.072,0.228,0.058,0,0.208,0,0.207,0.454,0.231,0.595,0.256,1
    motion:
      mask: 0.346,0.044,0.344,0.084,0.636,0.081,0.636,0.046
  cam_Flur:
    enabled: true
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Flur
          roles:
            - record
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Flur_sub
          roles:
            - detect
    detect:
      enabled: true
    birdseye:
      order: 2
    motion:
      mask: 0.347,0.033,0.347,0.063,0.638,0.062,0.636,0.032
  cam_Kueche:
    enabled: true
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Kueche
          roles:
            - record
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Kueche_sub
          roles:
            - detect
    detect:
      enabled: true
    birdseye:
      order: 3
    motion:
      mask: 0.347,0.032,0.347,0.06,0.639,0.062,0.639,0.033
  cam_Garage:
    enabled: true
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Garage
          roles:
            - record
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Garage_sub
          roles:
            - detect
    detect:
      enabled: true
    birdseye:
      order: 4
    motion:
      mask: 0.346,0.045,0.346,0.082,0.639,0.082,0.639,0.044
  cam_Keller:
    enabled: true
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Keller
          roles:
            - record
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Keller_sub
          roles:
            - detect
    detect:
      enabled: true
    birdseye:
      order: 5
    motion:
      mask: 0.347,0.032,0.347,0.063,0.639,0.064,0.639,0.032
ui:
  timezone: Europe/Berlin
  time_format: 24hour
  strftime_fmt: '%d.%m.%Y- %H:%M'


version: 0.16-0

Relevant Frigate log output

2025-08-25 12:44:01.792754926  [2025-08-25 14:44:01] watchdog.cam_Flur              INFO    : Terminating the existing ffmpeg process...
2025-08-25 12:44:01.793071176  [2025-08-25 14:44:01] watchdog.cam_Flur              INFO    : Waiting for ffmpeg to exit gracefully...
2025-08-25 12:44:01.812038235  [2025-08-25 14:44:01] watchdog.cam_Kueche            ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for cam_Kueche.
2025-08-25 12:44:01.812571040  [2025-08-25 14:44:01] watchdog.cam_Kueche            ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2025-08-25 12:44:01.813055286  [2025-08-25 14:44:01] ffmpeg.cam_Kueche.detect       ERROR   : [rtsp @ 0x55b3ae953240] method DESCRIBE failed: 404 Not Found
2025-08-25 12:44:01.813521877  [2025-08-25 14:44:01] ffmpeg.cam_Kueche.detect       ERROR   : [in#0 @ 0x55b3ae952f40] Error opening input: Server returned 404 Not Found
2025-08-25 12:44:01.813950027  [2025-08-25 14:44:01] ffmpeg.cam_Kueche.detect       ERROR   : Error opening input file rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Kueche_sub.
2025-08-25 12:44:01.814361409  [2025-08-25 14:44:01] ffmpeg.cam_Kueche.detect       ERROR   : Error opening input files: Server returned 404 Not Found
2025-08-25 12:44:01.814700038  [2025-08-25 14:44:01] watchdog.cam_Kueche            INFO    : Restarting ffmpeg...
2025-08-25 12:44:01.816805830  [2025-08-25 14:44:01] watchdog.cam_Kueche            ERROR   : No new recording segments were created for cam_Kueche in the last 120s. restarting the ffmpeg record process...
2025-08-25 12:44:01.817277939  [2025-08-25 14:44:01] watchdog.cam_Kueche            INFO    : Terminating the existing ffmpeg process...
2025-08-25 12:44:01.817683407  [2025-08-25 14:44:01] watchdog.cam_Kueche            INFO    : Waiting for ffmpeg to exit gracefully...
2025-08-25 12:44:01.831669849  [2025-08-25 14:44:01] watchdog.cam_Keller            ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for cam_Keller.
2025-08-25 12:44:01.832082002  [2025-08-25 14:44:01] watchdog.cam_Keller            ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2025-08-25 12:44:01.832472520  [2025-08-25 14:44:01] ffmpeg.cam_Keller.detect       ERROR   : [rtsp @ 0x5609afebc240] method DESCRIBE failed: 404 Not Found
2025-08-25 12:44:01.833006724  [2025-08-25 14:44:01] ffmpeg.cam_Keller.detect       ERROR   : [in#0 @ 0x5609afebbf40] Error opening input: Server returned 404 Not Found
2025-08-25 12:44:01.833481080  [2025-08-25 14:44:01] ffmpeg.cam_Keller.detect       ERROR   : Error opening input file rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Keller_sub.
2025-08-25 12:44:01.833971585  [2025-08-25 14:44:01] ffmpeg.cam_Keller.detect       ERROR   : Error opening input files: Server returned 404 Not Found
2025-08-25 12:44:01.835533328  [2025-08-25 14:44:01] watchdog.cam_Keller            INFO    : Restarting ffmpeg...
2025-08-25 12:44:01.837209635  [2025-08-25 14:44:01] watchdog.cam_Keller            ERROR   : No new recording segments were created for cam_Keller in the last 120s. restarting the ffmpeg record process...
2025-08-25 12:44:01.837803798  [2025-08-25 14:44:01] watchdog.cam_Keller            INFO    : Terminating the existing ffmpeg process...
2025-08-25 12:44:01.838348927  [2025-08-25 14:44:01] watchdog.cam_Keller            INFO    : Waiting for ffmpeg to exit gracefully...
2025-08-25 12:44:04.806046373  [2025-08-25 14:44:04] frigate.video                  ERROR   : cam_Flur: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-08-25 12:44:04.806702456  [2025-08-25 14:44:04] frigate.video                  ERROR   : cam_Flur: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2025-08-25 12:44:04.830872164  [2025-08-25 14:44:04] frigate.video                  ERROR   : cam_Kueche: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-08-25 12:44:04.831662605  [2025-08-25 14:44:04] frigate.video                  ERROR   : cam_Kueche: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2025-08-25 12:44:04.851666945  [2025-08-25 14:44:04] frigate.video                  ERROR   : cam_Keller: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-08-25 12:44:04.852460389  [2025-08-25 14:44:04] frigate.video                  ERROR   : cam_Keller: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2025-08-25 12:44:11.795124890  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] watchdog.cam_Flur              ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for cam_Flur.
2025-08-25 12:44:11.795788183  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] watchdog.cam_Flur              ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2025-08-25 12:44:11.796185513  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] ffmpeg.cam_Flur.detect         ERROR   : [rtsp @ 0x56532508a240] method DESCRIBE failed: 404 Not Found
2025-08-25 12:44:11.796703186  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] ffmpeg.cam_Flur.detect         ERROR   : [in#0 @ 0x565325089f40] Error opening input: Server returned 404 Not Found
2025-08-25 12:44:11.797131163  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] ffmpeg.cam_Flur.detect         ERROR   : Error opening input file rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Flur_sub.
2025-08-25 12:44:11.797524284  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] ffmpeg.cam_Flur.detect         ERROR   : Error opening input files: Server returned 404 Not Found
2025-08-25 12:44:11.797977585  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] watchdog.cam_Flur              INFO    : Restarting ffmpeg...
2025-08-25 12:44:11.799878302  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] watchdog.cam_Flur              ERROR   : No new recording segments were created for cam_Flur in the last 120s. restarting the ffmpeg record process...
2025-08-25 12:44:11.800370072  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] watchdog.cam_Flur              INFO    : Terminating the existing ffmpeg process...
2025-08-25 12:44:11.801010360  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] watchdog.cam_Flur              INFO    : Waiting for ffmpeg to exit gracefully...
2025-08-25 12:44:11.819323194  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] watchdog.cam_Kueche            ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for cam_Kueche.
2025-08-25 12:44:11.819801491  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] watchdog.cam_Kueche            ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2025-08-25 12:44:11.820733742  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] ffmpeg.cam_Kueche.detect       ERROR   : [rtsp @ 0x55fee8c8e240] method DESCRIBE failed: 404 Not Found
2025-08-25 12:44:11.821303121  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] ffmpeg.cam_Kueche.detect       ERROR   : [in#0 @ 0x55fee8c8df40] Error opening input: Server returned 404 Not Found
2025-08-25 12:44:11.821993906  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] ffmpeg.cam_Kueche.detect       ERROR   : Error opening input file rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Kueche_sub.
2025-08-25 12:44:11.822389023  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] ffmpeg.cam_Kueche.detect       ERROR   : Error opening input files: Server returned 404 Not Found
2025-08-25 12:44:11.823180113  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] watchdog.cam_Kueche            INFO    : Restarting ffmpeg...
2025-08-25 12:44:11.826609509  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] watchdog.cam_Kueche            ERROR   : No new recording segments were created for cam_Kueche in the last 120s. restarting the ffmpeg record process...
2025-08-25 12:44:11.827488530  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] watchdog.cam_Kueche            INFO    : Terminating the existing ffmpeg process...
2025-08-25 12:44:11.830440878  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] watchdog.cam_Kueche            INFO    : Waiting for ffmpeg to exit gracefully...
2025-08-25 12:44:11.839684371  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] watchdog.cam_Keller            ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for cam_Keller.
2025-08-25 12:44:11.841785431  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] watchdog.cam_Keller            ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2025-08-25 12:44:11.844041623  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] ffmpeg.cam_Keller.detect       ERROR   : [rtsp @ 0x5627313a3240] method DESCRIBE failed: 404 Not Found
2025-08-25 12:44:11.844563197  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] ffmpeg.cam_Keller.detect       ERROR   : [in#0 @ 0x5627313a2f40] Error opening input: Server returned 404 Not Found
2025-08-25 12:44:11.845065970  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] ffmpeg.cam_Keller.detect       ERROR   : Error opening input file rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Keller_sub.
2025-08-25 12:44:11.845578269  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] ffmpeg.cam_Keller.detect       ERROR   : Error opening input files: Server returned 404 Not Found
2025-08-25 12:44:11.846118758  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] watchdog.cam_Keller            INFO    : Restarting ffmpeg...
2025-08-25 12:44:11.846685835  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] watchdog.cam_Keller            ERROR   : No new recording segments were created for cam_Keller in the last 120s. restarting the ffmpeg record process...
2025-08-25 12:44:11.847598126  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] watchdog.cam_Keller            INFO    : Terminating the existing ffmpeg process...
2025-08-25 12:44:11.848059153  [2025-08-25 14:44:11] watchdog.cam_Keller            INFO    : Waiting for ffmpeg to exit gracefully...
2025-08-25 12:44:14.815016113  [2025-08-25 14:44:14] frigate.video                  ERROR   : cam_Flur: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-08-25 12:44:14.815588386  [2025-08-25 14:44:14] frigate.video                  ERROR   : cam_Flur: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2025-08-25 12:44:14.846000985  [2025-08-25 14:44:14] frigate.video                  ERROR   : cam_Kueche: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-08-25 12:44:14.846686869  [2025-08-25 14:44:14] frigate.video                  ERROR   : cam_Kueche: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2025-08-25 12:44:14.858677758  [2025-08-25 14:44:14] frigate.video                  ERROR   : cam_Keller: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-08-25 12:44:14.859040671  [2025-08-25 14:44:14] frigate.video                  ERROR   : cam_Keller: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2025-08-25 12:44:21.803866704  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] watchdog.cam_Flur              ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for cam_Flur.
2025-08-25 12:44:21.804338188  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] watchdog.cam_Flur              ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2025-08-25 12:44:21.805075884  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] ffmpeg.cam_Flur.detect         ERROR   : [rtsp @ 0x55bea36bd240] method DESCRIBE failed: 404 Not Found
2025-08-25 12:44:21.805472401  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] ffmpeg.cam_Flur.detect         ERROR   : [in#0 @ 0x55bea36bcf40] Error opening input: Server returned 404 Not Found
2025-08-25 12:44:21.806153957  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] ffmpeg.cam_Flur.detect         ERROR   : Error opening input file rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Flur_sub.
2025-08-25 12:44:21.806717637  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] ffmpeg.cam_Flur.detect         ERROR   : Error opening input files: Server returned 404 Not Found
2025-08-25 12:44:21.807164803  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] watchdog.cam_Flur              INFO    : Restarting ffmpeg...
2025-08-25 12:44:21.809109014  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] watchdog.cam_Flur              ERROR   : No new recording segments were created for cam_Flur in the last 120s. restarting the ffmpeg record process...
2025-08-25 12:44:21.809664802  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] watchdog.cam_Flur              INFO    : Terminating the existing ffmpeg process...
2025-08-25 12:44:21.810132168  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] watchdog.cam_Flur              INFO    : Waiting for ffmpeg to exit gracefully...
2025-08-25 12:44:21.830347299  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] watchdog.cam_Kueche            ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for cam_Kueche.
2025-08-25 12:44:21.831087042  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] watchdog.cam_Kueche            ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2025-08-25 12:44:21.831531308  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] ffmpeg.cam_Kueche.detect       ERROR   : [rtsp @ 0x562a30930240] method DESCRIBE failed: 404 Not Found
2025-08-25 12:44:21.831875763  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] ffmpeg.cam_Kueche.detect       ERROR   : [in#0 @ 0x562a3092ff40] Error opening input: Server returned 404 Not Found
2025-08-25 12:44:21.832221934  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] ffmpeg.cam_Kueche.detect       ERROR   : Error opening input file rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Kueche_sub.
2025-08-25 12:44:21.832497923  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] ffmpeg.cam_Kueche.detect       ERROR   : Error opening input files: Server returned 404 Not Found
2025-08-25 12:44:21.832788240  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] watchdog.cam_Kueche            INFO    : Restarting ffmpeg...
2025-08-25 12:44:21.837941149  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] watchdog.cam_Kueche            ERROR   : No new recording segments were created for cam_Kueche in the last 120s. restarting the ffmpeg record process...
2025-08-25 12:44:21.839953071  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] watchdog.cam_Kueche            INFO    : Terminating the existing ffmpeg process...
2025-08-25 12:44:21.844610402  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] watchdog.cam_Kueche            INFO    : Waiting for ffmpeg to exit gracefully...
2025-08-25 12:44:21.848981130  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] watchdog.cam_Keller            ERROR   : Ffmpeg process crashed unexpectedly for cam_Keller.
2025-08-25 12:44:21.850676442  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] watchdog.cam_Keller            ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2025-08-25 12:44:21.851125158  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] ffmpeg.cam_Keller.detect       ERROR   : [rtsp @ 0x55f749471240] method DESCRIBE failed: 404 Not Found
2025-08-25 12:44:21.851980595  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] ffmpeg.cam_Keller.detect       ERROR   : [in#0 @ 0x55f749470f40] Error opening input: Server returned 404 Not Found
2025-08-25 12:44:21.852609174  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] ffmpeg.cam_Keller.detect       ERROR   : Error opening input file rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Keller_sub.
2025-08-25 12:44:21.853058770  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] ffmpeg.cam_Keller.detect       ERROR   : Error opening input files: Server returned 404 Not Found
2025-08-25 12:44:21.853388493  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] watchdog.cam_Keller            INFO    : Restarting ffmpeg...
2025-08-25 12:44:21.856001486  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] watchdog.cam_Keller            ERROR   : No new recording segments were created for cam_Keller in the last 120s. restarting the ffmpeg record process...
2025-08-25 12:44:21.856588824  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] watchdog.cam_Keller            INFO    : Terminating the existing ffmpeg process...
2025-08-25 12:44:21.857473229  [2025-08-25 14:44:21] watchdog.cam_Keller            INFO    : Waiting for ffmpeg to exit gracefully...
2025-08-25 12:44:24.824658097  [2025-08-25 14:44:24] frigate.video                  ERROR   : cam_Flur: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-08-25 12:44:24.825306314  [2025-08-25 14:44:24] frigate.video                  ERROR   : cam_Flur: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2025-08-25 12:44:24.854413374  [2025-08-25 14:44:24] frigate.video                  ERROR   : cam_Kueche: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-08-25 12:44:24.855164642  [2025-08-25 14:44:24] frigate.video                  ERROR   : cam_Kueche: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2025-08-25 12:44:24.870350363  [2025-08-25 14:44:24] frigate.video                  ERROR   : cam_Keller: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-08-25 12:44:24.870908285  [2025-08-25 14:44:24] frigate.video                  ERROR   : cam_Keller: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...

Relevant go2rtc log output

2025-08-25 12:41:54.697197965  14:41:54.697 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche_sub
2025-08-25 12:41:54.704708480  14:41:54.704 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche
2025-08-25 12:41:54.720548761  14:41:54.720 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller_sub
2025-08-25 12:41:54.721507114  14:41:54.721 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller
2025-08-25 12:42:04.689252332  14:42:04.689 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur_sub
2025-08-25 12:42:04.692559467  14:42:04.692 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur
2025-08-25 12:42:04.706069305  14:42:04.705 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche_sub
2025-08-25 12:42:04.708355359  14:42:04.708 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche
2025-08-25 12:42:04.725310259  14:42:04.725 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller_sub
2025-08-25 12:42:04.727930326  14:42:04.727 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller
2025-08-25 12:42:14.699410726  14:42:14.699 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur_sub
2025-08-25 12:42:14.704439947  14:42:14.704 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur
2025-08-25 12:42:14.714234229  14:42:14.714 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche_sub
2025-08-25 12:42:14.716474762  14:42:14.716 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche
2025-08-25 12:42:14.733787868  14:42:14.733 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller_sub
2025-08-25 12:42:14.736217804  14:42:14.736 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller
2025-08-25 12:42:24.708266889  14:42:24.707 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur_sub
2025-08-25 12:42:24.715593966  14:42:24.715 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur
2025-08-25 12:42:24.723388358  14:42:24.723 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche_sub
2025-08-25 12:42:24.726082458  14:42:24.725 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche
2025-08-25 12:42:24.740651344  14:42:24.740 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller_sub
2025-08-25 12:42:24.742911416  14:42:24.742 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller
2025-08-25 12:42:34.720841294  14:42:34.720 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur_sub
2025-08-25 12:42:34.725047762  14:42:34.724 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur
2025-08-25 12:42:34.735275762  14:42:34.735 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche_sub
2025-08-25 12:42:34.739495834  14:42:34.739 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche
2025-08-25 12:42:34.749631247  14:42:34.749 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller_sub
2025-08-25 12:42:34.751698422  14:42:34.751 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller
2025-08-25 12:42:44.731707882  14:42:44.731 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur_sub
2025-08-25 12:42:44.737547956  14:42:44.737 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur
2025-08-25 12:42:44.751875953  14:42:44.751 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche_sub
2025-08-25 12:42:44.761814609  14:42:44.761 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche
2025-08-25 12:42:44.764592984  14:42:44.764 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller_sub
2025-08-25 12:42:44.767757420  14:42:44.767 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller
2025-08-25 12:42:54.740274395  14:42:54.740 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur_sub
2025-08-25 12:42:54.743558156  14:42:54.743 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur
2025-08-25 12:42:54.762338968  14:42:54.762 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche_sub
2025-08-25 12:42:54.765751637  14:42:54.765 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche
2025-08-25 12:42:54.774824126  14:42:54.774 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller_sub
2025-08-25 12:42:54.778584766  14:42:54.778 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller
2025-08-25 12:43:04.750584356  14:43:04.749 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur_sub
2025-08-25 12:43:04.753275685  14:43:04.753 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur
2025-08-25 12:43:04.772844614  14:43:04.772 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche_sub
2025-08-25 12:43:04.775901432  14:43:04.775 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche
2025-08-25 12:43:04.794804486  14:43:04.794 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller_sub
2025-08-25 12:43:04.800453232  14:43:04.799 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller
2025-08-25 12:43:14.759981668  14:43:14.759 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur_sub
2025-08-25 12:43:14.764016773  14:43:14.763 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur
2025-08-25 12:43:14.778511573  14:43:14.778 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche_sub
2025-08-25 12:43:14.780810725  14:43:14.780 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche
2025-08-25 12:43:14.803441665  14:43:14.803 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller_sub
2025-08-25 12:43:14.806357724  14:43:14.806 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller
2025-08-25 12:43:24.769312273  14:43:24.769 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur_sub
2025-08-25 12:43:24.775842608  14:43:24.775 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur
2025-08-25 12:43:24.784714276  14:43:24.784 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche_sub
2025-08-25 12:43:24.787924427  14:43:24.787 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche
2025-08-25 12:43:24.812817121  14:43:24.812 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller_sub
2025-08-25 12:43:24.815029665  14:43:24.814 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller
2025-08-25 12:43:34.781347468  14:43:34.780 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur_sub
2025-08-25 12:43:34.784979792  14:43:34.784 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur
2025-08-25 12:43:34.811455616  14:43:34.811 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche_sub
2025-08-25 12:43:34.813519297  14:43:34.813 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche
2025-08-25 12:43:34.822749864  14:43:34.822 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller_sub
2025-08-25 12:43:34.825087335  14:43:34.824 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller
2025-08-25 12:43:44.787553090  14:43:44.787 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur_sub
2025-08-25 12:43:44.789734292  14:43:44.789 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur
2025-08-25 12:43:44.811892428  14:43:44.811 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche_sub
2025-08-25 12:43:44.815018168  14:43:44.814 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche
2025-08-25 12:43:44.829872805  14:43:44.829 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller_sub
2025-08-25 12:43:44.832635846  14:43:44.832 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller
2025-08-25 12:43:54.795935887  14:43:54.795 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur_sub
2025-08-25 12:43:54.798333743  14:43:54.798 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur
2025-08-25 12:43:54.819729887  14:43:54.819 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche_sub
2025-08-25 12:43:54.821673827  14:43:54.821 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche
2025-08-25 12:43:54.839982877  14:43:54.839 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller_sub
2025-08-25 12:43:54.843197763  14:43:54.843 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller
2025-08-25 12:44:04.802609996  14:44:04.802 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur_sub
2025-08-25 12:44:04.806236337  14:44:04.806 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur
2025-08-25 12:44:04.827871788  14:44:04.827 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche_sub
2025-08-25 12:44:04.828950983  14:44:04.828 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche
2025-08-25 12:44:04.847418824  14:44:04.847 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller_sub
2025-08-25 12:44:04.848682116  14:44:04.848 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller
2025-08-25 12:44:14.811140639  14:44:14.810 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur_sub
2025-08-25 12:44:14.813468477  14:44:14.813 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur
2025-08-25 12:44:14.840844592  14:44:14.840 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche_sub
2025-08-25 12:44:14.847944128  14:44:14.847 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche
2025-08-25 12:44:14.855642272  14:44:14.855 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller
2025-08-25 12:44:14.855701161  14:44:14.855 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller_sub
2025-08-25 12:44:24.821795118  14:44:24.821 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur_sub
2025-08-25 12:44:24.825069081  14:44:24.824 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur
2025-08-25 12:44:24.850475539  14:44:24.850 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche_sub
2025-08-25 12:44:24.862653052  14:44:24.862 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche
2025-08-25 12:44:24.866754222  14:44:24.866 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller_sub
2025-08-25 12:44:24.866838644  14:44:24.866 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller
2025-08-25 12:44:34.827231426  14:44:34.827 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur_sub
2025-08-25 12:44:34.830592827  14:44:34.830 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.7:554: i/o timeout" stream=Flur
2025-08-25 12:44:34.855054879  14:44:34.854 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche_sub
2025-08-25 12:44:34.856138170  14:44:34.856 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.9:554: i/o timeout" stream=Kueche
2025-08-25 12:44:34.882432707  14:44:34.882 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller_sub
2025-08-25 12:44:34.882535351  14:44:34.882 WRN [rtsp] error="streams: dial tcp 192.168.178.85:554: i/o timeout" stream=Keller

FFprobe output from your camera

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Frigate stats

No response

Install method

Home Assistant Add-on

docker-compose file or Docker CLI command

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Object Detector

Coral

Network connection

Wired

Camera make and model

divers Reolink

Screenshots of the Frigate UI's System metrics pages

Any other information that may be helpful

No response

[inkeep-ai-assistant[bot]]

There is no documentation detailing a general RAM leak or memory climb specific to Frigate 0.16.0. However, the documentation highlights some important aspects to check for RAM usage:

• Frigate uses /dev/shm (shared memory) for handling video frames, and the required shm size increases with resolution, number of cameras, and frame rate. Insufficient shared memory can cause instability, but the Home Assistant add-on usually allocates half of system RAM to /dev/shm automatically(1).
• If ffmpeg processes are crashing or being restarted frequently (as shown in your logs), this can lead to abnormal memory usage patterns. Ensuring that all camera streams are reachable and that the ffmpeg arguments are tuned for your hardware is important(1)(2).
• Your config uses VAAPI hardware acceleration. Make sure your system supports this and that the correct drivers are loaded. If hardware acceleration is not configured correctly, ffmpeg may fall back to software decoding, increasing resource usage(3).
• If you have a large number of cameras or high resolutions, check your shm size calculations to ensure you are not running out of shared memory(1).

You can calculate the recommended shm size for your setup using the formula in the docs:

python -c 'print("{:.2f}MB".format((<width> * <height> * 1.5 * 20 + 270480) / 1048576))'

For multiple cameras, multiply the result by the number of cameras and add extra for logs(1).

If you continue to see memory growth, monitor /dev/shm usage and system metrics, and ensure all camera streams are stable and reachable. For further troubleshooting, you may want to review the installation guide and hardware acceleration docs.

📚 Sources:

1. Installation
2. [Config Support]: ffmpeg process is not running.
3. Video Decoding

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