[HW Accel Support]: Common that camera stream fails every 2 hours to 30 min?

[Cronvs]

Describe the problem you are having

I see in my logs lists of the same error every 30 min up to 2 hours interval, where ffmpeg and go2rtc fails to read from stream and it restarting. Is this normal behavior?

Version

0.16

Frigate config file

go2rtc:
  streams:                                                                                                                               fdoor:
      - rtsp://fdoor/#transport=ws://USER:PASSWORD@fdoor:80/rtsp-over-websocket
mqtt:
  host: hassio                                                                                                            port: 1883
  user: NVR                                                                                                                            password: mqttpassword
cameras:                                                                                                                               
  fdoor:                                                                                                                                 ffmpeg:
      inputs:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/fdoor
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream                                                                                                     roles:
            - detect                                                                                                                     detect:
      height: 720                                                                                                                          width: 1280
      fps: 5                                                                                                                         ffmpeg:
  hwaccel_args: preset-nvidia-h264                                                                                                     output_args:
    record: preset-record-generic                                                                                                    detectors:
  onnx:                                                                                                                                  type: onnx                                                                                                                       model:
  model_type: yolo-generic                                                                                                             path: /usr/local/src/tensorrt_demos/yolo/yolov7-tiny-416-static.onnx
  input_tensor: nchw
  input_dtype: float                                                                                                                   input_pixel_format: rgb
  width: 416                                                                                                                           height: 416
detect:                                                                                                                                enabled: true
version: 0.16-0

docker-compose file or Docker CLI command

N/A

Relevant Frigate log output

2025-09-17 16:31:04.551007  [2025-09-17 16:31:04] frigate.video                  ERROR   : fdoor: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-09-17 16:31:04.551360  [2025-09-17 16:31:04] frigate.video                  ERROR   : fdoor: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-09-17 16:31:04.551639  [2025-09-17 16:31:04] frigate.video                  ERROR   : fdoor: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-09-17 16:31:04.551766  [2025-09-17 16:31:04] frigate.video                  ERROR   : fdoor: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-09-17 16:31:04.551868  [2025-09-17 16:31:04] frigate.video                  ERROR   : fdoor: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-09-17 16:31:04.551961  [2025-09-17 16:31:04] frigate.video                  ERROR   : fdoor: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-09-17 16:31:04.552027  [2025-09-17 16:31:04] frigate.video                  ERROR   : fdoor: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-09-17 16:31:04.552093  [2025-09-17 16:31:04] frigate.video                  ERROR   : fdoor: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-09-17 16:31:04.552158  [2025-09-17 16:31:04] frigate.video                  ERROR   : fdoor: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-09-17 16:31:04.552222  [2025-09-17 16:31:04] frigate.video                  ERROR   : fdoor: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-09-17 16:31:04.552286  [2025-09-17 16:31:04] frigate.video                  ERROR   : fdoor: Unable to read frames from ffmpeg process.
2025-09-17 16:31:04.552351  [2025-09-17 16:31:04] watchdog.fdoor                 ERROR   : The following ffmpeg logs include the last 100 lines prior to exit.
2025-09-17 16:31:04.552417  [2025-09-17 16:31:04] frigate.video                  ERROR   : fdoor: ffmpeg process is not running. exiting capture thread...
2025-09-17 16:31:04.552484  [2025-09-17 16:31:04] watchdog.fdoor                 INFO    : Restarting ffmpeg...

Relevant go2rtc log output

2025-09-17 16:30:01.481660  16:30:01.481 WRN github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc/internal/streams/producer.go:170 > error="read tcp 10.0.3.16:59344->10.0.66.27:80: i/o timeout" url=rtsp://fdoor#transport=ws://USER:PASSWORD@fdoor:80/rtsp-over-websocket

FFprobe output from your camera

N/A

Install method

Proxmox via TTeck Script

Object Detector

TensorRT

Network connection

Mixed

Camera make and model

AXIS p1245

Screenshots of the Frigate UI's System metrics pages

N/A

Any other information that may be helpful

No response

[inkeep-ai-assistant[bot]]

It is not normal or expected for a camera stream in Frigate to consistently fail and restart every 30 minutes to 2 hours(1). The documentation does not specify this as standard behavior. Frigate will attempt to reconnect to a camera stream if ffmpeg or go2rtc encounters an error, but persistent or periodic failures like this indicate an underlying issue with the stream stability, network, camera, or configuration(2)(1).

You can adjust the ffmpeg retry interval with the retry_interval option in your ffmpeg config, but this only changes how quickly Frigate attempts to reconnect and does not address the root cause(1)(3). Example:

ffmpeg:
  retry_interval: 10

(1)(3)

For your AXIS p1245 camera, ensure your RTSP/stream configuration matches recommended practices, and check for network or camera-side issues(2). Review the stability and reliability of the RTSP stream outside of Frigate (using VLC or ffprobe), and consider temporarily bypassing go2rtc to isolate where the failure occurs(2).

If the issue persists, review the Frigate logs and camera logs for any additional error details that might indicate the source of the interruption(2)(1).

📚 Sources:

1. Full Reference Config
2. Camera Specific Configurations
3. Full Reference Config

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