"description":"Mode for including cameras in Birdseye: 'objects', 'motion', or 'continuous'."
},
"order":{
"label":"Position",
"description":"Numeric position controlling the camera's ordering in the Birdseye layout."
}
},
"detect":{
"label":"Object Detection",
"description":"Settings for the detection/detect role used to run object detection and initialize trackers.",
"enabled":{
"label":"Detection enabled",
"description":"Enable or disable object detection for this camera. Detection must be enabled for object tracking to run."
},
"height":{
"label":"Detect height",
"description":"Height (pixels) of frames used for the detect stream; leave empty to use the native stream resolution."
},
"width":{
"label":"Detect width",
"description":"Width (pixels) of frames used for the detect stream; leave empty to use the native stream resolution."
},
"fps":{
"label":"Detect FPS",
"description":"Desired frames per second to run detection on; lower values reduce CPU usage (recommended value is 5, only set higher - at most 10 - if tracking extremely fast moving objects)."
},
"min_initialized":{
"label":"Minimum initialization frames",
"description":"Number of consecutive detection hits required before creating a tracked object. Increase to reduce false initializations. Default value is fps divided by 2."
},
"max_disappeared":{
"label":"Maximum disappeared frames",
"description":"Number of frames without a detection before a tracked object is considered gone."
},
"stationary":{
"label":"Stationary objects config",
"description":"Settings to detect and manage objects that remain stationary for a period of time.",
"interval":{
"label":"Stationary interval",
"description":"How often (in frames) to run a detection check to confirm a stationary object."
},
"threshold":{
"label":"Stationary threshold",
"description":"Number of frames with no position change required to mark an object as stationary."
},
"max_frames":{
"label":"Max frames",
"description":"Limits how long stationary objects are tracked before being discarded.",
"default":{
"label":"Default max frames",
"description":"Default maximum frames to track a stationary object before stopping."
"description":"Height (pixels) to render the jsmpeg live stream in the Web UI; must be <= detect stream height."
},
"quality":{
"label":"Live quality",
"description":"Encoding quality for the jsmpeg stream (1 highest, 31 lowest)."
}
},
"lpr":{
"label":"License Plate Recognition",
"description":"License plate recognition settings including detection thresholds, formatting, and known plates.",
"enabled":{
"label":"Enable LPR",
"description":"Enable or disable LPR on this camera."
},
"expire_time":{
"label":"Expire seconds",
"description":"Time in seconds after which an unseen plate is expired from the tracker (for dedicated LPR cameras only)."
},
"min_area":{
"label":"Minimum plate area",
"description":"Minimum plate area (pixels) required to attempt recognition."
},
"enhancement":{
"label":"Enhancement level",
"description":"Enhancement level (0-10) to apply to plate crops prior to OCR; higher values may not always improve results, levels above 5 may only work with night time plates and should be used with caution."
}
},
"motion":{
"label":"Motion detection",
"description":"Default motion detection settings for this camera.",
"enabled":{
"label":"Enable motion detection",
"description":"Enable or disable motion detection for this camera."
},
"threshold":{
"label":"Motion threshold",
"description":"Pixel difference threshold used by the motion detector; higher values reduce sensitivity (range 1-255)."
},
"lightning_threshold":{
"label":"Lightning threshold",
"description":"Threshold to detect and ignore brief lighting spikes (lower is more sensitive, values between 0.3 and 1.0)."
},
"improve_contrast":{
"label":"Improve contrast",
"description":"Apply contrast improvement to frames before motion analysis to help detection."
},
"contour_area":{
"label":"Contour area",
"description":"Minimum contour area in pixels required for a motion contour to be counted."
},
"delta_alpha":{
"label":"Delta alpha",
"description":"Alpha blending factor used in frame differencing for motion calculation."
},
"frame_alpha":{
"label":"Frame alpha",
"description":"Alpha value used when blending frames for motion preprocessing."
},
"frame_height":{
"label":"Frame height",
"description":"Height in pixels to scale frames to when computing motion."
},
"mask":{
"label":"Mask coordinates",
"description":"Ordered x,y coordinates defining the motion mask polygon used to include/exclude areas."
},
"mqtt_off_delay":{
"label":"MQTT off delay",
"description":"Seconds to wait after last motion before publishing an MQTT 'off' state."
},
"enabled_in_config":{
"label":"Original motion state",
"description":"Indicates whether motion detection was enabled in the original static configuration."
},
"raw_mask":{
"label":"Raw Mask"
}
},
"objects":{
"label":"Objects",
"description":"Object tracking defaults including which labels to track and per-object filters.",
"track":{
"label":"Objects to track",
"description":"List of object labels to track for this camera."
},
"filters":{
"label":"Object filters",
"description":"Filters applied to detected objects to reduce false positives (area, ratio, confidence).",
"min_area":{
"label":"Minimum object area",
"description":"Minimum bounding box area (pixels or percentage) required for this object type. Can be pixels (int) or percentage (float between 0.000001 and 0.99)."
},
"max_area":{
"label":"Maximum object area",
"description":"Maximum bounding box area (pixels or percentage) allowed for this object type. Can be pixels (int) or percentage (float between 0.000001 and 0.99)."
},
"min_ratio":{
"label":"Minimum aspect ratio",
"description":"Minimum width/height ratio required for the bounding box to qualify."
},
"max_ratio":{
"label":"Maximum aspect ratio",
"description":"Maximum width/height ratio allowed for the bounding box to qualify."
},
"threshold":{
"label":"Confidence threshold",
"description":"Average detection confidence threshold required for the object to be considered a true positive."
},
"min_score":{
"label":"Minimum confidence",
"description":"Minimum single-frame detection confidence required for the object to be counted."
},
"mask":{
"label":"Filter mask",
"description":"Polygon coordinates defining where this filter applies within the frame."
"description":"Minutes between cleanup passes that remove expired recording segments."
},
"continuous":{
"label":"Continuous retention",
"description":"Number of days to retain recordings regardless of tracked objects or motion. Set to 0 if you only want to retain recordings of alerts and detections.",
"description":"Number of days to retain recordings triggered by motion regardless of tracked objects. Set to 0 if you only want to retain recordings of alerts and detections.",
"description":"Mode for retention: all (save all segments), motion (save segments with motion), or active_objects (save segments with active objects)."
"description":"Mode for retention: all (save all segments), motion (save segments with motion), or active_objects (save segments with active objects)."
"description":"Save an unannotated clean copy of snapshots in addition to annotated ones."
},
"timestamp":{
"label":"Timestamp overlay",
"description":"Overlay a timestamp on saved snapshots."
},
"bounding_box":{
"label":"Bounding box overlay",
"description":"Draw bounding boxes for tracked objects on saved snapshots."
},
"crop":{
"label":"Crop snapshot",
"description":"Crop saved snapshots to the detected object's bounding box."
},
"required_zones":{
"label":"Required zones",
"description":"Zones an object must enter for a snapshot to be saved."
},
"height":{
"label":"Snapshot height",
"description":"Height (pixels) to resize saved snapshots to; leave empty to preserve original size."
},
"retain":{
"label":"Snapshot retention",
"description":"Retention settings for saved snapshots including default days and per-object overrides.",
"default":{
"label":"Default retention",
"description":"Default number of days to retain snapshots."
},
"mode":{
"label":"Retention mode",
"description":"Mode for retention: all (save all segments), motion (save segments with motion), or active_objects (save segments with active objects)."
},
"objects":{
"label":"Object retention",
"description":"Per-object overrides for snapshot retention days."
"description":"Control zoom level on tracked objects. Lower values keep more scene in view; higher values zoom in closer but may lose tracking. Values between 0.1 and 0.75."
},
"track":{
"label":"Tracked objects",
"description":"List of object types that should trigger autotracking."
},
"required_zones":{
"label":"Required zones",
"description":"Objects must enter one of these zones before autotracking begins."
},
"return_preset":{
"label":"Return preset",
"description":"ONVIF preset name configured in camera firmware to return to after tracking ends."
},
"timeout":{
"label":"Return timeout",
"description":"Wait this many seconds after losing tracking before returning camera to preset position."
},
"movement_weights":{
"label":"Movement weights",
"description":"Calibration values automatically generated by camera calibration. Do not modify manually."
},
"enabled_in_config":{
"label":"Original autotrack state",
"description":"Internal field to track whether autotracking was enabled in configuration."
"description":"Ignore time synchronization differences between camera and Frigate server for ONVIF communication."
}
},
"type":{
"label":"Camera type",
"description":"Camera Type"
},
"ui":{
"label":"Camera UI",
"description":"Display ordering and visibility for this camera in the UI. Ordering affects the default dashboard. For more granular control, use camera groups.",
"order":{
"label":"UI order",
"description":"Numeric order used to sort the camera in the UI (default dashboard and lists); larger numbers appear later."
},
"dashboard":{
"label":"Show in UI",
"description":"Toggle whether this camera is visible everywhere in the Frigate UI. Disabling this will require manually editing the config to view this camera in the UI again."
}
},
"webui_url":{
"label":"Camera URL",
"description":"URL to visit the camera directly from system page"
},
"zones":{
"label":"Zones",
"description":"Zones allow you to define a specific area of the frame so you can determine whether or not an object is within a particular area.",
"friendly_name":{
"label":"Zone name",
"description":"A user-friendly name for the zone, displayed in the Frigate UI. If not set, a formatted version of the zone name will be used."
"description":"Filters to apply to objects within this zone. Used to reduce false positives or restrict which objects are considered present in the zone.",
"min_area":{
"label":"Minimum object area",
"description":"Minimum bounding box area (pixels or percentage) required for this object type. Can be pixels (int) or percentage (float between 0.000001 and 0.99)."
},
"max_area":{
"label":"Maximum object area",
"description":"Maximum bounding box area (pixels or percentage) allowed for this object type. Can be pixels (int) or percentage (float between 0.000001 and 0.99)."
},
"min_ratio":{
"label":"Minimum aspect ratio",
"description":"Minimum width/height ratio required for the bounding box to qualify."
},
"max_ratio":{
"label":"Maximum aspect ratio",
"description":"Maximum width/height ratio allowed for the bounding box to qualify."
},
"threshold":{
"label":"Confidence threshold",
"description":"Average detection confidence threshold required for the object to be considered a true positive."
},
"min_score":{
"label":"Minimum confidence",
"description":"Minimum single-frame detection confidence required for the object to be counted."
},
"mask":{
"label":"Filter mask",
"description":"Polygon coordinates defining where this filter applies within the frame."
"description":"Polygon coordinates that define the zone area. Can be a comma-separated string or a list of coordinate strings. Coordinates should be relative (0-1) or absolute (legacy)."
},
"distances":{
"label":"Real-world distances",
"description":"Optional real-world distances for each side of the zone quadrilateral, used for speed or distance calculations. Must have exactly 4 values if set."
},
"inertia":{
"label":"Inertia frames",
"description":"Number of consecutive frames an object must be detected in the zone before it is considered present. Helps filter out transient detections."
},
"loitering_time":{
"label":"Loitering seconds",
"description":"Number of seconds an object must remain in the zone to be considered as loitering. Set to 0 to disable loitering detection."
},
"speed_threshold":{
"label":"Minimum speed",
"description":"Minimum speed (in real-world units if distances are set) required for an object to be considered present in the zone. Used for speed-based zone triggers."
},
"objects":{
"label":"Trigger objects",
"description":"List of object types (from labelmap) that can trigger this zone. Can be a string or a list of strings. If empty, all objects are considered."
