diff --git a/frigate/config.py b/frigate/config.py
index 98832b453..abb09a544 100644
--- a/frigate/config.py
+++ b/frigate/config.py
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ from frigate.const import (
     REGEX_CAMERA_NAME,
     YAML_EXT,
 )
-from frigate.util import clean_camera_user_pass, create_mask, deep_merge, load_labels
+from frigate.util import (
+    create_mask,
+    deep_merge,
+    escape_special_characters,
+    load_labels,
+)
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -694,14 +699,13 @@ class CameraConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
         input_args = (
             input_args if isinstance(input_args, list) else input_args.split(" ")
         )
-        cleaned_input = clean_camera_user_pass(ffmpeg_input.path)
 
         cmd = (
             ["ffmpeg"]
             + global_args
             + hwaccel_args
             + input_args
-            + ["-i", cleaned_input]
+            + ["-i", escape_special_characters(ffmpeg_input.path)]
             + ffmpeg_output_args
         )
 
diff --git a/frigate/const.py b/frigate/const.py
index 0626f88a9..2418d4887 100644
--- a/frigate/const.py
+++ b/frigate/const.py
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ PLUS_API_HOST = "https://api.frigate.video"
 # Regex Consts
 
 REGEX_CAMERA_NAME = "^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$"
-REGEX_CAMERA_USER_PASS = "[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+:[a-zA-Z0-9!$_-]+@"
+REGEX_CAMERA_USER_PASS = "[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+:[a-zA-Z0-9!*'();:@&=+$,?%#_-]+@"
diff --git a/frigate/http.py b/frigate/http.py
index b5df480cd..5d8b8db2f 100644
--- a/frigate/http.py
+++ b/frigate/http.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ from frigate.const import CLIPS_DIR
 from frigate.models import Event, Recordings
 from frigate.object_processing import TrackedObject, TrackedObjectProcessor
 from frigate.stats import stats_snapshot
+from frigate.util import clean_camera_user_pass
 from frigate.version import VERSION
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -581,7 +582,7 @@ def config():
         camera_dict = config["cameras"][camera_name]
         camera_dict["ffmpeg_cmds"] = copy.deepcopy(camera.ffmpeg_cmds)
         for cmd in camera_dict["ffmpeg_cmds"]:
-            cmd["cmd"] = " ".join(cmd["cmd"])
+            cmd["cmd"] = clean_camera_user_pass(" ".join(cmd["cmd"]))
 
     config["plus"] = {"enabled": current_app.plus_api.is_active()}
 
diff --git a/frigate/util.py b/frigate/util.py
index a103d88ca..294e3b8dc 100755
--- a/frigate/util.py
+++ b/frigate/util.py
@@ -1,22 +1,16 @@
 import copy
 import datetime
-import hashlib
-import json
 import logging
-import math
 import re
 import signal
-import subprocess as sp
-import threading
-import time
 import traceback
+import urllib.parse
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from collections.abc import Mapping
 from multiprocessing import shared_memory
 from typing import AnyStr
 
 import cv2
-import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import numpy as np
 import os
 import psutil
@@ -630,9 +624,22 @@ def load_labels(path, encoding="utf-8"):
 
 def clean_camera_user_pass(line: str) -> str:
     """Removes user and password from line."""
+    # todo also remove http password like reolink
     return re.sub(REGEX_CAMERA_USER_PASS, "*:*@", line)
 
 
+def escape_special_characters(path: str) -> str:
+    """Cleans reserved characters to encodings for ffmpeg."""
+    try:
+        found = re.search(REGEX_CAMERA_USER_PASS, path).group(0)[:-1]
+        pw = found[(found.index(":") + 1) :]
+        logger.error(f"Found {found} and pw {pw}")
+        return path.replace(pw, urllib.parse.quote_plus(pw))
+    except AttributeError:
+        # path does not have user:pass
+        return path
+
+
 class FrameManager(ABC):
     @abstractmethod
     def create(self, name, size) -> AnyStr: