diff --git a/docker/main/Dockerfile b/docker/main/Dockerfile
index ac4d277bd..9d2f442f0 100644
--- a/docker/main/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/main/Dockerfile
@@ -211,6 +211,9 @@ ENV TOKENIZERS_PARALLELISM=true
 # https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/issues/27214
 ENV TRANSFORMERS_NO_ADVISORY_WARNINGS=1
 
+# Set OpenCV ffmpeg loglevel to fatal: https://ffmpeg.org/doxygen/trunk/log_8h.html
+ENV OPENCV_FFMPEG_LOGLEVEL=8
+
 ENV PATH="/usr/local/go2rtc/bin:/usr/local/tempio/bin:/usr/local/nginx/sbin:${PATH}"
 ENV LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR=60
 
diff --git a/frigate/util/services.py b/frigate/util/services.py
index eb576f84e..9ee6da999 100644
--- a/frigate/util/services.py
+++ b/frigate/util/services.py
@@ -585,8 +585,6 @@ async def get_video_properties(
 
     try:
         # Open the video stream using OpenCV
-        # Only print fatal or worse output: https://ffmpeg.org/doxygen/trunk/log_8h.html
-        os.environ["OPENCV_FFMPEG_LOGLEVEL"] = "8"
         video = cv2.VideoCapture(url)
 
         # Check if the video stream was opened successfully