diff --git a/frigate/record/maintainer.py b/frigate/record/maintainer.py
index d21affefa..faa1eabcd 100644
--- a/frigate/record/maintainer.py
+++ b/frigate/record/maintainer.py
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ import random
 import string
 import subprocess as sp
 import threading
-from collections import defaultdict
+import time
+from bisect import bisect_left, bisect_right
+from collections import defaultdict, deque
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from multiprocessing.synchronize import Event as MpEvent
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Tuple
@@ -41,21 +44,22 @@ class RecordingMaintainer(threading.Thread):
         self.recordings_info_queue = recordings_info_queue
         self.process_info = process_info
         self.stop_event = stop_event
-        self.recordings_info: dict[str, Any] = defaultdict(list)
+        self.recordings_info: dict[str, Any] = defaultdict(deque)
         self.end_time_cache: dict[str, Tuple[datetime.datetime, float]] = {}
+        self.lock = threading.Lock()
+        self.executor = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=5)
 
     async def move_files(self) -> None:
-        cache_files = sorted(
-            [
-                d
-                for d in os.listdir(CACHE_DIR)
-                if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(CACHE_DIR, d))
-                and d.endswith(".mp4")
-                and not d.startswith("clip_")
-            ]
-        )
+        with os.scandir(CACHE_DIR) as entries:
+            cache_files = sorted(
+                entry.name
+                for entry in entries
+                if entry.is_file()
+                and entry.name.endswith(".mp4")
+                and not entry.name.startswith("clip_")
+            )
 
-        files_in_use = []
+        files_in_use = set()
         for process in psutil.process_iter():
             try:
                 if process.name() != "ffmpeg":
@@ -64,7 +68,7 @@ class RecordingMaintainer(threading.Thread):
                 if flist:
                     for nt in flist:
                         if nt.path.startswith(CACHE_DIR):
-                            files_in_use.append(nt.path.split("/")[-1])
+                            files_in_use.add(nt.path.split("/")[-1])
             except psutil.Error:
                 continue
 
@@ -98,18 +102,19 @@ class RecordingMaintainer(threading.Thread):
                 to_remove = grouped_recordings[camera][:-keep_count]
                 for rec in to_remove:
                     cache_path = rec["cache_path"]
-                    Path(cache_path).unlink(missing_ok=True)
-                    self.end_time_cache.pop(cache_path, None)
+                    self.executor.submit(Path(cache_path).unlink, missing_ok=True)
+                    with self.lock:
+                        self.end_time_cache.pop(cache_path, None)
                 grouped_recordings[camera] = grouped_recordings[camera][-keep_count:]
 
         for camera, recordings in grouped_recordings.items():
-            # clear out all the recording info for old frames
-            while (
-                len(self.recordings_info[camera]) > 0
-                and self.recordings_info[camera][0][0]
-                < recordings[0]["start_time"].timestamp()
-            ):
-                self.recordings_info[camera].pop(0)
+            with self.lock:
+                while (
+                    len(self.recordings_info[camera]) > 0
+                    and self.recordings_info[camera][0][0]
+                    < recordings[0]["start_time"].timestamp()
+                ):
+                    self.recordings_info[camera].popleft()
 
             # get all events with the end time after the start of the oldest cache file
             # or with end_time None
@@ -223,23 +228,19 @@ class RecordingMaintainer(threading.Thread):
     ) -> Tuple[int, int]:
         active_count = 0
         motion_count = 0
-        for frame in self.recordings_info[camera]:
-            # frame is after end time of segment
-            if frame[0] > end_time.timestamp():
-                break
-            # frame is before start time of segment
-            if frame[0] < start_time.timestamp():
-                continue
 
-            active_count += len(
-                [
-                    o
-                    for o in frame[1]
-                    if not o["false_positive"] and o["motionless_count"] == 0
-                ]
+        timestamps = [frame[0] for frame in self.recordings_info[camera]]
+        start_index = bisect_left(timestamps, start_time.timestamp())
+        end_index = bisect_right(timestamps, end_time.timestamp())
+
+        for frame in list(self.recordings_info[camera])[start_index:end_index]:
+            active_count += sum(
+                1
+                for o in frame[1]
+                if not o["false_positive"] and o["motionless_count"] == 0
             )
 
-            motion_count += sum([area(box) for box in frame[2]])
+            motion_count += sum(area(box) for box in frame[2])
 
         return (motion_count, active_count)
 
@@ -347,7 +348,7 @@ class RecordingMaintainer(threading.Thread):
         # Check for new files every 5 seconds
         wait_time = 5.0
         while not self.stop_event.wait(wait_time):
-            run_start = datetime.datetime.now().timestamp()
+            run_start = time.perf_counter()
 
             # empty the recordings info queue
             while True:
@@ -373,13 +374,14 @@ class RecordingMaintainer(threading.Thread):
                     break
 
             try:
-                asyncio.run(self.move_files())
+                threading.Thread(target=asyncio.run, args=(self.move_files(),)).start()
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.error(
                     "Error occurred when attempting to maintain recording cache"
                 )
                 logger.error(e)
-            duration = datetime.datetime.now().timestamp() - run_start
-            wait_time = max(0, 5 - duration)
+            else:
+                duration = time.perf_counter() - run_start
+                wait_time = max(0, 5 - duration)
 
         logger.info("Exiting recording maintenance...")