diff --git a/frigate/util/services.py b/frigate/util/services.py
index a71729263..eb576f84e 100644
--- a/frigate/util/services.py
+++ b/frigate/util/services.py
@@ -584,7 +584,9 @@ async def get_video_properties(
     width = height = 0
 
     try:
-        # Open the video stream
+        # 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