Offline preview image (#21752)

* use latest preview frame for latest image when camera is offline

* remove frame extraction logic

* tests

* frontend

* add description to api endpoint
This commit is contained in:
Josh Hawkins
2026-02-26 21:27:56 -07:00
committed by Nicolas Mowen
parent e76b48f98b
commit c78ab2dc87
5 changed files with 297 additions and 14 deletions
+38 -14
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@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ from frigate.const import (
PREVIEW_FRAME_TYPE,
)
from frigate.models import Event, Previews, Recordings, Regions, ReviewSegment
from frigate.output.preview import get_most_recent_preview_frame
from frigate.track.object_processing import TrackedObjectProcessor
from frigate.util.file import get_event_thumbnail_bytes
from frigate.util.image import get_image_from_recording
@@ -125,7 +126,9 @@ async def camera_ptz_info(request: Request, camera_name: str):
@router.get(
"/{camera_name}/latest.{extension}", dependencies=[Depends(require_camera_access)]
"/{camera_name}/latest.{extension}",
dependencies=[Depends(require_camera_access)],
description="Returns the latest frame from the specified camera in the requested format (jpg, png, webp). Falls back to preview frames if the camera is offline.",
)
async def latest_frame(
request: Request,
@@ -159,20 +162,37 @@ async def latest_frame(
or 10
)
is_offline = False
if frame is None or datetime.now().timestamp() > (
frame_processor.get_current_frame_time(camera_name) + retry_interval
):
if request.app.camera_error_image is None:
error_image = glob.glob(
os.path.join(INSTALL_DIR, "frigate/images/camera-error.jpg")
)
last_frame_time = frame_processor.get_current_frame_time(camera_name)
preview_path = get_most_recent_preview_frame(
camera_name, before=last_frame_time
)
if len(error_image) > 0:
request.app.camera_error_image = cv2.imread(
error_image[0], cv2.IMREAD_UNCHANGED
if preview_path:
logger.debug(f"Using most recent preview frame for {camera_name}")
frame = cv2.imread(preview_path, cv2.IMREAD_UNCHANGED)
if frame is not None:
is_offline = True
if frame is None or not is_offline:
logger.debug(
f"No live or preview frame available for {camera_name}. Using error image."
)
if request.app.camera_error_image is None:
error_image = glob.glob(
os.path.join(INSTALL_DIR, "frigate/images/camera-error.jpg")
)
frame = request.app.camera_error_image
if len(error_image) > 0:
request.app.camera_error_image = cv2.imread(
error_image[0], cv2.IMREAD_UNCHANGED
)
frame = request.app.camera_error_image
height = int(params.height or str(frame.shape[0]))
width = int(height * frame.shape[1] / frame.shape[0])
@@ -194,14 +214,18 @@ async def latest_frame(
frame = cv2.resize(frame, dsize=(width, height), interpolation=cv2.INTER_AREA)
_, img = cv2.imencode(f".{extension.value}", frame, quality_params)
headers = {
"Cache-Control": "no-store" if not params.store else "private, max-age=60",
}
if is_offline:
headers["X-Frigate-Offline"] = "true"
return Response(
content=img.tobytes(),
media_type=extension.get_mime_type(),
headers={
"Cache-Control": "no-store"
if not params.store
else "private, max-age=60",
},
headers=headers,
)
elif (
camera_name == "birdseye"