diff --git a/frigate/app.py b/frigate/app.py
index bf593d6ac..0c9b18d2b 100644
--- a/frigate/app.py
+++ b/frigate/app.py
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ class FrigateApp:
         self.config = user_config.runtime_config
 
         for camera_name in self.config.cameras.keys():
+            # generage the ffmpeg commands
+            self.config.cameras[camera_name].create_ffmpeg_cmds()
+
             # create camera_metrics
             self.camera_metrics[camera_name] = {
                 "camera_fps": mp.Value("d", 0.0),
diff --git a/frigate/config.py b/frigate/config.py
index 6c9cd2ac6..c210713a2 100644
--- a/frigate/config.py
+++ b/frigate/config.py
@@ -549,8 +549,6 @@ class CameraConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
 
         super().__init__(**config)
 
-        self._ffmpeg_cmds = self._create_ffmpeg_cmds()
-
     @property
     def frame_shape(self) -> Tuple[int, int]:
         return self.detect.height, self.detect.width