diff --git a/frigate/record/maintainer.py b/frigate/record/maintainer.py
index 1159ae5bd..fedde55d5 100644
--- a/frigate/record/maintainer.py
+++ b/frigate/record/maintainer.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from frigate.config import FrigateConfig, RetainModeEnum
 from frigate.const import CACHE_DIR, MAX_SEGMENT_DURATION, RECORD_DIR
 from frigate.models import Event, Recordings
 from frigate.types import RecordMetricsTypes
-from frigate.util import area
+from frigate.util import area, get_video_properties
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -145,19 +145,10 @@ class RecordingMaintainer(threading.Thread):
         if cache_path in self.end_time_cache:
             end_time, duration = self.end_time_cache[cache_path]
         else:
-            ffprobe_cmd = [
-                "ffprobe",
-                "-v",
-                "error",
-                "-show_entries",
-                "format=duration",
-                "-of",
-                "default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1",
-                f"{cache_path}",
-            ]
-            p = sp.run(ffprobe_cmd, capture_output=True)
-            if p.returncode == 0 and p.stdout.decode():
-                duration = float(p.stdout.decode().strip())
+            segment_info = get_video_properties(cache_path, duration=True)
+
+            if segment_info["duration"]:
+                duration = float(segment_info["duration"])
             else:
                 duration = -1
 
diff --git a/frigate/util.py b/frigate/util.py
index 897aa8d21..4e8b08062 100755
--- a/frigate/util.py
+++ b/frigate/util.py
@@ -1132,3 +1132,34 @@ def to_relative_box(
         (box[2] - box[0]) / width,  # w
         (box[3] - box[1]) / height,  # h
     )
+
+
+def get_video_properties(url, get_duration=False):
+    width = height = 0
+    # Open the video stream
+    video = cv2.VideoCapture(url)
+
+    # Check if the video stream was opened successfully
+    if not video.isOpened():
+        logger.debug(f"Error opening video stream {url}.")
+        return None
+
+    # Get the width of frames in the video stream
+    width = video.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH)
+
+    # Get the height of frames in the video stream
+    height = video.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT)
+
+    # Release the video stream
+    video.release()
+
+    result = {"width": round(width), "height": round(height)}
+    if get_duration:
+        # Get the frames per second (fps) of the video stream
+        fps = video.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FPS)
+        total_frames = int(video.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_COUNT))
+        duration = total_frames / fps
+
+        result["duration"] = duration
+
+    return result