From f10605b53ce0c293686d73a3c0c01e82b7b22949 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Mowen <nickmowen213@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 07:26:27 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add camera metadata and fix preview chapters

---
 frigate/record/export.py | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frigate/record/export.py b/frigate/record/export.py
index d5d5ddb766..a0644ea9b5 100644
--- a/frigate/record/export.py
+++ b/frigate/record/export.py
@@ -358,6 +358,8 @@ class RecordingExporter(threading.Thread):
                 f"title={title}",
                 "-metadata",
                 f"creation_time={creation_time}",
+                "-metadata",
+                f"comment=Camera: {self.camera}",
             ]
         )
 
@@ -435,7 +437,7 @@ class RecordingExporter(threading.Thread):
 
         if self.playback_factor == PlaybackFactorEnum.realtime:
             ffmpeg_cmd = (
-                f"{self.config.ffmpeg.ffmpeg_path} -hide_banner {ffmpeg_input} {codec} -movflags +faststart {video_path}"
+                f"{self.config.ffmpeg.ffmpeg_path} -hide_banner {ffmpeg_input} {codec} -movflags +faststart"
             ).split(" ")
         elif self.playback_factor == PlaybackFactorEnum.timelapse_25x:
             ffmpeg_cmd = (
@@ -443,7 +445,7 @@ class RecordingExporter(threading.Thread):
                     self.config.ffmpeg.ffmpeg_path,
                     self.config.ffmpeg.hwaccel_args,
                     f"{TIMELAPSE_DATA_INPUT_ARGS} {ffmpeg_input}",
-                    f"{self.config.cameras[self.camera].record.export.timelapse_args} -movflags +faststart {video_path}",
+                    f"{self.config.cameras[self.camera].record.export.timelapse_args} -movflags +faststart",
                     EncodeTypeEnum.timelapse,
                 )
             ).split(" ")
@@ -459,9 +461,13 @@ class RecordingExporter(threading.Thread):
                 f"title={title}",
                 "-metadata",
                 f"creation_time={creation_time}",
+                "-metadata",
+                f"comment=Camera: {self.camera}",
             ]
         )
 
+        ffmpeg_cmd.append(video_path)
+
         return ffmpeg_cmd, playlist_lines
 
     def run(self) -> None: