[Config Support]: Force Birdseye to do 3 columns and maximize the height of the screen

[ianpogi5]

Describe the problem you are having

I have 8 cameras - 4 reolink and 4 anran(china brand). I want to see in birdseye a 3x3 layout with 1 empty slot at the end.

If I leave it auto, it creates 4x4 layout. It only occupies half the screen height which a waste of space.

I tried different resolution, scaling_factor and order but I couldn't make it 3x3.

Any help would be appreciated.

Version

0.15.0

Frigate config file

detectors:
  coral:
    type: edgetpu
    device: usb

ffmpeg:
  hwaccel_args: preset-vaapi

record:
  enabled: True
  retain:
    days: 3
    mode: all
  alerts:
    retain:
      days: 30
      mode: motion
  detections:
    retain:
      days: 30
      mode: motion

objects:
  track:
    - person
    - dog
    - cat
  filters:
    person:
      threshold: 0.8
    dog:
      threshold: 0.75
    cat:
      threshold: 0.85

cameras:
  FrontCam:
    ffmpeg:
      hwaccel_args: preset-intel-qsv-h264
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/FrontCam?video=h264&audio=aac
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
            - record
    birdseye:
      order: 1
    detect:
      width: 704
      height: 480
      fps: 5
      stationary:
        interval: 50
        threshold: 60
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      bounding_box: true
      required_zones:
        - delivery
        - yard
      retain:
        default: 20
    live:
      stream_name: FrontCam
    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones:
          - delivery
          - yard
  BackCam:
    ffmpeg:
      hwaccel_args: preset-intel-qsv-h264
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/BackCam?video=h264&audio=aac
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
            - record
    birdseye:
      order: 3
    detect:
      width: 704
      height: 480
      fps: 5
      stationary:
        interval: 50
        threshold: 60
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      bounding_box: true
      retain:
        default: 20
    motion:
      mask:
        - 201,39,201,65,0,64,0,0,227,0,439,0,433,38
    live:
      stream_name: BackCam
  SideCam:
    ffmpeg:
      hwaccel_args: preset-intel-qsv-h264
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/SideCam?video=h264&audio=aac
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
            - record
    birdseye:
      order: 2
    detect:
      width: 704
      height: 480
      fps: 5
      stationary:
        interval: 50
        threshold: 60
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      bounding_box: true
      retain:
        default: 20
    live:
      stream_name: SideCam
  LivingRoomCam:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554/ch0_1.264
          roles:
            - detect
            - record
    birdseye:
      order: 7
    detect:
      width: 704
      height: 480
      fps: 5
      stationary:
        interval: 50
        threshold: 60
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      bounding_box: true
      retain:
        default: 20
    motion:
      mask:
        - 0,71,0,0,399,0,396,40,236,36,237,72
    live:
      stream_name: LivingRoomCam
  HallwayCam:
    ffmpeg:
      hwaccel_args: preset-intel-qsv-h264
      inputs:
        # high resoltion
        - path: rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554/h264Preview_01_main
          roles:
            - record
        # low resolution
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/HallwayCam?video=h264&audio=aac
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
    birdseye:
      order: 8
    detect:
      width: 640
      height: 360
      fps: 5
      stationary:
        interval: 50
        threshold: 60
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      bounding_box: true
      retain:
        default: 20
    live:
      stream_name: HallwayCam
  StudyCam:
    ffmpeg:
      hwaccel_args: preset-intel-qsv-h264
      inputs:
        # high resoltion
        - path: rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554/h264Preview_01_main
          roles:
            - record
        # low resolution
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/StudyCam?video=h264&audio=aac
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
    birdseye:
      order: 4
    detect:
      width: 640
      height: 360
      fps: 5
      stationary:
        interval: 50
        threshold: 60
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      bounding_box: true
      retain:
        default: 20
    live:
      stream_name: StudyCam
  OfficeCam:
    ffmpeg:
      hwaccel_args: preset-intel-qsv-h264
      inputs:
        # high resoltion
        - path: rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554/h264Preview_01_main
          roles:
            - record
        # low resolution
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/OfficeCam?video=h264&audio=aac
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
    birdseye:
      order: 5
    detect:
      width: 640
      height: 360
      fps: 5
      stationary:
        interval: 50
        threshold: 60
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      bounding_box: true
      retain:
        default: 20
    live:
      stream_name: OfficeCam
  BedroomCam:
    ffmpeg:
      hwaccel_args: preset-intel-qsv-h264
      inputs:
        # high resoltion
        - path: rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554/h264Preview_01_main
          roles:
            - record
        # low resolution
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/BedroomCam?video=h264&audio=aac
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
    birdseye:
      order: 6
    detect:
      width: 640
      height: 360
      fps: 5
      stationary:
        interval: 50
        threshold: 60
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      bounding_box: true
      retain:
        default: 20
    live:
      stream_name: BedroomCam

birdseye:
  enabled: true
  mode: continuous
  width: 1920
  height: 1080
  layout:
    scaling_factor: 1

go2rtc:
  streams:
    FrontCam:
      - rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554/ch0_1.264
      - ffmpeg:FrontCam#video=h264#audio=aac#hardware
    BackCam:
      - rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554/ch0_1.264
      - ffmpeg:BackCam#video=h264#audio=aac#hardware
    SideCam:
      - rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554/ch0_1.264
      - ffmpeg:SideCam#video=h264#audio=aac#hardware
    HallwayCam:
      - rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554/h264Preview_01_sub
    StudyCam:
      - rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554/h264Preview_01_sub
    OfficeCam:
      - rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554/h264Preview_01_sub
    BedroomCam:
      - rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554/h264Preview_01_sub
version: 0.15-1
camera_groups:
  Birdseye:
    order: 1
    icon: LuActivitySquare
    cameras: birdseye

Relevant Frigate log output

N/A

Relevant go2rtc log output

N/A

Frigate stats

No response

Operating system

Proxmox

Install method

Proxmox via Docker

docker-compose file or Docker CLI command

services:
  frigate:
    container_name: frigate
    privileged: true
    restart: always
    image: ghcr.io/blakeblackshear/frigate:stable
    shm_size: "128mb" # update for your cameras based on calculation above
    devices:
      - /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb
      - /dev/dri:/dev/dri
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - frigate-config:/config
      - frigate-recordings:/media/frigate
      - type: tmpfs # Optional: 1GB of memory, reduces SSD/SD Card wear
        target: /tmp/cache
        tmpfs:
          size: 1000000000
    ports:
      - "5000:5000"
      - "1935:1935" # RTMP feeds
    cap_add:
      - CAP_PERFMON
volumes:
  frigate-config:
    external: true
  frigate-recordings:
    external: true

Object Detector

Coral

Screenshots of the Frigate UI's System metrics pages

No response

Any other information that may be helpful

No response

[NickM-27]

Will need to know the aspect ratios of the cameras

[ianpogi5]

@NickM-27 sorry you are correct it's 16:9 (640x360) from the reolink cams.

[NickM-27]

gotcha, is it 3:2 or 4:3?

[NickM-27]

remember that camera order will matter when trying to combine these

[ianpogi5]

Anran cams are 704x480. You can see the sizes and my full config file above.

Yes I've tried different orders to no avail.

[NickM-27]

if possible a screenshot of what it currently looks like would be ideal, remember that all cameras are sized equally, so while one could be made smaller to fit birdseye will not do that