So, I got hands on a older MacBook and it seemed fit according to the Recommended Hardware.
Also, I am equipped with 4 Reolink Cams and a Coral stick, but I have not used any Reolink specifics from Camera Specific Configuration.
And of cause, I have a Home Assistant installation running.
Preparing the MacBook Firmware/T2
I had some problems with removing the activation lock and even do an Internet recovery (that just failed with 1008F Error). but when the MACOS finally was cleanly installed, make sure to enable USB Boot, as this:
Installing Ubuntu
I had a lot of trouble actually getting the danm thing to boot, but on a stick with Ubuntu 22.04 (used Balena Etcher), it finally did.
But, the Mac Keyboard was not working, but I got hold of an eternal keyboard - and that worked.
I had a lot of problemes getting to use the disk, several times the installer just crashed and restarted, or stopped with "Installing grub on taget device failed"
But I finally got the installer to remove all partitions and install, with the "Use custom partitions" option - make sure to whipe and erase all partitions on the disk.
After the install the "df -h" command told me that only 100 GB of the disk was used - I have no clue why the installer sets it up this way..
But the fix was easy - first examine the LVM:
root@beetle:/home/bnp# vgdisplay --- Volume group --- VG Name ubuntu-vg System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 1 Metadata Sequence No 2 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 1 Open LV 1 Max PV 0 Cur PV 1 Act PV 1 VG Size <462.87 GiB PE Size 4.00 MiB Total PE 118494 Alloc PE / Size 25600 / 100.00 GiB Free PE / Size 92894 / <362.87 GiB VG UUID Dd5nRh-qzsj-z6rX-H1o1-JzMd-kXEI-7bWoEx
The import part being:
Free PE / Size 92894 / <362.87 GiB
So, 362 GB not used.
Lets extend and resize:
lvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv resize2fs /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv
Now, we can see "Free PE / Size 0 / 0"
root@beetle:/home/bnp# vgdisplay --- Volume group --- VG Name ubuntu-vg System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 1 Metadata Sequence No 4 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 1 Open LV 1 Max PV 0 Cur PV 1 Act PV 1 VG Size <462.87 GiB PE Size 4.00 MiB Total PE 118494 Alloc PE / Size 118494 / <462.87 GiB Free PE / Size 0 / 0 VG UUID Dd5nRh-qzsj-z6rX-H1o1-JzMd-kXEI-7bWoEx
Ubuntu is installed and the complete SSD Disk is now utilized.
Docker install
Lets install docker.io:
apt install docker.io
Frigate NVR Install
Find information on Frigate here
First, I generally put all docker stuff in /opt - and I dont use docker-compose very much. Maybee one day...
Creating the needed Directory and the config file:
mkdir /opt/frigate vi /opt/frigate/config
The config file can be huge and there are plenty of options, here is my current:
mqtt:
host: 10.0.0.183
go2rtc:
streams:
frigate_front_door_cam_main:
- "ffmpeg:http://10.0.0.151/flv?port=1935&app=bcs&stream=channel0_main.bcs&user=******&password=******#video=copy#audio=copy#audio=opus"
frigate_front_door_cam_sub:
- "ffmpeg:http://10.0.0.151/flv?port=1935&app=bcs&stream=channel0_ext.bcs&user=******&password=******"
frigate_behind_house_cam_main:
- "ffmpeg:http://10.0.0.176/flv?port=1935&app=bcs&stream=channel0_main.bcs&user=******&password=******#video=copy#audio=copy#audio=opus"
frigate_behind_house_cam_sub:
- "ffmpeg:http://10.0.0.176/flv?port=1935&app=bcs&stream=channel0_ext.bcs&user=******&password=******"
frigate_carport_cam_main:
- "ffmpeg:http://10.0.0.191/flv?port=1935&app=bcs&stream=channel0_main.bcs&user=******&password=******#video=copy#audio=copy#audio=opus"
frigate_carport_cam_sub:
- "ffmpeg:http://10.0.0.191/flv?port=1935&app=bcs&stream=channel0_ext.bcs&user=******&password=******"
frigate_big_shed_cam_main:
- "ffmpeg:http://10.0.0.108/flv?port=1935&app=bcs&stream=channel0_main.bcs&user=******&password=******#video=copy#audio=copy#audio=opus"
frigate_big_shed_cam_sub:
- "ffmpeg:http://10.0.0.108/flv?port=1935&app=bcs&stream=channel0_ext.bcs&user=******&password=******"
cameras:
frigate_front_door_cam:
ffmpeg:
inputs:
- path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/frigate_front_door_cam_sub?video=copy
input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
roles:
- detect
- path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/frigate_front_door_cam_main?video=copy&audio=aac
input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
roles:
- record
rtmp:
enabled: False
detect:
width: 640
height: 480
fps: 5
objects:
track:
- person
snapshots:
enabled: True
timestamp: false
bounding_box: True
retain:
default: 2
record:
enabled: True
events:
retain:
default: 10
frigate_behind_house_cam:
ffmpeg:
inputs:
- path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/frigate_behind_house_cam_sub?video=copy
input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
roles:
- detect
- path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/frigate_behind_house_cam_main?video=copy&audio=aac
input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
roles:
- record
rtmp:
enabled: False
detect:
width: 640
height: 480
fps: 5
objects:
track:
- person
snapshots:
enabled: True
timestamp: false
bounding_box: True
retain:
default: 2
record:
enabled: True
events:
retain:
default: 10
frigate_carport_cam:
ffmpeg:
inputs:
- path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/frigate_carport_cam_sub?video=copy
input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
roles:
- detect
- path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/frigate_carport_cam_main?video=copy&audio=aac
input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
roles:
- record
rtmp:
enabled: False
detect:
width: 640
height: 480
fps: 5
objects:
track:
- person
- car
snapshots:
enabled: True
timestamp: false
bounding_box: True
retain:
default: 2
record:
enabled: True
events:
retain:
default: 10
frigate_big_shed_cam:
ffmpeg:
inputs:
- path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/frigate_big_shed_cam_sub?video=copy
input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
roles:
- detect
- path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/frigate_big_shed_cam_main?video=copy&audio=aac
input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
roles:
- record
rtmp:
enabled: False
detect:
width: 640
height: 480
fps: 5
objects:
track:
- person
- car
snapshots:
enabled: True
timestamp: false
bounding_box: True
retain:
default: 2
record:
enabled: True
events:
retain:
default: 10
detectors:
coral:
type: edgetpu
device: usb
birdseye:
enabled: True
mode: continuous
In short, the file sets up 4 cams - using:
- go2rtc as "proxy" - this made a huge difference and improvement (I started using RTSP streams directly into frigate, and the recorded videos lagged and was sometimes broken). See https://docs.frigate.video/guides/configuring_go2rtc
- The Lowres RTSP stream (sub) for the Detect role as generally recommended, as frigate only uses a 300x300 pixel image for object detection. See https://docs.frigate.video/frigate/camera_setup
- The highres RTSP stream (main) for the Recording Role as generally recommended.
input_args: preset-rtsp-restream as recommedded for Reolink (see https://docs.frigate.video/configuration/camera_specific)
- Recording event on object detection
- Take snapshots on event
- The tracking of persons and cars
- The use of a Coral stick for Object processing - instead of the CPU
Reference to the configuration file is here.
And the database file /opt/frigate/frigate.yml
codedatabase: path: /opt/frigate/frigate.db
Now we can start Frigate:
docker run -d \ --name frigate \ --restart always \ --mount type=tmpfs,target=/tmp/cache,tmpfs-size=1000000000 \ --device /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb \ --shm-size=256m \ -v /opt/frigate/media:/media/frigate \ -v /opt/frigate/config.yml:/config/config.yml:ro \ -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \ -e FRIGATE_RTSP_PASSWORD='**********' \ -p 5000:5000 \ -p 1935:1935 \ ghcr.io/blakeblackshear/frigate:stable
This should start Frigate and show it on http://10.0.0.164:5000:
If the interface is not up, troubleshoot the logs with:
docker logs --tail 50 --follow --timestamps "frigate"
Heres a view on object detection:
And a snapshot with an object detection (the yellow box is the bounding_box in the config file):
Coral Stick on Linux
I had some problems getting the Coral stick to work (the Frigate docker image has all needed for it), but it did not show up as an Device on the MacBook:
root@beetle:/home/bnp# lsusb Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ac:1463 Apple, Inc. USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05ac:1017 Apple, Inc. USB2.0 Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 006 Device 002: ID 05ac:1018 Apple, Inc. USB3.1 Hub Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0bda:8153 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Loking at the links for the 2 versions - USB and M2
echo "deb https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt coral-edgetpu-stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/coral-edgetpu.list curl https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo apt-key add - sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install gasket-dkms libedgetpu1-std
So it seems my stick is detected as a PCI Device. Theres some more info on what to use as docker parameter here:
- /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb # passes the USB Coral, needs to be modified for other versions - /dev/apex_0:/dev/apex_0 # passes a PCIe Coral, follow driver instructions here https://coral.ai/docs/m2/get-started/#2a-on-linux - /dev/dri/renderD128 # for intel hwaccel, needs to be updated for your hardware
And now its visible:
root@beetle:/home/bnp# lsusb Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ac:1463 Apple, Inc. USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05ac:1017 Apple, Inc. USB2.0 Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 006 Device 003: ID 1a6e:089a Global Unichip Corp. Bus 006 Device 002: ID 05ac:1018 Apple, Inc. USB3.1 Hub Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0bda:8153 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub