So, I purchased an older MacBook from work - that has been my own for 4 year, and was specced well with SSD.

Preparing the Firmware/T2

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.

Indholdsfortegnelse

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)I has some problems with removing activation lock and even do an Internet recovery. 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, and or stopped with "Intallaling Installing grub on taget device failed"

But I finally gut got the installer to remove all partitions and install, with the "Use customer custom partitions" option - make sure to whipe and erasa erase all partitions on the disk.

After the install af the "df -h" command told me that only 100 GB of the disk was used used - I have no clue why the installer sets it up this way..

But the fix was easy - first examine the LVM:

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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

root@beetle:/home/bnp# vgdisplay
--- Volume group ---
VG Name ubuntu-vg
System ID
Format lvm2

The import part being:

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Free PE / Size 92894 / <362.87 GiB

So, 362 GB not used.

Lets extend and resize:

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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"

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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

The import part being:

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Free PE / Size 92894 / <362.87 GiB

So, 362 GB not used.

Lets extend and resize:

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lvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv resize2fs /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv

Now, we can see 0 Free PE:

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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

So, Ubuntu is installed and the complete SSD Disk installed.

Docker install

Lets install docker.io:

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apt install docker.io

Frigate NVR Install

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First, I put all docker stuff in /opt

so:

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mkdir /opt/frigate vi /opt/frigate/config

The config file can be huge, here is my current:

Ubuntu is installed and the complete SSD Disk is now utilized.

Docker install

Lets install docker.io:

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apt install docker.io

Frigate NVR Install

Find information on Frigate here

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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:

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mkdir /opt/frigate vi /opt/frigate/config

The config file can be huge and there are plenty of options, here is my current:

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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

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mqtt:
  host: 10.0.0.183
cameras:
  frigate_front_door_cam:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://view:**********@10.0.0.151:554//h264Preview_01_sub
          roles:
            - detect
        - path: rtsp://view:**********@@10.0.0.151:554//h264Preview_01_main
          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  input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
    record:
      enabledroles: True
      events:
      -  retain:detect
        -  default: 10
  frigate_behind_house_cam:
    ffmpeg:path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/frigate_front_door_cam_main?video=copy&audio=aac
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://view:**********@@10.0.0.176:554//h264Preview_01_subinput_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detectrecord
    rtmp:
     - path: rtsp://view:**********@@10.0.0.176:554//h264Preview_01_mainenabled: False
    detect:
      roleswidth: 640
      height: 480
      -fps: record5
    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_carportbehind_house_cam:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://view:**********@@10127.0.0.1911:554//h264Preview_01_sub8554/frigate_behind_house_cam_sub?video=copy
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
        - path: rtsp://view:**********@@10.0.0.191:554//h264Preview_01_main
          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

And the database file /opt/frigate/frigate.yml

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codedatabase: path: /opt/frigate/frigate.db

...

 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

Tip

In short, the file sets up 4 cams - using:

go2rtc as "proxy" - this made a huge difference and improvement (Istarted 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

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codedatabase: path: /opt/frigate/frigate.db

Now we can start Frigate:

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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:

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If the interface is not up, troubleshoot the logs with:

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docker logs --tail 50 --follow --timestamps "frigate"

Heres a view on object detection:

Image Added

And a snapshot with an object detection (the yellow box is the bounding_box in the config file):

Image Added

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:

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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

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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:

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- /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:

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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

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Coral Stick on Linux

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Installing Ubuntu

Docker install

Frigate NVR Install

Docker install

Frigate NVR Install

Coral Stick on Linux