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softwareAugust 17, 20268 min readRTSPLink Dev Team

Frigate NVR RTSP Stream Optimization & Coral TPU Guide

Optimize dual-stream RTSP setups in Frigate NVR to achieve 100+ FPS object detection with minimal CPU load.

#Frigate NVR#Coral TPU#Object Detection#VAAPI#Docker
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#1Separating Detect and Record Streams

In Frigate config.yml, always bind the low-resolution sub-stream (e.g. 640x360) for AI detection and the full 4K main-stream for recording. You can generate separate main and sub-stream URLs with our IP Camera RTSP URL Builder:

Frigate config.yml
mqtt:
  host: 192.168.1.5

cameras:
  front_door:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        # Detect stream (Sub-stream)
        - path: rtsp://admin:pass@192.168.1.120:554/h264Preview_01_sub
          roles:
            - detect
        # Record stream (Main-stream)
        - path: rtsp://admin:pass@192.168.1.120:554/h264Preview_01_main
          roles:
            - record
    detect:
      width: 640
      height: 360
      fps: 5

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