[Config Support]: Face recognition is not working at all #18793

hauserpro · 2025-06-19T16:16:40Z

hauserpro
Jun 19, 2025

Describe the problem you are having

Hi, I upgraded to Frigate version: 0.16-0 and enabled the face recognition by using the face_recognition:
enabled: true
model_size: large

However when I browse to see the recognised faces this is what i see:
"There are no recent face recognition attempts"

I have attached the config, can anyone point out what I am missing please? TIA

Version

0.16.0-1fa7ce5

Frigate config file

############################################################
#############      GLOBAL    SETTINGS          #############
############################################################
version: 0.16-0

#############
### MQTT ####
#############
mqtt:
  host: x.x.x.x
  user: user
  password: password

#############
### FFMPEG ##
#############
ffmpeg:
  hwaccel_args: preset-vaapi
  input_args: preset-rtsp-generic
  output_args:
    record: preset-record-generic-audio-aac

#################
### DETECTORS ###
#################
detectors:
  coral:
    type: edgetpu
    device: pci:0
  # coral1:
  #   type: edgetpu
  #   device: usb
  # coral2:
  #   type: edgetpu
  #   device: pci:1


###############
### OBJECTS ###
###############
objects:
  track:
    - person
    # - car
    # - truck
    - bicycle
    - motorcycle
    - dog
    - cat
    - bird
    - umbrella
  filters:
    person:
      min_area: 5000
      max_area: 100000


#################
### RECORDING ###
#################
record:
  enabled: true
  retain:
    days: 7
    mode: all
  alerts:
    retain:
      days: 60
      mode: motion
  detections:
    retain:
      days: 60
      mode: motion


############################################################
#############      CAMERA    SETTINGS          #############
############################################################


###########  CAMERA  ############
cameras:


######################
### Front Doorbell ###
######################
  Frigate-Front-Doorbell:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        # High Resolution Stream
        - path: rtsp://admin:xxxxx@10.0.0.10:554/h264Preview_09_main
          roles:
            - record
        # Low Resolution Stream
        - path: rtsp://admin:xxxxx@10.0.0.10:554/h264Preview_09_sub
          roles:
            - detect
    detect:
      width: 896
      height: 512
      fps: 10
    zones:
      Zone_Front_Door_Patio:
        coordinates: 0.709,0.717,0.47,0.783,0.493,0.998,0.893,0.999
        loitering_time: 0
    motion:
      mask:
        - 0.659,0,0.664,0.118,0.894,0.125,0.905,0.569,0.779,0.578,0.659,0.677,0.657,0.781,0.766,0.905,0.835,1,0.944,0.995,0.997,0.994,1,0
        - 0.001,0.437,0.363,0.503,0.486,0.634,0.533,0.765,0.528,0.998,0.003,0.999
    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones: Zone_Front_Door_Patio




#########################
### Driveway Doorbell ###
#########################
  Frigate-Driveway-Doorbell:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        # High Resolution Stream
        - path: rtsp://admin:xxxxx@10.0.0.10:554/h264Preview_10_main
          roles:
            - record
        # Low Resolution Stream
        - path: rtsp://admin:xxxxx@10.0.0.10:554/h264Preview_10_sub
          roles:
            - detect
    detect:
      width: 896
      height: 512
      fps: 10
    zones:
      Zone_Driveway_Doorbell:
        coordinates: 0.004,0.005,0.569,0.222,0.577,0.495,0.992,0.585,0.996,0.997,0.004,0.998
        loitering_time: 0
    motion:
      mask: 
        0.679,0.008,0.995,0.006,0.996,0.067,1,0.591,0.681,0.527,0.572,0.531,0.567,0.427,0.555,0.013
    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones: Zone_Driveway_Doorbell




#########################
### Garden Back       ###
#########################
  Frigate-Garden-Back:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        # High Resolution Stream
        - path: rtsp://admin:xxxxx@10.0.0.10:554/h264Preview_01_main
          roles:
            - record
        # Low Resolution Stream
        - path: rtsp://admin:xxxxx@10.0.0.10:554/h264Preview_01_sub
          roles:
            - detect
    detect:
# This also effects what you see on the main Frigate screen
      width: 896
      height: 512
      fps: 10
    zones:
      Zone_Garden_Back:
        coordinates: 0,0,0.725,0.006,0.743,0.207,0.754,0.359,1,0.375,0.998,0.995,0.003,0.994
        loitering_time: 0
        inertia: 3
        objects:
          - person
          - umbrella
    motion:
      mask:
        - 0.571,0,0.571,0.095,0.73,0.099,0.74,0.359,1,0.383,1,0
        - 0.513,0.192,0.723,0.209,0.729,0.295,0.516,0.294
        - 0,0.615,0.114,0.622,0.133,0.992,0.006,0.992
        - 0.171,0.532,0.257,0.533,0.257,0.646,0.177,0.663
    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones: Zone_Garden_Back



#########################
### House Front Left  ###
#########################
  Frigate-House-Front-Left:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        # High Resolution Stream
        - path: rtsp://admin:xxxxx@10.0.0.10:554/h264Preview_05_main
          roles:
            - record
        # Low Resolution Stream
        - path: rtsp://admin:xxxxx@10.0.0.10:554/h264Preview_05_sub
          roles:
            - detect
    detect:
      width: 896
      height: 512
      fps: 10
    zones:
      Zone_House_Front_Left:
        coordinates: 
          0.581,0.992,0.832,0.992,0.978,0.374,0.953,0.298,0.881,0.305,0.837,0.348,0.8,0.378,0.777,0.406,0.752,0.451,0.672,0.632,0.615,0.772,0.577,0.884,0.56,0.961
        loitering_time: 0
    motion:
      mask: 
        0.001,0.002,1,0,1,0.603,0.791,0.483,0.758,0.446,0.656,0.663,0.866,0.854,0.832,1,0,1
    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones: Zone_House_Front_Left




#########################
### Car Right     #######
#########################
  Frigate-Car-Right:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        # High Resolution Stream
        - path: rtsp://admin:xxxxx@10.0.0.10:554/h264Preview_08_main
          roles:
            - record
        # Low Resolution Stream
        - path: rtsp://admin:xxxxx@10.0.0.10:554/h264Preview_08_sub
          roles:
            - detect
    detect:
      width: 896
      height: 512
      fps: 10
    zones:
      Zone_Car_Right:
        coordinates: 0,0.078,0.957,0.08,0.934,0.406,0.996,0.441,0.995,0.989,0.005,0.992
        loitering_time: 0
    motion:
      mask:
        - 0.571,0.004,0.999,0.005,0.997,0.449,0.924,0.402,0.951,0.088,0.571,0.087
        - 0,0.708,0.227,0.606,0.163,0.193,0,0.287
    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones: Zone_Car_Right


#########################
### Car Left      #######
#########################
    objects:
      mask: 0.626,0.296,0.818,0.597,0.656,0.879,0.433,0.489
  Frigate-Car-Left:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        # High Resolution Stream
        - path: rtsp://admin:xxxxx@10.0.0.10:554/h264Preview_04_main
          roles:
            - record
            - audio
        # Low Resolution Stream
        - path: rtsp://admin:xxxxx@10.0.0.10:554/h264Preview_04_sub
          roles:
            - detect
    detect:
      width: 896
      height: 512
      fps: 5
    zones:
      Zone_Car_Left:
        coordinates: 0.061,0.442,0.241,0.407,0.492,0.371,0.812,0.384,0.795,1,0,1,0,0.483
        loitering_time: 0
        inertia: 3
    motion:
      mask: 
        0.001,0,0.997,0.008,0.997,0.993,0.798,0.994,0.81,0.39,0.488,0.38,0.066,0.445,0,0.487
    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones: Zone_Car_Left


#########################
### Garden Right  #######
#########################
  Frigate-Garden-Right:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        # High Resolution Stream
        - path: rtsp://admin:xxxxx@10.0.0.10:554/h264Preview_06_main
          roles:
            - record
            - audio
        # Low Resolution Stream
        - path: rtsp://admin:xxxxx@10.0.0.10:554/h264Preview_06_sub
          roles:
            - detect
    detect:
      width: 896
      height: 512
      fps: 5
    zones:
      Zone_Garden_Right:
        coordinates: 0.003,0.113,0.506,0.016,0.645,0.043,0.693,0.096,0.786,0.102,1,0.252,1,1,0,1
        loitering_time: 0
        inertia: 3
        objects:
          - umbrella
          - person
          - motorcycle
          - dog
          - cat
    motion:
      mask:
        - 0.003,0,0.997,0,0.997,0.25,0.788,0.101,0.695,0.098,0.644,0.04,0.502,0.034,0.114,0.133,0,0.165
        - 0.101,0.559,0.159,0.557,0.187,0.677,0.127,0.709
    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones: Zone_Garden_Right



#########################
### Garage        #######
#########################
  Frigate-Garage:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        # High Resolution Stream
        - path: rtsp://admin:xxxxx@10.0.0.10:554/h264Preview_02_main
          roles:
            - record
        # Low Resolution Stream
        - path: rtsp://admin:xxxxx@10.0.0.10:554/h264Preview_02_sub
          roles:
            - detect
    detect:
      width: 896
      height: 512
      fps: 5
    zones:
      Zone_Garege:
        coordinates: 0.006,0.09,0.997,0.118,0.994,0.994,0.006,0.991
        loitering_time: 0
    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones: Zone_Garege
    motion:
      mask:
        - 0.682,0.027,0.984,0.027,0.985,0.102,0.685,0.105
        - 0.001,0.26,0.19,0.165,0.194,0.197,0.003,0.296
        - 0.246,0.139,0.438,0.086,0.45,0.123,0.25,0.179
        - 0.268,0.521,0.465,0.404,0.474,0.465,0.287,0.592
    objects:
      filters:
        bicycle:
          mask: 0.029,0.479,0.174,0.453,0.244,0.826,0.009,0.912,0,0.497
detect:
  enabled: true
semantic_search:
  enabled: false
  model_size: small
face_recognition:
  enabled: true
  model_size: large
lpr:
  enabled: true
classification:
  bird:
    enabled: false

Relevant Frigate log output

unknown | 2025-06-19 17:00:10 | unknown                               | You have successfully opted out to send the telemetry data.
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:10 | startup                               | Preparing Frigate...
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:10 | startup                               | Starting Frigate...
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:12 | frigate.util.config                   | Checking if frigate config needs migration...
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:12 | frigate.util.config                   | copying config as backup...
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:12 | frigate.util.config                   | Finished frigate config migration...
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:12 | frigate.app                           | Starting Frigate (0.16.0-1fa7ce5)
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:12 | peewee_migrate.logs                   | Starting migrations
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:12 | peewee_migrate.logs                   | There is nothing to migrate
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:12 | frigate.app                           | Recording process started: 341
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:12 | frigate.app                           | Review process started: 352
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:12 | frigate.app                           | go2rtc process pid: 115
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:12 | detector.coral                        | Starting detection process: 363
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:12 | frigate.app                           | Embedding process started: 365
unknown | 2025-06-19 17:00:12 | unknown                               | INFO: Created TensorFlow Lite XNNPACK delegate for CPU.
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:12 | frigate.detectors.plugins.edgetpu_tfl | Attempting to load TPU as pci:0
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:12 | frigate.detectors.plugins.edgetpu_tfl | TPU found
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:12 | frigate.app                           | Output process started: 414
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:13 | frigate.app                           | Camera processor started for Frigate-Front-Doorbell: 530
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:13 | frigate.app                           | Camera processor started for Frigate-Driveway-Doorbell: 537
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:13 | frigate.app                           | Camera processor started for Frigate-Garden-Back: 545
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:13 | frigate.app                           | Camera processor started for Frigate-House-Front-Left: 557
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:13 | frigate.app                           | Camera processor started for Frigate-Car-Right: 566
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:13 | frigate.app                           | Camera processor started for Frigate-Car-Left: 583
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:13 | frigate.app                           | Camera processor started for Frigate-Garden-Right: 589
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:13 | frigate.app                           | Camera processor started for Frigate-Garage: 600
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:13 | frigate.app                           | Capture process started for Frigate-Front-Doorbell: 604
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:13 | frigate.app                           | Capture process started for Frigate-Driveway-Doorbell: 625
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:13 | frigate.app                           | Capture process started for Frigate-Garden-Back: 642
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:13 | frigate.app                           | Capture process started for Frigate-House-Front-Left: 652
unknown | 2025-06-19 17:00:13 | unknown                               | loading data from : /config/model_cache/facedet/landmarkdet.yaml
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:13 | frigate.app                           | Capture process started for Frigate-Car-Right: 665
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:13 | frigate.app                           | Capture process started for Frigate-Car-Left: 675
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:13 | frigate.app                           | Capture process started for Frigate-Garden-Right: 682
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:13 | frigate.app                           | Capture process started for Frigate-Garage: 698
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:23 | frigate.api.fastapi_app               | Starting FastAPI app
info    | 2025-06-19 17:00:23 | frigate.api.fastapi_app               | FastAPI started

Relevant go2rtc log output

please see the full config above.

Frigate stats

No response

Operating system

Proxmox

Install method

Docker Compose

docker-compose file or Docker CLI command

services:
  frigate:
    container_name: frigate
    privileged: true
    restart: unless-stopped
    #image: ghcr.io/blakeblackshear/frigate:stable
    image: ghcr.io/blakeblackshear/frigate:0.16.0-beta2
    shm_size: "800mb" # update for your cameras based on calculation above
    devices:
      - /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb
      - /dev/dri/renderD128 # for intel hwaccel, needs to be updated for your hardware
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - /root/docker:/config
      - /cctv_clips:/media/frigate
      - type: tmpfs # Optional: 1GB of memory, reduces SSD/SD Card wear
        target: /tmp/cache
        tmpfs:
          size: 1000000000
    ports:
      - "8971:8971"
      - "5000:5000" # Internal unauthenticated access. Expose carefully.
      - "8554:8554" # RTSP feeds
      - "8555:8555/tcp" # WebRTC over tcp
      - "8555:8555/udp" # WebRTC over udp
      - "1935:1935" # RTMP feeds
    environment:
      FRIGATE_RTSP_PASSWORD: "password"

Object Detector

Coral

Screenshots of the Frigate UI's System metrics pages

Any other information that may be helpful

No response

NickM-27 · 2025-06-19T16:20:02Z

NickM-27
Jun 19, 2025
Collaborator Sponsor

Have you created any face collections yet?

5 replies

hauserpro Jun 19, 2025
Author

sorry, no. I thought all we had to do was enable the face recognition using the command?
face_recognition:
enabled: true

Can you please point me in direction to the manual which shows how to do that?

hawkeye217 Jun 19, 2025
Collaborator

https://deploy-preview-16390--frigate-docs.netlify.app/configuration/face_recognition#usage

hauserpro Jun 19, 2025
Author

Oh boy, i feel so silly now. So all I had to do was add some images lol.

Thank you for pointing this out. Once I added some images it kicked into life and started seeing some faces on face recognition page.

hauserpro Jun 19, 2025
Author

Before we close this I noticed only one camera is picking up faces for recognition. Do I need to enable it per camera?

hawkeye217 Jun 19, 2025
Collaborator

If you enabled it globally or with the switch in the UI, then no, you don't need to enable it per camera.

You'll want to review the debugging steps in the docs: https://deploy-preview-16390--frigate-docs.netlify.app/configuration/face_recognition/#how-do-i-debug-face-recognition-issues

molnarti · 2025-08-17T09:27:35Z

molnarti
Aug 17, 2025

i am also struggling to figure out how this is supposed to work. i have enabled face recognition in the settings, set up some faces with sample images for training. but:

detection is running on the sub stream which is 896 x 672 big.
on the substream the size of the WHOLE person (not just his face) is approx 100 * 120 pixels
the default minimal threshold for face detection is 500 pixels

So is this aimed for cameras such as doorbells where you expect someone is directly looking into the camera? Because i see no way how to detect faces reliably from the substream on a camera mounted 3 meters high

2 replies

hawkeye217 Aug 17, 2025
Collaborator

No, you should choose a detect resolution that fits your specific scene and requirements.

See the official documentation: https://docs.frigate.video/configuration/face_recognition

Also, see the 0.16 FAQ, Usage question 7.

If you still have issues, you should open your own support discussion.

NickM-27 Aug 17, 2025
Collaborator Sponsor

To be clear, the entire person is 12,000 pixels in area in your example. The face min area is 500, this seems fine, I'm not sure why this is being pointed out as an issue

kanocz · 2026-03-19T14:17:55Z

kanocz
Mar 19, 2026

you can use my fork... PR is not accepted, but I'll try to keep up to date #22529

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[Config Support]: Face recognition is not working at all #18793

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hauserpro Jun 19, 2025

Describe the problem you are having

Version

Frigate config file

Relevant Frigate log output

Relevant go2rtc log output

Frigate stats

Operating system

Install method

docker-compose file or Docker CLI command

Object Detector

Screenshots of the Frigate UI's System metrics pages

Any other information that may be helpful

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