".recycle" folder is taking up a bunch of space on disk

[thedead]

How can I setup the config file to avoid this problem?

[inkeep-ai-assistant[bot]]

The .recycle folder isn't a Frigate-specific folder, but rather appears to be created by your operating system or NAS storage system (like Synology). Frigate doesn't create or manage a .recycle folder.

However, if you're experiencing storage issues with Frigate recordings, you can configure retention policies to control how much disk space recordings consume. Here are the key configuration options:

Configure recording retention by days:

record:
  enabled: True
  continuous:
    days: 3
  motion:
    days: 7
  alerts:
    retain:
      days: 30
      mode: motion
  detections:
    retain:
      days: 30
      mode: motion

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Enable automatic cleanup when storage is low:

As of Frigate 0.12, if there is less than an hour left of storage, the oldest 2 hours of recordings will be deleted automatically(1).

Adjust cleanup frequency:

record:
  enabled: True
  expire_interval: 60

(1)

The expire_interval setting controls how many minutes to wait between cleanup runs, which can reduce the frequency of deleting recording segments from disk if you want to minimize I/O(1).

Note: Currently, Frigate only supports time-based retention (days), not size-based retention. There is an open feature request for configurable retention by size(2), but this functionality is not yet available in the current stable version.

To address your .recycle folder issue specifically, you'll need to check your NAS or operating system settings to disable the recycle bin feature or configure it to auto-empty.

📚 Sources:

1. Recording
2. Feature Request - Configurable Retention By Size

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[thedead]

Thank you, I'm so dumb :)