Capturing to NAS

[TheSimTek]

I have been using Frigate for a year now and had it recording to my NAS without issues. Recently I noticed that after an update it has been writing files directly on my HA OS NUC and has filled up the drive.

The frigate.yml file used to be in the configuration folder, now it has migrated to addon_configs/ccab4aaf_frigate and uses a config.yml file now. Here is the part where it used to write to my NAS which is correctly configured as extra storage in HA.

database:
path: /config/frigate.db

HA storage path is
192.168.1.100/exdrive:frigate

Hope someone can direct me as to what to fix to have this writing externally again. Thank you.

[inkeep-ai-assistant[bot]]

\The database path you've configured only controls where the SQLite database file is stored, not where recordings are saved(1). Recordings are written to /media/frigate/recordings by default(2)(3).

For the Home Assistant Add-on, you need to configure network storage for media through Home Assistant's storage settings, not in the Frigate config file itself(2). The Add-on has important limitations - you cannot define separate local storage for media directly(2).

To fix your issue:

1. Set up network storage in Home Assistant following the network storage guide referenced in the documentation(2)

2. Do not try to modify the recording paths in your config.yml - the file structure at /media/frigate/recordings cannot be modified and isn't intended to be managed manually(2)

3. Your database path (/config/frigate.db) is correct for the database file, but this doesn't control where recordings go(1)

The migration from frigate.yml to addon_configs/ccab4aaf_frigate/config.yml is expected - the configuration file location for the Add-on is at /addon_configs/<addon_directory>/config.yml(2).

Since you mentioned this worked before an update, the change likely relates to how Home Assistant manages the Add-on's storage. You'll need to reconfigure your network storage mapping in Home Assistant's settings to point the Add-on's /media/frigate directory to your NAS at 192.168.1.100/exdrive:frigate.

📚 Sources:

1. Full Reference Config
2. Installation
3. Recording

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[TheSimTek]

do i need to add this to the config.yml

media_dir: /media/frigate
database:
path: /config/frigate.db

[NickM-27]

In home assistant OS the paths are handled for you, you should not override the database path.

[TheSimTek]

ok, I have left it with Frigate storage as per ip address above. will restart everything and check. no changes to config.yml

[TheSimTek]

checked HA storage and I can see the frigate share. it is still writing recordings to the media folder. Any ideas on how to correct this?

[NickM-27]

If you follow the directions correctly in the docs then that is correct, the media folder is linked to the NAS

[TheSimTek]

Thanks Nick. I believe have followed the instructions as it worked for the past year. Perhaps it's a HA update issue. Will look into remapping the drive

[TheSimTek]

I have formatted the shared drive and recreated the media folder for "frigate" in Home Assistant's network storage. It creates the required folder in the media directory but does not bind it to the NAS. All recordings are still occurring locally and not on the network drive.
Hopefully someone smarter than me can shed some light on this as it stopped working 26 January which would have been either a HA update or Frigate.

[TheSimTek]

This can now be closed. I cannot answer how it was resolved but after recreating the steps above, that is, new share and rebooting HA and the NAS the recordings are now following the path. It stopped working over a month ago and is now working again with the latest HA and Frigate installs.