[Support]: /tmp/cache fills without emptying automatically #11067

Pinez83 · 2024-04-22T14:07:00Z

Pinez83
Apr 22, 2024

Describe the problem you are having

Hi everyone, I've noticed that tmp/cache tends to fill up without emptying itself. I've already increased the disk space a few times, but there seems to be a different problem.

I use frigate with portainer on proxmox

Version

0.13.2-6476F8A

Frigate config file

mqtt:
  host: 192.168.0.56
  user: pinez
  password: xxx
  topic_prefix: frigate
  client_id: frigate

go2rtc:
  streams:
    Giardino_sub:
      - rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554/h264Preview_01_sub
      - "ffmpeg:Giardino#audio=opus"
    Giardino_main:
      - rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554/h264Preview_01_main
      - "ffmpeg:Giardino#audio=opus"



cameras:
  Ingresso:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554/live2.sdp
          roles:
            - detect
        - path: rtsp://admin:[email protected]/live1.sdp
          roles:
            - record
      hwaccel_args: -c:v h264_qsv
    rtmp:
      enabled: false
    detect:
      width: 480
      height: 272
      fps: 7
    motion:
      mask:
        - 265,87,311,92,319,55,269,51
    objects:
      track:
        - person
        - bicycle
        - dog
        - cat
        - car
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      bounding_box: true
  Garage:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://admin:[email protected]:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=1&unicast=true&proto=Onvif
          roles:
            - detect
        - path: rtsp://admin:[email protected]/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=00&authbasic=YWRtaW46TDI4NUYxNjQ=
          roles:
            - record
      hwaccel_args: -c:v h264_qsv
    rtmp:
      enabled: false
    detect:
      width: 640
      height: 480
      fps: 15
    objects:
      track:
        - person
        - bicycle
        - dog
        - cat
        - car
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      bounding_box: true
  Giardino:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Giardino_main?video=copy&audio=aac
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/Giardino_sub?video=copy&audio=aac
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
      output_args:
        record: -f segment -segment_time 60 -segment_format mp4 -reset_timestamps 1 -strftime 1 -c copy
    detect:
       width: 1536
       height: 576
       fps: 15
    motion:
      mask:
        - 0,0,388,0,0,504
        - 1536,0,1536,322,1384,440,1067,0
    objects:
      track:
        - person
        - dog
        - cat
        - car
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      bounding_box: true
  Sala:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://admin:[email protected]/Streaming/Channels/2
          roles:
            - detect
        - path: rtsp://admin:[email protected]/HighResolutionVideo
          roles:
            - record
      hwaccel_args: -c:v h264_qsv
    rtmp:
      enabled: false
    detect:
      width: 352
      height: 240
      fps: 15
    objects:
      track:
        - person
        - dog
        - cat
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      bounding_box: true
birdseye:
  enabled: True
  mode: continuous
detectors:
  coral:
    type: edgetpu
    device: usb
record:
  enabled: True
  events:
    retain:
      default: 10
database:
  path: /media/frigate/db/frigate.db

Relevant log output

2024-04-22 13:30:55.040393987  [INFO] Preparing Frigate...
2024-04-22 13:30:55.146665175  [INFO] Starting Frigate...
2024-04-22 13:30:59.418192086  [2024-04-22 13:30:59] frigate.app                    INFO    : Starting Frigate (0.13.2-6476f8a)
2024-04-22 13:30:59.508296829  [2024-04-22 13:30:59] peewee_migrate.logs            INFO    : Starting migrations
2024-04-22 13:30:59.532337595  [2024-04-22 13:30:59] peewee_migrate.logs            INFO    : There is nothing to migrate
2024-04-22 13:30:59.532944279  [2024-04-22 13:30:59] frigate.app                    INFO    : Running database vacuum
2024-04-22 13:31:06.297069174  [2024-04-22 13:31:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Recording process started: 298
2024-04-22 13:31:06.300139864  [2024-04-22 13:31:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : go2rtc process pid: 87
2024-04-22 13:31:06.330572640  [2024-04-22 13:31:06] detector.coral                 INFO    : Starting detection process: 307
2024-04-22 13:31:06.337309636  [2024-04-22 13:31:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Output process started: 309
2024-04-22 13:31:06.358061870  [2024-04-22 13:31:06] frigate.detectors.plugins.edgetpu_tfl INFO    : Attempting to load TPU as usb
2024-04-22 13:31:06.736953626  [2024-04-22 13:31:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for Ingresso: 356
2024-04-22 13:31:06.744081631  [2024-04-22 13:31:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for Garage: 361
2024-04-22 13:31:06.757147451  [2024-04-22 13:31:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for Giardino: 363
2024-04-22 13:31:06.759484790  [2024-04-22 13:31:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for Sala: 365
2024-04-22 13:31:06.767617607  [2024-04-22 13:31:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for Ingresso: 368
2024-04-22 13:31:06.776498209  [2024-04-22 13:31:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for Garage: 371
2024-04-22 13:31:06.786937042  [2024-04-22 13:31:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for Giardino: 375
2024-04-22 13:31:06.798431016  [2024-04-22 13:31:06] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for Sala: 383
2024-04-22 13:31:09.042802525  [2024-04-22 13:31:09] frigate.detectors.plugins.edgetpu_tfl INFO    : TPU found

FFprobe output from your camera

Frigate stats

No response

Operating system

Proxmox

Install method

Docker Compose

Coral version

USB

Network connection

Wired

Camera make and model

Hikvision, Reolink, D-link

Any other information that may be helpful

No response

Answered by NickM-27

Apr 30, 2024

https://docs.frigate.video/frigate/installation#storage

it is shown in the docs, a tmpfs volume should be added

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NickM-27 · 2024-04-22T14:13:30Z

NickM-27
Apr 22, 2024
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We'd need to see what the contents of the folder actually are.

Also, your hwaccel args should not be manual args but rather a preset

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Pinez83 · 2024-04-22T14:23:51Z

Pinez83
Apr 22, 2024
Author

We'd need to see what the contents of the folder actually are.

Also, your hwaccel args should not be manual args but rather a preset

Thank you for the reply. I admit that I am quite ignorant, so I ask you some questions related to what you say:

I don't know how to see the contents of the folder, in the LXC of proxmox, searching through the Console, the /tmp folder exists, but it doesn't have the /cache folder inside it... while in portainer I don't know where to look.
regarding the hwaccel args, I confess that I copied that part of the configuration online without understanding it, and then left it like that since everything seems to work. What do you recommend me to do?

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NickM-27 · 2024-04-22T15:36:26Z

NickM-27
Apr 22, 2024
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You need to get a shell in the frigate container to view it
I'd suggest using preset-vaapi https://docs.frigate.video/configuration/hardware_acceleration/#via-vaapi

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Pinez83 Apr 23, 2024
Author

I can launch a Shell on proxmox, but I only see portainer (which contains frigate inside). How can I throw a Shell inside portainer to see inside frigate?
I'll try immediately and let you know

NickM-27 Apr 23, 2024
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inside the portainer lxc run docker exec -it /bin/bash frigate

Pinez83 · 2024-04-29T15:04:58Z

Pinez83
Apr 29, 2024
Author

With
docker exec -it frigate /bin/bash
I was able to see the tmp folder. Inside I have the following files
Garage@20240426185005+0000.mp4 Ingresso@20240426185004+0000.mp4
Giardino@20240426184954+0000.mp4 Sala@20240426185010+0000.mp4

the first word of each title is the name of one of the 4 cameras

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NickM-27 Apr 29, 2024
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that's all the files though? what are the sizes?

Pinez83 · 2024-04-29T15:14:05Z

Pinez83
Apr 29, 2024
Author

that's all the files though? what are the sizes?

I noticed that the files change every 5-6 seconds, for example
Garage@20240429151140+0000.mp4 Garage@20240429151152+0000.mp4 Giardino@20240429151126+0000.mp4 Ingresso@20240429151146+0000.mp4

and 5 second later
Garage@20240429151140+0000.mp4 Giardino@20240429151126+0000.mp4 Ingresso@20240429151156+0000.mp4
Garage@20240429151152+0000.mp4 Ingresso@20240429151146+0000.mp4

I have no idea how to understand the file sizes and how I can see if there is anything else, unfortunately I only know the "ls" command

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NickM-27 Apr 29, 2024
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you can run ls -a

but really this needs to be run when you are having issues. Right now it is emptying correctly

Pinez83 · 2024-04-29T15:28:57Z

Pinez83
Apr 29, 2024
Author

Ok...so why does the folder continue to fill up and is it always full even though I increase the size of the dedicated space?

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NickM-27 Apr 29, 2024
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what makes you think it is full? it looks like there are just a few files in there based on what you showed above

Pinez83 · 2024-04-29T15:40:34Z

Pinez83
Apr 29, 2024
Author

what makes you think it is full? it looks like there are just a few files in there based on what you showed above

As you can see, on proxmox the space occupancy is more than 90%. A month ago the space I had granted was only 6 GB and I had the same problem, so I increased but the problem returned

inside the storage section on frigate, then, I saw that the problem is in the tmp folder...that's why I came to that deduction

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NickM-27 Apr 29, 2024
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you should run du -h /tmp/cache/* and df -h and paste those here

Pinez83 · 2024-04-29T15:57:05Z

Pinez83
Apr 29, 2024
Author

you should run du -h /tmp/cache/* and df -h and paste those here

du -h /tmp/cache/*
260K /tmp/cache/Garage@20240429155531+0000.mp4
4.8M /tmp/cache/Giardino@20240429155526+0000.mp4
5.1M /tmp/cache/Ingresso@20240429155526+0000.mp4
1.3M /tmp/cache/Ingresso@20240429155536+0000.mp4

df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
overlay 12G 12G 133M 99% /
tmpfs 64M 0 64M 0% /dev
shm 1.0G 14M 1011M 2% /dev/shm
/dev/mapper/pve-vm--107--disk--0 12G 12G 133M 99% /config
//192.168.0.44/Frigate/clips 6.4T 177G 6.2T 3% /media/frigate/clips
//192.168.0.44/Frigate/recordings 6.4T 177G 6.2T 3% /media/frigate/recordings
none 492K 4.0K 488K 1% /dev/bus/usb
udev 3.8G 0 3.8G 0% /dev/bus/usb/002

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NickM-27 Apr 29, 2024
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it looks like you don't have a /tmp/cache mount to memory like it should be

Pinez83 Apr 29, 2024
Author

do you mean on Portainer?

NickM-27 Apr 29, 2024
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yes

Pinez83 · 2024-04-30T07:58:29Z

Pinez83
Apr 30, 2024
Author

yes

I just checked the volumes mapped by frigate on portainer and in fact it isn't there. How can I do to resolve it?

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NickM-27 Apr 30, 2024
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https://docs.frigate.video/frigate/installation#storage

it is shown in the docs, a tmpfs volume should be added

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[Support]: /tmp/cache fills without emptying automatically #11067

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FFprobe output from your camera

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Install method

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Network connection

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