Frigate in Home Assistant – Step-by-Step Setup & Configuration Guide
Frigate in Home Assistant – Step-by-Step Setup & Configuration Guide
This video covers installing the Frigate add-on, configuring frigate.yaml to add IP or USB cameras, and enabling object detection. You’ll also learn how to set up MQTT credentials and add the Frigate HACS integration, which converts detected objects into entities you can use to trigger automations in Home Assistant.
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00:00 – Intro
01:11 – Overview of Frigate
03:52 – Installing Mosquitto Broker
06:22 – Setting up MQTT integration
07:25 – Installing the Frigate add-on
12:58 – Exploring the Frigate add-on interface
19:17 – Adding detailed MQTT config to the Frigate add-on
22:05 – Adding IP cameras
24:40 – Editing frigate.yaml to add an IP camera
30:04 – Increasing CPU cores in Proxmox to boost performance
31:23 – Chat about AI Assist from the Frigate documentation
33:26 – Testing object detection
36:20 – Optional: Adding a USB webcam
38:37 – Editing frigate.yaml to add a USB camera
42:35 – Installing the Frigate HACS integration
46:49 – Creating a sample automation
48:03 – Live demonstration
48:29 – Outro
🔗 Useful Links from This Video:
Frigate add-on Github Repository
https://github.com/blakeblackshear/fr...
How to install HACS in Home Assistant
• How to Install HACS in Home Assistant (Ste...
IP Webcam Android App
https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...
Getting Started
https://docs.frigate.video/guides/get...
Frigate Configuration
https://docs.frigate.video/configurat...
Full Reference Config
https://docs.frigate.video/configurat...
Available Objects
https://docs.frigate.video/configurat...
Object Detectors
https://docs.frigate.video/configurat...
USB Camera
https://docs.frigate.video/configurat...
📁 Full repository (Frigate configs & Node-RED flow):
https://github.com/LazyTechGeek/HomeA...
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