Home Assistant + Frigate Facial Recognition
In this video, I’ll show you how to enable and configure Frigate’s built-in Facial Recognition feature — from uploading faces and fine-tuning detection settings, to testing recognition accuracy and creating automations that trigger when specific people are detected.
This is Part 3 of the Frigate series. You can watch Part 1 and 2 here:
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⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 – Intro
01:45 – Enable Facial Recognition
04:23 – Upload a Face
05:54 – Test Facial Recognition
08:44 – Optimising Facial Recognition
14:09 – Last Recognized Plate (maybe “Person” if that’s what you meant?)
15:28 – Create Demo Automation
17:56 – Live Demo
18:46 – Outro
📁 Full repository:
https://github.com/LazyTechGeek/HomeA...
🔗 Useful Links from This Video:
Enabling RTSP on Reolink Cameras
https://github.com/LazyTechGeek/HomeA...
Frigate Updating
https://docs.frigate.video/frigate/up...
Face Recognition
https://docs.frigate.video/configurat...
Hardware Acceleration Enrichments
https://docs.frigate.video/configurat...
Frigate Recording
https://docs.frigate.video/configurat...
Frigate Installation Guide
https://docs.frigate.video/frigate/in...
🎵 MUSIC USED IN THIS VIDEO
Intro Track: Powerful Action Rock Trailer
🎤 Artist: RocknStock
🎧 Source: Pixabay
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