remove deprecated max_seconds config option

docs/docs/configuration/index.md

@@ -278,10 +278,6 @@ record:
     mode: all
   # Optional: Event recording settings
   events:
-    # Optional: Maximum length of time to retain video during long events. (default: shown below)
-    # NOTE: If an object is being tracked for longer than this amount of time, the retained recordings
-    #       will be the last x seconds of the event unless retain->days under record is > 0.
-    max_seconds: 300
     # Optional: Number of seconds before the event to include (default: shown below)
     pre_capture: 5
     # Optional: Number of seconds after the event to include (default: shown below)

frigate/config.py

@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ class RetainConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
 
 
 class EventsConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
-    max_seconds: int = Field(default=300, title="Maximum event duration.")
     pre_capture: int = Field(default=5, title="Seconds to retain before event starts.")
     post_capture: int = Field(default=5, title="Seconds to retain after event ends.")
     required_zones: List[str] = Field(

frigate/record.py

@@ -377,16 +377,11 @@ class RecordingCleanup(threading.Thread):
         logger.debug("Start all cameras.")
         for camera, config in self.config.cameras.items():
             logger.debug(f"Start camera: {camera}.")
-            # When deleting recordings without events, we have to keep at LEAST the configured max clip duration
-            min_end = (
-                datetime.datetime.now()
-                - datetime.timedelta(seconds=config.record.events.max_seconds)
-            ).timestamp()
+            # Get the timestamp for cutoff of retained days
             expire_days = config.record.retain.days
-            expire_before = (
+            expire_date = (
                 datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(days=expire_days)
             ).timestamp()
-            expire_date = min(min_end, expire_before)
 
             # Get recordings to check for expiration
             recordings: Recordings = (