diff --git a/frigate/config.py b/frigate/config.py
index 5cf8b2da4..6d0342d98 100644
--- a/frigate/config.py
+++ b/frigate/config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import asyncio
 import json
 import logging
 import os
@@ -46,9 +45,9 @@ from frigate.util.builtin import (
     get_ffmpeg_arg_list,
     load_config_with_no_duplicates,
 )
-from frigate.util.config import get_relative_coordinates
+from frigate.util.config import StreamInfoRetriever, get_relative_coordinates
 from frigate.util.image import create_mask
-from frigate.util.services import auto_detect_hwaccel, get_video_properties
+from frigate.util.services import auto_detect_hwaccel
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -73,6 +72,9 @@ DEFAULT_DETECTORS = {"cpu": {"type": "cpu"}}
 DEFAULT_DETECT_DIMENSIONS = {"width": 1280, "height": 720}
 DEFAULT_TIME_LAPSE_FFMPEG_ARGS = "-vf setpts=0.04*PTS -r 30"
 
+# stream info handler
+stream_info_retriever = StreamInfoRetriever()
+
 
 class FrigateBaseModel(BaseModel):
     model_config = ConfigDict(extra="forbid", protected_namespaces=())
@@ -1416,7 +1418,7 @@ class FrigateConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
                 if need_detect_dimensions or need_record_fourcc:
                     stream_info = {"width": 0, "height": 0, "fourcc": None}
                     try:
-                        stream_info = asyncio.run(get_video_properties(input.path))
+                        stream_info = stream_info_retriever.get_stream_info(input.path)
                     except Exception:
                         logger.warn(
                             f"Error detecting stream parameters automatically for {input.path} Applying default values."
diff --git a/frigate/util/config.py b/frigate/util/config.py
index df2d0c1f1..6f66a5992 100644
--- a/frigate/util/config.py
+++ b/frigate/util/config.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """configuration utils."""
 
+import asyncio
 import logging
 import os
 import shutil
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ from typing import Optional, Union
 from ruamel.yaml import YAML
 
 from frigate.const import CONFIG_DIR, EXPORT_DIR
+from frigate.util.services import get_video_properties
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -194,3 +196,16 @@ def get_relative_coordinates(
         return mask
 
     return mask
+
+
+class StreamInfoRetriever:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.stream_cache: dict[str, tuple[int, int]] = {}
+
+    def get_stream_info(self, path: str) -> str:
+        if path in self.stream_cache:
+            return self.stream_cache[path]
+
+        info = asyncio.run(get_video_properties(path))
+        self.stream_cache[path] = info
+        return info