From fe3eb24dfe46e894861c2a2152648c241167fb76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicolas Mowen Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 14:21:18 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Update Reolink support docs (#19887) --- docs/docs/configuration/camera_specific.md | 16 ++++++++-------- docs/docs/configuration/cameras.md | 5 +---- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/docs/configuration/camera_specific.md b/docs/docs/configuration/camera_specific.md index 644054d7a..98bb02c17 100644 --- a/docs/docs/configuration/camera_specific.md +++ b/docs/docs/configuration/camera_specific.md @@ -144,7 +144,13 @@ WEB Digest Algorithm - MD5 ### Reolink Cameras -Reolink has older cameras (ex: 410 & 520) as well as newer camera (ex: 520a & 511wa) which support different subsets of options. In both cases using the http stream is recommended. +Reolink has many different camera models with inconsistently supported features and behavior. The below table shows a summary of various features and recommendations. + +| Camera Resolution | Camera Generation | Recommended Stream Type | Additional Notes | +| 5MP or lower | All | http-flv | Stream is h264 | +| 6MP or higher | Latest (ex: Duo3, CX-8##) | http-flv with ffmpeg 8.0, or rtsp | This uses the new http-flv-enhanced over H265 which requires ffmpeg 8.0 | +| 6MP or higher | Older (ex: RLC-8##) | rtsp | | + Frigate works much better with newer reolink cameras that are setup with the below options: If available, recommended settings are: @@ -157,12 +163,6 @@ According to [this discussion](https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/issues Cameras connected via a Reolink NVR can be connected with the http stream, use `channel[0..15]` in the stream url for the additional channels. The setup of main stream can be also done via RTSP, but isn't always reliable on all hardware versions. The example configuration is working with the oldest HW version RLN16-410 device with multiple types of cameras. -:::warning - -The below configuration only works for reolink cameras with stream resolution of 5MP or lower, 8MP+ cameras need to use RTSP as http-flv is not supported in this case. - -::: - ```yaml go2rtc: streams: @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ To use a USB camera (webcam) with Frigate, the recommendation is to use go2rtc's go2rtc: streams: usb_camera: - - "ffmpeg:device?video=0&video_size=1024x576#video=h264" + - "ffmpeg:device?video=0&video_size=1024x576#video=h264" cameras: usb_camera: diff --git a/docs/docs/configuration/cameras.md b/docs/docs/configuration/cameras.md index 41b15d637..d6a8915c3 100644 --- a/docs/docs/configuration/cameras.md +++ b/docs/docs/configuration/cameras.md @@ -107,10 +107,7 @@ This list of working and non-working PTZ cameras is based on user feedback. | Hanwha XNP-6550RH | ✅ | ❌ | | | Hikvision | ✅ | ❌ | Incomplete ONVIF support (MoveStatus won't update even on latest firmware) - reported with HWP-N4215IH-DE and DS-2DE3304W-DE, but likely others | | Hikvision DS-2DE3A404IWG-E/W | ✅ | ✅ | | -| Reolink 511WA | ✅ | ❌ | Zoom only | -| Reolink E1 Pro | ✅ | ❌ | | -| Reolink E1 Zoom | ✅ | ❌ | | -| Reolink RLC-823A 16x | ✅ | ❌ | | +| Reolink | ✅ | ❌ | | | Speco O8P32X | ✅ | ❌ | | | Sunba 405-D20X | ✅ | ❌ | Incomplete ONVIF support reported on original, and 4k models. All models are suspected incompatable. | | Tapo | ✅ | ❌ | Many models supported, ONVIF Service Port: 2020 |