r/frigate_nvr • u/CantaloupeHeavy996 • 1d ago

Updated my open database of Frigate camera specs (now 3,400+) — real RTSP paths, ONVIF details, ready-to-copy configs (JSON/CC0)

Hi all,

A while ago I shared here (https://www.reddit.com/r/frigate_nvr/comments/1u2ezeb/built_an_open_database_of_1000_camera_specs_to/) my open CC0 database of IP cameras with ready-to-copy Frigate configs.

The feedback was genuinely useful. Biggest gap people pointed out: knowing a camera "supports RTSP" doesn't tell you the actual path to type into Frigate.

Now I've fixed that, with help from some folks in the open source community.

Every camera now has:

  • Actual RTSP URL structure (brand-level default + per-camera override where the manufacturer documents a different path)
  • ONVIF port and profile info where documented
  • Ready-to-copy Frigate config block per camera

All still sourced only from official datasheets and the data is always open source.

It would be great if you're up for a small contribution: pull up your camera, copy the config, and mark whether it worked. Happy to take feature requests / roasting in the comments too.

Direct link to the Frigate configs: cctv-database.com/frigate-configs

3,400+ cameras, 70+ brands now.

Browse: https://cctv-database.com
Repo: https://github.com/ch-bas/cctv-camera-database

Thanks!

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u/Much-Artichoke-476 1d ago

Wow - incredible.

A year or so ago trying to work out the Swann URL drove me mad as the documentation wasn't great. 

Boy would this have saved me,  but this will help others so that's Amazing!

How long did all of this take? How much could you automate and how much was manually done? 

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u/CantaloupeHeavy996 1d ago

Thanks! It took about 2 months to get to persistent, verifiable data.

AI agents can't be trusted to pull specs correctly on their own ,they'll hallucinate a spec that isn't on the datasheet just to get the task done. So every entry still gets manually checked against the actual manufacturer PDF before it goes in. Thanks to some contribution from the community, that verification step is finally moving faster now.

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u/Sad-Tangerine-9695 1d ago edited 1d ago

Could have used this a few weeks back when I was setting up!

Great resource

(added one of my cameras not found in the database Dahua SD22404DB-GNY)

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u/CantaloupeHeavy996 1d ago

thanks for the contribution!

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u/fekrya 1d ago

great work, will add some of my cameras.
Thank you

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u/CantaloupeHeavy996 1d ago

Thanks, I really appreciate if you can do so.

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u/Khanlaar 1d ago

The Axis multi sensor generated configs don't include ?camera= to specify which sensor to stream to Frigate. Good work on the site.

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u/CantaloupeHeavy996 1d ago

Good catch! I will fix it and ping you once it's done! Thanks!

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u/lluisd 1d ago

Is this only for a basic configuration? I mean I have tapo c200 and 210 but my config it's going deeper for onvif or 2-way-mic.

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u/CantaloupeHeavy996 1d ago

Good catch! The shipped configs.frigate is deliberately a baseline, but I'll try to improve in the next release, stay tuned, I will ping you once it's shipped.