[Support]: Performance issues in Firefox

[h3x1e]

Describe the problem you are having

With the recent update (from what I can remember) when viewing streams either within the Frigate Web UI (mse) or within the Frigate-Card for Home Assistant (go2rtc live view provider) I seem to be getting performance issues.

When live viewing a camera my GPU (or CPU if Hawardware Aceleration is off) ramps up to 3D clock speeds (1905MHz) drawing 113 watts of power and causes Firefox to become slugish, making other video (Youtube / Twitch) to drop frames until I stop viewing the camera.

The issue does not seem to happen on Edge Browser, using Hardware Acceleraction GPU doesnt ramp stays at 2D clocks and 46 watts power draw.

Version

0.13.2-6476f8a

Frigate config file

mqtt:
  enabled: true
  host: 192.168.0.27
  port: 1883
  user: {username}
  password: {password}
  topic_prefix: frigate

ffmpeg:
  hwaccel_args: preset-vaapi

detectors:
  coral:
    type: edgetpu
    device: usb

record:
  enabled: true
  events:
    retain:
      default: 30
      mode: motion

snapshots:
  enabled: true
  timestamp: true
  retain:
    default: 30

detect:
  enabled: true
  width: 1280
  height: 720
  fps: 5
  stationary:
    interval: 100
    threshold: 50

motion:
  threshold: 40
  
timestamp_style:
  position: bl

go2rtc:
  streams:
    front:
      - rtsp://{USERNAME}:{FRIGATE_RTSP_PASSWORD}@192.168.0.30/stream1      
    front_low:
      - rtsp://{USERNAME}:{FRIGATE_RTSP_PASSWORD}@192.168.0.30/stream2          
    cat_cam:
      - rtsp://{USERNAME}:{FRIGATE_RTSP_PASSWORD}@192.168.0.31/stream1      
    cat_cam_low:
      - rtsp://{USERNAME}:{FRIGATE_RTSP_PASSWORD}@192.168.0.31/stream2

cameras:
  front:
    ffmpeg:        
      inputs:
      - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/front
        input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
        roles:
          - record
      - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/front_low
        input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
        roles:
          - detect      

  cat_cam:
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
      - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/cat_cam
        input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
        roles:
          - record
      - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/cat_cam_low
        input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
        roles:
          - detect
    objects:
      track:
        - person
        - cat
        - dog
      filters:
        person:
          mask:
            - 1194,359,1173,541,1114,720,957,712,989,585,1001,513,1027,463,1064,388,1114,352

Relevant log output

2024-05-08 10:52:08.959308349  [INFO] Preparing Frigate...
2024-05-08 10:52:08.982422516  [INFO] Starting Frigate...
2024-05-08 10:52:10.063390633  [2024-05-08 10:52:10] frigate.app                    INFO    : Starting Frigate (0.13.2-6476f8a)
2024-05-08 10:52:10.097410688  [2024-05-08 10:52:10] peewee_migrate.logs            INFO    : Starting migrations
2024-05-08 10:52:10.101408775  [2024-05-08 10:52:10] peewee_migrate.logs            INFO    : There is nothing to migrate
2024-05-08 10:52:10.106332376  [2024-05-08 10:52:10] frigate.app                    INFO    : Recording process started: 296
2024-05-08 10:52:10.108655869  [2024-05-08 10:52:10] frigate.app                    INFO    : go2rtc process pid: 89
2024-05-08 10:52:10.132879482  [2024-05-08 10:52:10] detector.coral                 INFO    : Starting detection process: 306
2024-05-08 10:52:12.780128786  [2024-05-08 10:52:10] frigate.app                    INFO    : Output process started: 308
2024-05-08 10:52:12.780265827  [2024-05-08 10:52:10] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for front: 316
2024-05-08 10:52:12.780497740  [2024-05-08 10:52:10] frigate.app                    INFO    : Camera processor started for cat_cam: 317
2024-05-08 10:52:12.780662277  [2024-05-08 10:52:10] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for front: 319
2024-05-08 10:52:12.780869190  [2024-05-08 10:52:10] frigate.app                    INFO    : Capture process started for cat_cam: 322
2024-05-08 10:52:12.787406760  [2024-05-08 10:52:10] frigate.detectors.plugins.edgetpu_tfl INFO    : Attempting to load TPU as usb
2024-05-08 10:52:12.787953805  [2024-05-08 10:52:12] frigate.detectors.plugins.edgetpu_tfl INFO    : TPU found
2024-05-08 10:52:57.135079258  [2024-05-08 10:52:57] frigate.comms.dispatcher       INFO    : Turning off detection for cat_cam

FFprobe output from your camera

Ffprobe Output
Stream 0:
Return Code: 0

Video:

Codec: H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10
Resolution: 2560x1440
FPS: 15/1

Stream 1:
Return Code: 0

Video:

Frigate stats

No response

Operating system

Debian

Install method

Docker Compose

Coral version

USB

Network connection

Wired

Camera make and model

Tapo C320WS

Any other information that may be helpful

Everything seems fine with my config, everything loads and plays as eexpected apart from this issue in Firefox when live viewing any camera. I have also tried a fresh install of Firefox in case it was an addon causing the issue but nothing changed.

[NickM-27]

are you talking about the GPU on the client or the host? this sounds like a firefox issue decoding the streams

[h3x1e]

Firefox on the Client, yeah. It's weird because I cant remember / didnt notice it happening before the recent Frigate update, but I might be wrong, and there hasnt been a firefox update for a bit iirc.

[noloboy]

Did you ever figure this out? Whenever I use Firefox or any firefox based browsers like Waterfox while viewing the main page or homepage of Frigate (I use v.14) - my Desktop PC uses 35% of CPU usage just for the browser. Viewing the exact same thing in Chrome is like 2%.

So my PC tends to spin up all the fans when viewing Frigate homepage.

I have Unifi Protect which also has the exact same cameras, and viewing all cameras on the Protect web page is fine.

[h3x1e]

na it's still happening, as Nick said it's probably a Firefox issue.
I've just been using go2rtc in Home Assistant with Frigate Cards, as a workaround.