Frigate NVR Updates: GPU Performance and UI Improvements

Six pull requests were merged focusing on Intel GPU statistics, multi-GPU OpenVINO support, internationalization fixes, and API access controls. Notable improvements include better hardware monitoring and configuration management.

Duration: PT1M48S

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This episode is a short developer briefing from Frigate NVR Updates.

It explains recent repository work in plain language.

  • Show: Frigate NVR Updates
  • Published: 2026-05-14T10:03:01Z
  • Audio duration: PT1M48S

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Good morning, this is your Frigate NVR Updates for May 14th, 2026.

Six pull requests were merged yesterday with significant improvements across hardware acceleration and user interface components.

Nicolas Mowen merged "Improve Intel Stats," implementing per-GPU statistics collection for Intel hardware. This update adds a new intel_gpu_info module and enhances device naming for better monitoring of multi-GPU Intel setups.

Aaron Daubman merged a critical fix for multi-GPU OpenVINO detection in enrichments. The fix resolves an issue where face recognition and semantic search would fall back to CPU-only processing on systems with multiple GPUs, as OpenVINO reports devices as "GPU.0" and "GPU.1" rather than just "GPU."

Josh Hawkins merged two substantial updates. The first implements API access improvements, restricting viewer access to logs and labels while adding role-based filtering for statistics data. The second contains miscellaneous fixes including improved scroll handling, profile array override corrections, and better…

ZhaiSoul merged internationalization fixes addressing embedding time locales and settings translations. The update improves text display across multiple UI…

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