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Struggle with Frigate config for low CPU usage

Hi

I tried two options so far:

  1. Install Frigate on my QNAP-453D NAS (J4125/UHD 600) as container app. The issue is that CPU usage spikes when detection is enabled and I have to set

    detector: cpu1: cpu

If I use

detectors: 
  ov: 
    type: openvino 
    device: CPU OR GPU

The Frigate will go into endless crash/reboot

  1. Install Frigate on my Mini PC, AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6850H (Radeon 680M). The miniPC is installed with Windows 11 Pro, then WSL for the Frigate container. I end up with a similar situation where I cannot use the GPU.

I didn't try to install Ubuntu on MiniPC then frigate on Ubuntu for miniPC

I am struggling so much with these two machines, and am unhappy to see a high CPU load, but the GPU load is 0

Can I get some instructions here to get the GPU used to low CPU load?

Posted Mar 14, 2026, 12:16 AM UTC

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