Camera groups

A camera group is a named set of cameras, such as Outside or Doors, that the Cameras tab can show on its own. Groups belong to your server: they’re Frigate’s own camera groups, saved in its configuration, so they’re the same in Fregata Mobile, in Frigate’s web interface, and for everyone who uses the server. Everyone on your server

Show a group

Tap the title at the top of the Cameras tab, Cameras ⌄, and choose a group. The tab shows only its cameras, in the group’s own order, and its title becomes the group’s name. All cameras shows everything again. The Recent Alerts strip follows the group too.

Any account can show a group. The menu is only there once the server has a group, or for an administrator, who can make one.

Make or change a group

Creating, editing and deleting groups needs an administrator account. Needs an administrator

1. On the Cameras tab, tap the title and choose New Group…, or show a group and choose Edit “Outside”….
2. Give it a Name and pick an Icon.
3. Under Other cameras, tap + beside each camera to add it.
4. Drag the handles under In this group to set the order.
5. Tap Save.

Cancel

Save

Edit Group

Shared with everyone on this server

Camera groups are saved in this server’s Frigate configuration. A change you make here applies to every user and device that uses it, including Frigate’s web interface.

1

Name

Outside

2

Icon

3

In this group

Backyard

Side Gate

Driveway

4

Drag to set the order. Everyone using this server sees the group’s cameras in this order in this app.

Other cameras

Front Porch

Garage

5

Delete Group

1. Shared with everyone on this server: a reminder that saving changes the group for every account and device, Frigate’s web interface included.
2. Name: can’t be only a number, contain a period, or be default, which Frigate reserves.
3. Icon: the same icons Frigate’s web interface offers.
4. In this group: drag to reorder; the red button takes a camera out.
5. Other cameras: tap the green button to add one.

Saving writes to Frigate’s configuration straight away; nothing restarts.

If the group includes Birdseye, or names a camera that’s no longer on the server, the editor says so and keeps it in the group: those are kept as they are rather than silently removed.

Order or delete groups

Manage Groups… in the same menu lists every group. Drag them into the order you want: it’s the order both this app and Frigate’s web interface offer them in. Swipe a group to the left, or open it and tap Delete Group, to delete it. The app asks first, because a deleted group is gone for everyone. The cameras in it aren’t affected.

If saving fails

• only an administrator can change camera groups on this server: you’re signed in with a viewer account. Sign in as an administrator in Settings › Connection.
• The server said: … or The server answered with HTTP …: Frigate refused the change, and the message is its own reason.