[Config Support]: Ignore recordings outside the zone

[SirSheik]

Describe the problem you are having

Hello.
I am currently testing the latest beta version 0.14 and I detected a small problem but I don't know if it is a bug or a mistake in my configuration.
I have configured my video door phone to only record alerts and detections and snapshots in a specific zone and it seems to work fine.
The problem I have detected is that the recordings are still stored when it detects people outside the zone, even when these people have not entered the zone, which is not legal in Spain.

Checking the documentation in previous versions there was the following option, but I see that this is no longer valid in version 0.14
record: events: required_zones: - entire_yard

Would there be a way to avoid recording any events outside the area?
The only thing I can think of is to increase the motion mask so as not to detect anything on the pavement, but in that case I think that in my particular case it would not make sense to define a zone.

Any ideas or suggestions are welcome.
Thank you very much for this wonderful project.

Version

0.14.0 Beta 3

Frigate config file

videoportero:
    ffmpeg:
      output_args:
        record: preset-record-generic-audio-copy #Use this to enable audio in recordings
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp:https://127.0.0.1:8554/videoportero
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - record
        - path: rtsp:https://127.0.0.1:8554/videoportero_sub
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
    # double-take optimization    
    mqtt:
      enabled: true
      timestamp: false
      bounding_box: false
      crop: true
      quality: 100
      height: 1080
      required_zones:
        - zona_videoportero_entrada
    motion:
      mask:
        - 0.007,0.978,0.347,0.98,0.347,0.935,0.007,0.933
        - 0.701,1,1,1,1,0,0.31,0,0.494,0.47,0.493,0.516,0.511,0.515
    detect:
      enabled: true
    record:
      enabled: true
      retain:
        mode: active_objects
    snapshots:
      enabled: true
      required_zones:
        - zona_videoportero_entrada
    objects:
      track:
        - person
        - cat
    zones:
      zona_videoportero_entrada:
        coordinates: 0,0,0.303,0,0.478,0,0.484,0.748,0.513,0.751,0.527,1,0,1
        inertia: 3
    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones: zona_videoportero_entrada
      detections:
        required_zones: zona_videoportero_entrada

Relevant log output

N/A

Frigate stats

No response

Operating system

Proxmox

Install method

Docker Compose

Object Detector

Coral

Any other information that may be helpful

No response

[ofcedwards]

This is not a bug. The "alert" and "detection" config is solely to categorize recordings. Everything else is recorded as well based on how you have the record section configured. The new review system is mainly a UI feature.

For what you're looking for, check out some of the suggestions in #2866. I don't believe what you're asking for is possible outside of what they discuss in the thread.
@NickM-27 please correct me if I'm wrong.

[NickM-27]

Technically, the required zones for alerts and detections together function the same way that the old recording events required zones config did.

So in this case it will only record an object after if enters that zone. However, it will keep recordings including before and after that object entered the zone because logically if someone broke in to your house you would what to know where they came from and went

[SirSheik]

Thanks for your clarifications.
Finally after many tests and errors I think that the only possible workaround for my particular case has been to disable the recordings completely and only store events.
In this way I avoid recordings outside the delimited area and in case someone enters the area I will have the recording of the event.
I post here my final configuration in case someone in the future with a similar problem will find it useful.

detect:
  enabled: true
record:
  enabled: true
  retain:
    days: 0 # Avoid saving recordings that are not events to only store events in the zone.
    mode: active_objects
snapshots:
  enabled: true
  required_zones:
    - zone_inside
objects:
  track:
    - person
    - cat
zones:
  zone_inside:
    coordinates: 0,0,0.303,0,0.489,0,0.486,0.74,0.514,0.743,0.531,1,0,1
    inertia: 3
  zone_outside:
    coordinates: 0.517,0.74,0.593,0.743,0.699,1,0.535,1
    inertia: 3
    loitering_time: 10  # Minimum time that the object must be in the zone before triggering the event
review:
  alerts:
    required_zones: zone_inside
  detections:
    required_zones: zone_outside