diff --git a/argocd/manifests/frigate/frigate-config.yml b/argocd/manifests/frigate/frigate-config.yml
index 35f7ccd..b10f18e 100644
--- a/argocd/manifests/frigate/frigate-config.yml
+++ b/argocd/manifests/frigate/frigate-config.yml
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ model:
   path: /media/frigate/models/yolov9-c-640.onnx
   labelmap_path: /labelmap/coco-80.txt
 
+preview:
+  quality: 8
+
 record:
   enabled: true
   continuous:
diff --git a/docs/changelog.d/+frigate-preview-quality.infra.md b/docs/changelog.d/+frigate-preview-quality.infra.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b13333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog.d/+frigate-preview-quality.infra.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Set Frigate preview quality to CRF 8 (from default 1) to reduce preview file sizes and improve review timeline loading over NFS.