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hevc sdr video transcode issues - KingPin - 2025-03-02

hi when i try to play HEVC SDR videos I get a playback error, would appreciate any tips / info
Info: 
Ubuntu 220.04
docker linuxservers container (lscr.io/linuxserver/jellyfin:latest)
i have a nvidia gpu and intel igpu, I would prefer to only use the intel igpu on this jellyfin docker install.
Model name:            11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz 

my docker compose has the following : 
    devices:
      - /dev/dri/renderD128:/dev/dri/renderD128
      - /dev/dri/card0:/dev/dri/card0
    group_add:
      - "44"  # video group
      - "109" # render group


my transcode settingsareattached to this post 


here is my ffmprg log  :

Quote:
/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg -analyzeduration 200M -probesize 1G -f matroska -init_hw_device vaapi=va:/dev/dri/renderD128,driver=iHD -init_hw_device qsv=qs@va -filter_hw_device qs -i file:"/library/movies/some-video/some-video.mkv" -map_metadata -1 -map_chapters -1 -threads 0 -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -map -0:s -codec:v:0 av1_qsv -preset veryfast -b:v 7483610 -maxrate 7483610 -bufsize 14967220 -profile:v:0 main -level 53 -g:v:0 72 -keyint_min:v:0 72 -vf "setparams=color_primaries=bt709:color_trc=bt709:colorspace=bt709,scale=trunc(min(max(iw\,ih*a)\,min(1920\,816*a))/2)*2:trunc(min(max(iw/a\,ih)\,min(1920/a\,816))/2)*2,format=nv12" -codec:a:0 libfdk_aac -ac 2 -ab 256000 -af "volume=2" -copyts -avoid_negative_ts disabled -max_muxing_queue_size 2048 -f hls -max_delay 5000000 -hls_time 3 -hls_segment_type fmp4 -hls_fmp4_init_filename "1f9f67dc696b08a054da0e038e7651a0-1.mp4" -start_number 0 -hls_segment_filename "/transcode/1f9f67dc696b08a054da0e038e7651a0%d.mp4" -hls_playlist_type vod -hls_list_size 0 -y "/transcode/1f9f67dc696b08a054da0e038e7651a0.m3u8"
ffmpeg version 7.0.2-Jellyfin Copyright © 2000-2024 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 13 (Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04)
  configuration: --prefix=/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg --target-os=linux --extra-version=Jellyfin --disable-doc --disable-ffplay --disable-ptx-compression --disable-static --disable-libxcb --disable-sdl2 --disable-xlib --enable-lto=auto --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-shared --enable-gmp --enable-gnutls --enable-chromaprint --enable-opencl --enable-libdrm --enable-libxml2 --enable-libass --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libharfbuzz --enable-libbluray --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libdav1d --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libwebp --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libzvbi --enable-libzimg --enable-libfdk-aac --arch=amd64 --enable-libshaderc --enable-libplacebo --enable-vulkan --enable-vaapi --enable-amf --enable-libvpl --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-cuda --enable-cuda-llvm --enable-cuvid --enable-nvdec --enable-nvenc
  libavutil      59.  8.100 / 59.  8.100
  libavcodec    61.  3.100 / 61.  3.100
  libavformat    61.  1.100 / 61.  1.100
  libavdevice    61.  1.100 / 61.  1.100
  libavfilter    10.  1.100 / 10.  1.100
  libswscale      8.  1.100 /  8.  1.100
  libswresample  5.  1.100 /  5.  1.100
  libpostproc    58.  1.100 / 58.  1.100
DRM_IOCTL_VERSION, unsupported drm device by media driver: nvid
DRM_IOCTL_VERSION, unsupported drm device by media driver: nvid
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x6344b0deae80] libva: /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/lib/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x6344b0deae80] Failed to initialise VAAPI connection: 18 (invalid parameter).
Device creation failed: -5.
Failed to set value 'vaapi=va:/dev/dri/renderD128,driver=iHD' for option 'init_hw_device': Input/output error
Error parsing global options: Input/output error



RE: hevc sdr video transcode issues - TheDreadPirate - 2025-03-03

You checked "Allow encoding in AV1 format", which your iGPU does not support. It only supports AV1 decoding (the AV1 checkbox at the top).


RE: hevc sdr video transcode issues - KingPin - 2025-03-03

(Yesterday, 12:39 PM)TheDreadPirate Wrote: You checked "Allow encoding in AV1 format", which your iGPU does not support.  It only supports AV1 decoding (the AV1 checkbox at the top).

hi thank you for the tip, I have now disabled it but same video still refuses to play, heres new log snippet and screenshot of settings. : 

Quote:/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg -analyzeduration 200M -probesize 1G -f matroska -init_hw_device vaapi=va:/dev/dri/renderD128,driver=iHD -init_hw_device qsv=qs@va -filter_hw_device qs -hwaccel qsv -hwaccel_output_format qsv -noautorotate -c:v hevc_qsv -i file:"/library/movies/Shaun of the Dead (2004) {imdb-tt0365748}/Shaun of the Dead (2004) {imdb-tt0365748}.mkv" -noautoscale -map_metadata -1 -map_chapters -1 -threads 0 -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -map -0:s -codec:v:0 h264_qsv -low_power 1 -preset veryfast -b:v 12472683 -maxrate 12472683 -bufsize 24945366 -profile:v:0 high -level 51 -g:v:0 72 -keyint_min:v:0 72 -vf "setparams=color_primaries=bt709:color_trc=bt709:colorspace=bt709,vpp_qsv=format=nv12" -codec:a:0 libfdk_aac -ac 2 -ab 256000 -af "volume=2" -copyts -avoid_negative_ts disabled -max_muxing_queue_size 2048 -f hls -max_delay 5000000 -hls_time 3 -hls_segment_type fmp4 -hls_fmp4_init_filename "7e0edf99dc91456e334be6c365964b4c-1.mp4" -start_number 0 -hls_segment_filename "/transcode/7e0edf99dc91456e334be6c365964b4c%d.mp4" -hls_playlist_type vod -hls_list_size 0 -y "/transcode/7e0edf99dc91456e334be6c365964b4c.m3u8"

ffmpeg version 7.0.2-Jellyfin Copyright © 2000-2024 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 13 (Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04)
  configuration: --prefix=/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg --target-os=linux --extra-version=Jellyfin --disable-doc --disable-ffplay --disable-ptx-compression --disable-static --disable-libxcb --disable-sdl2 --disable-xlib --enable-lto=auto --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-shared --enable-gmp --enable-gnutls --enable-chromaprint --enable-opencl --enable-libdrm --enable-libxml2 --enable-libass --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libharfbuzz --enable-libbluray --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libdav1d --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libwebp --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libzvbi --enable-libzimg --enable-libfdk-aac --arch=amd64 --enable-libshaderc --enable-libplacebo --enable-vulkan --enable-vaapi --enable-amf --enable-libvpl --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-cuda --enable-cuda-llvm --enable-cuvid --enable-nvdec --enable-nvenc
  libavutil      59.  8.100 / 59.  8.100
  libavcodec    61.  3.100 / 61.  3.100
  libavformat    61.  1.100 / 61.  1.100
  libavdevice    61.  1.100 / 61.  1.100
  libavfilter    10.  1.100 / 10.  1.100
  libswscale      8.  1.100 /  8.  1.100
  libswresample  5.  1.100 /  5.  1.100
  libpostproc    58.  1.100 / 58.  1.100
DRM_IOCTL_VERSION, unsupported drm device by media driver: nvid
DRM_IOCTL_VERSION, unsupported drm device by media driver: nvid
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x63936aa3bf80] libva: /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/lib/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x63936aa3bf80] Failed to initialise VAAPI connection: 18 (invalid parameter).
Device creation failed: -5.
Failed to set value 'vaapi=va:/dev/dri/renderD128,driver=iHD' for option 'init_hw_device': Input/output error
Error parsing global options: Input/output error