A/V sync issue that only happens in jellyfin

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A/V sync issue that only happens in jellyfin - MentalUproar - 2025-03-14

I have videos that play perfectly fin when I access them from IINA over SMB, but in Jellyfin the audio and video go further and further out of sync the longer the video plays. I have tried in both Edge and Safari and the problem is still there. It's not transcoding the video though it is remuxing it. Where should I look for the problem?

RE: A/V sync issue that only happens in jellyfin - TheDreadPirate - 2025-03-14

Does this happen for every video? Or just specific videos?

RE: A/V sync issue that only happens in jellyfin - MentalUproar - 2025-03-14

Interesting, it doesn't seem to affect all files! I wonder what's different between them since they all read fine directly over smb.

RE: A/V sync issue that only happens in jellyfin - TheDreadPirate - 2025-03-14

The issue is likely with the file itself. We can try remuxing the file with ffmpeg. What OS are you running so I can give you a more specific command. If you are on Linux, how is Jellyfin installed?

RE: A/V sync issue that only happens in jellyfin - MentalUproar - 2025-03-14

I'm on Linux running jellyfin in a podman container. I'm using an intel N100 with hardware acceleration and the low power GuC/HuC stuff enabled.

RE: A/V sync issue that only happens in jellyfin - TheDreadPirate - 2025-03-14

Code:
docker exec -it jellyfin bash

/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg -fflags +genpts+igndts -i "/path/to/problem/video.mkv" -map 0 -codec copy -max_muxing_queue_size 2048 -max_interleave_delta 0 -avoid_negative_ts disabled newFile.mkv

This will open a bash shell into the Jellyfin container. Then we are using ffmpeg from within the container to remux. The path for the video will be from the container's reference frame.

RE: A/V sync issue that only happens in jellyfin - MentalUproar - 2025-03-15

Code:
podman exec -it Jellyfin bash

cd /media/TESTING

/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg -fflags +genpts+igndts -i "./TEMPY.mkv" -map 0 -codec copy -max_muxing_queue_size 2048 -max_interleave_delta 0 -avoid_negative_ts disabled newFile.mkv

I ran the above. The remuxed file does not have AV sync issues. It seems to only happen inside the browser on the jellyfin interface

RE: A/V sync issue that only happens in jellyfin - TheDreadPirate - 2025-03-16

Browsers have limited codec and container support. Additionally, most browsers don't support selecting audio/subtitles tracks other than the first track. So if you select a secondary audio/subtitle track it will trigger a remux. If the original video had some presentation time stamp issues, desync is possible.

The remux command we ran will copy the original video/audio/subs to a new container with proper presentation time stamps (genpts), which can help with desync issues.

RE: A/V sync issue that only happens in jellyfin - MentalUproar - 2025-03-18

There are no subtitles or secondary audio tracks in the source file.