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Playback error with TVHeadEnd - doobs - 2025-03-16

Greetings,

I've stood up a new (to me) server with JellyFin and TVHeadEnd in Docker containers.

Everything is configured properly, JellyFin downloads the schedule, etc, etc, etc.

In all my JellyFin Clients, browser, Android, etc,

I get a playback error.

"Playback failed due to a fatal playback error".

I used this process to install jellyfin, although i did not make a docker compose file. With the Docker pull command, it set everything up and configured all the folders and such.


My Tvheadend Docker-compose looks like:

Code:
services:
  tvheadend:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/tvheadend:latest
    container_name: tvheadend
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Americas/New_York
      - RUN_OPTS= #optional
    volumes:
      - /home/elitedesk2/tvheadend/data:/config
      - /home/elitedesk2/tvheadend/recordings:/recordings
    ports:
      - 9981:9981
      - 9982:9982
    devices:
      - /dev/dri:/dev/dri #optional
      - /dev/dvb:/dev/dvb #optional
    restart: unless-stopped


Thanks!

RE: Playback error with TVHeadEnd - TheDreadPirate - 2025-03-16

Can you share the jellyfin log via privatebin.net?

RE: Playback error with TVHeadEnd - doobs - 2025-03-17

Here ya go:

https://pastebin.com/2Vp7GvMJ

Thanks

RE: Playback error with TVHeadEnd - TheDreadPirate - 2025-03-17

Can you share your ffmpeg log so I can get more info about this error?

Code:
FFmpeg exited with code 187

Also, what are your hardware specs?

RE: Playback error with TVHeadEnd - doobs - 2025-03-17

From NeoFetch:

OS: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS x86_64
Host: HP EliteDesk 705 G3 Desktop Mini
Kernel: 6.8.0-55-generic
Uptime: 1 day, 18 hours, 40 mins
Packages: 826 (dpkg), 4 (snap)
Shell: bash 5.2.21
Terminal: /dev/pts/0
CPU: AMD PRO A10-9700E R7 4C+6G (4) @ 3.000GHz
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon R5/R6/R7 Graphics
Memory: 1064MiB / 15420MiB
ffmpeg log: https://pastebin.com/SMFstMja

RE: Playback error with TVHeadEnd - TheDreadPirate - 2025-03-17

I am pretty sure that the old encoders in your CPU are not supported. At least not in Linux.

RE: Playback error with TVHeadEnd - doobs - 2025-03-18

(2025-03-17, 05:15 PM)TheDreadPirate Wrote: I am pretty sure that the old encoders in your CPU are not supported.  At least not in Linux.

Well that's disappointing.

Is there some sort of reference as to exactly what hardware will provide full functionality?

RE: Playback error with TVHeadEnd - TheDreadPirate - 2025-03-18

We have a hardware selection guide here.

https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/administration/hardware-selection/

TLDR; minimum 7th Gen Intel CPU if you don't intend to add a dedicated GPU. Intel Arc/Battlemage or Nvidia GTX 1000 series and newer for dedicated GPUs. Except for the GT1030 and GTX1650.