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Transcode error -fps_mode - jvanstensel - 2025-06-26
I'm using Jellyfin.Server 10.10.7.0 on Debian 12 in an lxc container on proxmox. I got everything set up and I can do direct stream, but transcoding isn't working. I haven't tried to enable hardware transcoding yet because I wanted to get the basic stuff working first. When I play a wtv file, I get a playback error. Looking at the logs, there appears to be an issue with the call to ffmpeg with the -fps_mode switch. Is there a way to disable this switch or remove it from the transcoding command?
There are three log files, because I assume it tries three times before it gives up.
Here is the last log, the others are all similar.
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/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg -analyzeduration 200M -probesize 1G -async 1 -fps_mode auto -i file:"/mnt/jelly_ntfs0/tv/Community/Community_WXSPCD_2014_11_22_00_28_00.wtv" -map_metadata -1 -map_chapters -1 -threads 0 -map 0:1 -map 0:0 -map -0:s -codec:v:0 libx264 -preset veryfast -crf 23 -maxrate 15271088 -bufsize 30542176 -profile:v:0 high -level 51 -x264opts:0 subme=0:me_range=16:rc_lookahead=10:me=hex:open_gop=0 -force_key_frames:0 "expr:gte(t,n_forced*3)" -sc_threshold:v:0 0 -vf "setparams=color_primaries=bt709:color_trc=bt709:colorspace=bt709,scale=trunc(min(max(iw\,ih*a)\,min(1280\,720*a))/2)*2:trunc(min(max(iw/a\,ih)\,min(1280/a\,720))/2)*2,format=yuv420p" -codec:a:0 libfdk_aac -ac 2 -ab 256000 -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 "572b64c14f1f27df42e38dae9387ff6f-1.mp4" -start_number 0 -hls_segment_filename "/var/cache/jellyfin/transcodes/572b64c14f1f27df42e38dae9387ff6f%d.mp4" -hls_playlist_type vod -hls_list_size 0 -y "/var/cache/jellyfin/transcodes/572b64c14f1f27df42e38dae9387ff6f.m3u8"
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Option fps_mode (set framerate mode for matching video streams; overrides vsync) cannot be applied to input url file:/mnt/jelly_ntfs0/tv/Community/Community_WXSPCD_2014_11_22_00_28_00.wtv -- you are trying to apply an input option to an output file or vice versa. Move this option before the file it belongs to.
Error parsing options for input file file:/mnt/jelly_ntfs0/tv/Community/Community_WXSPCD_2014_11_22_00_28_00.wtv.
Error opening input files: Invalid argument
RE: Transcode error -fps_mode - bitmap - 2025-06-26
Can you provide more information about your setup? How are you running Jellyfin, what version, host OS, etc...
Helps if I can read. Reaching out for more info.
RE: Transcode error -fps_mode - bitmap - 2025-06-26
No way to strip it, but there is a PR to fix this problem: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/pull/14379