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Fatal Playback Error: FFmpeg exited with code 234 - socean - 2025-09-26
I have been having issues with my jellyfin server running in a docker container inside a proxmox vm (ubuntu) where certain shows will play sometimes, but other times I will get a fatal playback error. When I look in the logs just after this happens I can see FFmpeg and transcoding coming up, but turning off hardware acceleration and changing transcoding settings hasn't seemed to fix it. I was originally using Intel QuickSync for hardware acceleration, but disabling it didn't seem to fix the issue, and it wouldn't explain why it works sometimes, but not others.
I'm wondering if it's just a hardware issue? Currently I'm just using an iGPU (Intel HD Graphics 530), but only ever running one stream at a time. I also looked at the ram usage in the proxmox vm dashboard, and saw that it was constantly sitting around 92% usage, maybe the 4GB I allocated wasn't enough?
Logs: https://pastebin.com/eu5DDsA4
Docker Compose File: https://pastebin.com/Csqv6QJj
Jellyfin Version: 10.10.7
Platform: Ubuntu 24.04.3 inside Proxmox 8.4.10 VM
System:
Intel i5 6500
Intel HD Graphics 530
8GB RAM