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ffmpeg error 137 on transcoding startup - KuzonFire - 2025-11-03
New user here, I'm setting up Jellyfin on a RK3588 chip and am having issues enabling video transcoding. Included is my docker compose and docker logs.
services:
jellyfin_1:
image: jellyfin/jellyfin
container_name: jellyfin_1
network_mode: host
ports:
- 8096:8096/tcp
- 7359:7359/udp
volumes:
- /srv/[DISK]/data/jellyfin/library:/config
- /srv/[DISK]/data/jellyfin/cache:/cache
- type: bind
source: /srv/{DISK]/data/media
target: /data/media
restart: 'unless-stopped'
security_opt:
- apparmor:unconfined
- seccomp:unconfined
devices:
- /dev/mpp_service:/dev/mpp_service
- /dev/rga:/dev/rga
- /dev/mali0:/dev/mali0
- /dev/rkvtunnel:/dev/rkvtunnel
- /dev/dma_heap:/dev/dma_heap
MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Transcoding.TranscodeManager: /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg -analyzeduration 200M -probesize 1G -f matroska -init_hw_device rkmpp=rk -hwaccel rkmpp -hwaccel_output_format drm_prime -noautorotate -afbc rga -i file:"/data/media/movies/Dr. Strangelove or - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)/Dr.Strangelove.Or.How.I.Learned.to.Stop.Worrying.and.Love.the.Bomb.1964.2160p.BluRay.REMUX.HEVC.DTS-HD.MA.5.1-FGT.mkv" -noautoscale -map_metadata -1 -map_chapters -1 -threads 0 -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -map -0:s -codec:v:0 h264_rkmpp -b:v 58893603 -maxrate 58893603 -bufsize 117787206 -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_rkrga=format=nv12:afbc=1" -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 "3e3ca0fdc074c187ba96698c55736b27-1.mp4" -start_number 0 -hls_segment_filename "/cache/transcodes/3e3ca0fdc074c187ba96698c55736b27%d.mp4" -hls_playlist_type vod -hls_list_size 0 -hls_segment_options movflags=+frag_discont -y "/cache/transcodes/3e3ca0fdc074c187ba96698c55736b27.m3u8"
jellyfin_1 | [01:14:12] [ERR] [36] MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Transcoding.TranscodeManager: FFmpeg exited with code 187
Currently I have all codec's selected except for AV1. had followed the guide here, https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/post-install/transcoding/hardware-acceleration/rockchip. AI keeps telling me the issue is with tone mapping but according to that guide, it shouldn't be an issue.
Any help on this would be awesome!