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Can't seek forward or backward when using Chrome on Android - Diaxpel - 2024-04-25

My setup is as follow:

Running Proxmox with Jellyfin LXC (version 10.8.13) with file access to TrueNAS Scale VM.
Using Nvidia P400 as the transcoding GPU
Reallocated transcoding folder path to be on NAS storage

My problem at the moment, is that whenever I try to seek while playing a video (whether in H.264 or H.265), the video would go back to start.

I tested on Opera and the video will play just fine if it is H.264. If it is H.265, it only play the audio.

I would like to note that the video in question is H.265 in mkv container with ASS subtitle (hence the need for transcoding).

RE: Can't seek forward or backward when using Chrome on Android - TheDreadPirate - 2024-04-25

Why are you using Chrome on Android instead of our Android client?

Its available in both the Google Play store and F-Droid.

Regardless, this shouldn't happen. What Android device, and what what version of Android is it running?

RE: Can't seek forward or backward when using Chrome on Android - Diaxpel - 2024-04-26

I'm using Chrome on Android for these reasons:
  • I can't get Jellyfin to play H.265 videos with ASS/PGS subtitle on the integrated ExoPlayer, even though transcoding works with, say H.264 with ASS subtitle
  • Jellyfin app's webplayer is kind of broken for me, as it doesn't go fullscreen and is offset to the side, which isn't great for viewing experience. In addtion, it suffers the same problem as Chrome on Android.

I've also tried using Findroid. However, due to my phone not supporting the codec, it doesn't transcode video that well.

I tested to see if it was a smartphone-related problem. The issue still appear when tested on a Vsmart Active 3 phone running Android 10 and Samsung A05s running Android 14.

I believe that it has something to do with my Jellyfin configurations as it runs fine the last time I tested this while hosting on Windows 10.

RE: Can't seek forward or backward when using Chrome on Android - TheDreadPirate - 2024-04-26

Can you share your jellyfin and ffmpeg logs via pastebin?

RE: Can't seek forward or backward when using Chrome on Android - Diaxpel - 2024-04-26

Sure, here you go.

ffmpeg log (I played a random video and sought multiple times): https://pastebin.com/wAYTy9XX
jellyfin log (split into multiple parts):
  1. https://pastebin.com/rDLv6Z9R
  2. https://pastebin.com/4yk8gsQU
  3. https://pastebin.com/2XUSRjYu


RE: Can't seek forward or backward when using Chrome on Android - TheDreadPirate - 2024-04-26

You said you were on 10.8.13, but the log says 10.8.12?

Code:
[2024-04-26 03:05:26.845 +07:00] [INF] Playback stopped reported by app "Jellyfin Web" "10.8.12" playing "[Judas] x265 10b". Stopped at "62591" ms


RE: Can't seek forward or backward when using Chrome on Android - Diaxpel - 2024-04-26

That's weird because I see it reports itself as 10.8.13 in the dashboard.

   

RE: Can't seek forward or backward when using Chrome on Android - TheDreadPirate - 2024-04-26

What distro is the VM running? If debian based

Code:
sudo apt list --installed | grep -i jellyfin


RE: Can't seek forward or backward when using Chrome on Android - Diaxpel - 2024-04-26

Code:
jellyfin-ffmpeg5/unknown,now 5.1.4-3-jammy amd64 [installed,automatic]
jellyfin-server/unknown,now 10.8.13-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
jellyfin-web/unknown,now 10.8.13-1 all [installed,automatic]
jellyfin/unknown,now 10.8.13-1 all [installed]

Here it is. I'm running Jellyfin as an LXC in Proxmox, installed via tteck's script

RE: Can't seek forward or backward when using Chrome on Android - TheDreadPirate - 2024-04-26

(2024-04-26, 08:42 AM)Diaxpel Wrote: I'm using Chrome on Android for these reasons:
  • I can't get Jellyfin to play H.265 videos with ASS/PGS subtitle on the integrated ExoPlayer, even though transcoding works with, say H.264 with ASS subtitle

Let's revisit this part, because this SHOULD work and is the proper solution (using exo on Android).  Can you replicate this problem and then share the fresh jellyfin and ffmpeg logs?