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How do I know if ffmpeg was updated on a Windows installation? - ceevee - 2023-09-06
Saw this post where manually updating ffmpeg is no longer needed: https://www.reddit.com/r/jellyfin/comments/ukzlw4/windows_ffmpeg_upgrade/i7tbxht/
I see the jellyfin ffmpeg releases here: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-ffmpeg/releases
I'm running stable 10.8.10 on Windows. Is there a way to check if ffmpeg is the latest version through Jellyfin Dashboard? Is there a way to manually initiate the ffmpeg update on Windows?
RE: How do I know if ffmpeg was updated on a Windows installation? - bitmap - 2023-09-06
Well...I feel dumb, but I've never used ffmpeg on Windows and I'm not sure where jellyfin-ffmpeg is installed on Windows *Jellyfin server deployments. I just went hunting through the Github for a few minutes and couldn't identify easily where it happens, either. I didn't think jellyfin-ffmpeg6 was used for 10.8.10, that it was pushed off until 10.9, but I could be wrong.
Is there a certain feature or set of features you're missing that the latest release provides?
RE: How do I know if ffmpeg was updated on a Windows installation? - TheDreadPirate - 2023-09-06
jellyfin-ffmpeg is not the same as vanilla ffmpeg. Jellyfin bundles a custom ffmpeg version with it.
In Linux you can see where the jellyfin-ffmpeg executable is located in Settings > Dashboard > Playback (about halfway down). I'm assuming it is the same in Windows.
If you need a feature in a newer ffmpeg version, the jellyfin-ffmpeg devs have released the newer version that will be bundled with 10.9.
https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-ffmpeg/releases/tag/v6.0-6
There is a windows zip you can extract and replace the file in the path you found in the dashboard.
But any new feature in ffmpeg6 will probably go unutilized since Jellyfin probably won't use it in 10.8.10.
RE: How do I know if ffmpeg was updated on a Windows installation? - ceevee - 2023-09-06
(2023-09-06, 07:42 PM)TheDreadPirate Wrote: But any new feature in ffmpeg6 will probably go unutilized since Jellyfin probably won't use it in 10.8.10.
Thanks! Are you also saying that fixes in v6.0-6 such as the following would not be beneficial in 10.8.10? I'm using Intel Arc A380:
"Backport upstream QSV fixes"
RE: How do I know if ffmpeg was updated on a Windows installation? - TheDreadPirate - 2023-09-06
I recall someone trying to get Jellyfin 10.8.10, with ffmpeg6, to transcode to AV1. I don't remember how much success they had. Maybe it was @bitmap?
If you're having problems with your A380 and jellyfin-ffmpeg 5.1.3, by all means upgrade to jellyfin-ffmpeg 6. I you're not having any problems, why upgrade and risk introducing problems?
RE: How do I know if ffmpeg was updated on a Windows installation? - bitmap - 2023-09-07
(2023-09-06, 09:36 PM)TheDreadPirate Wrote: I recall someone trying to get Jellyfin 10.8.10, with ffmpeg6, to transcode to AV1. I don't remember how much success they had. Maybe it was @bitmap?
If you're having problems with your A380 and jellyfin-ffmpeg 5.1.3, by all means upgrade to jellyfin-ffmpeg 6. I you're not having any problems, why upgrade and risk introducing problems?
Yeah, actually had success this morning. My issues weren't related to decoding or other QSV encoders at all, just av1_qsv encoding, which isn't really applicable to Jellyfin. The latest version available in Ubuntu as well as packaged with Jellfyin Server 10.8.10 worked just fine for every other application. Particularly if you're running bare metal, I wouldn't recommend throwing a wrench in the gear by shoving an update into something not designed to handle it. If it ain't broke, don't add a rocket engine.
If something's broken, feel free to chat...I just got my A380 working with av1_qsv after struggling for about six weeks.
RE: How do I know if ffmpeg was updated on a Windows installation? - nyanmisaka - 2023-09-09
FF 6.0 won't make regression on Intel but we are still deferring it to JF 10.9 as it requires newer drivers 520/522+ on Nvidia. Therefore, we are maintaining two FF versions 5.1.x and 6.x at the same time. Just download and extract the zip package to the JF installation directory according to your preference.