Problems running 10.9.x releases

[Dex Luther]

so I upgraded to 10.9.10.

Code:

[1] Main: Jellyfin version: "10.9.1"

You are on 10.9.1 not 10.9.10 download load the latest version here.

Code:

System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (5): An error occurred trying to start process 'C:\Program Files\Jellyfin\Server' with working directory 'C:\Program Files\Jellyfin\Server'. Access is denied.
  at System.Diagnostics.Process.StartWithCreateProcess(ProcessStartInfo startInfo)
  at MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder.EncoderValidator.GetProcessOutput(String path, String arguments, Boolean readStdErr, String testKey)
  at MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder.EncoderValidator.ValidateVersion()
[2024-08-29 19:09:56.767 -04:00] [WRN] [1] MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder.MediaEncoder: FFmpeg: Failed version check: "C:\Program Files\Jellyfin\Server"
[2024-08-29 19:09:56.790 -04:00] [INF] [1] MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder.MediaEncoder: FFmpeg: ""

Also this is causing the issue. After you upgrade, post new logs.

The installer, which I got from Jellyfin.org, literally is called jellyfin_10.9.10_windows-x64.exe.

Uninstalled everything, rebooted, installed again using your link, and same result.
Log: https://pastebin.com/U4YWihTV

EDIT: Again with permissions set to "Full Control" for users (I've never had to do this before and probably shouldn't have to).

Log: https://pastebin.com/CNN6xFBV

Also, the FFMpeg is the the one installed by Jellyfin. Don't know why it would be failing the version check. Just to make sure:

Code:

C:\Program Files\Jellyfin\Server>ffmpeg
ffmpeg version 6.0.1-Jellyfin Copyright (c) 2000-2023 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 13-win32 (GCC)
  configuration: --prefix=/opt/ffmpeg --arch=x86_64 --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=x86_64-w64-mingw32- --pkg-config=pkg-config --pkg-config-flags=--static --extra-version=Jellyfin --disable-ffplay --disable-debug --disable-doc --disable-sdl2 --disable-ptx-compression --disable-w32threads --enable-pthreads --enable-shared --enable-lto --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-schannel --enable-iconv --enable-libxml2 --enable-zlib --enable-lzma --enable-gmp --enable-chromaprint --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libwebp --enable-libvpx --enable-libzimg --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libdav1d --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-opencl --enable-dxva2 --enable-d3d11va --enable-amf --enable-libvpl --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-cuda --enable-cuda-llvm --enable-cuvid --enable-nvdec --enable-nvenc
  libavutil      58.  2.100 / 58.  2.100
  libavcodec    60.  3.100 / 60.  3.100
  libavformat    60.  3.100 / 60.  3.100
  libavdevice    60.  1.100 / 60.  1.100
  libavfilter    9.  3.100 /  9.  3.100
  libswscale      7.  1.100 /  7.  1.100
  libswresample  4. 10.100 /  4. 10.100
  libpostproc    57.  1.100 / 57.  1.100
Hyper fast Audio and Video encoder
usage: ffmpeg [options] [[infile options] -i infile]... {[outfile options] outfile}...
Use -h to get full help or, even better, run 'man ffmpeg'