2025-01-21, 09:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 2025-01-21, 09:31 PM by Chyyl09. Edited 1 time in total.)
This is my first time installing Jellyfin and I just used the standard Windows installer.
I have already preinstalled an instance of FFMPEG for encoding, but I am very inexperienced with media streaming and encoding in general.
Whenever I try to launch the Jellfin server, whether it be by the tray app or by the console. It always fails to launch. Looking at the logs the error is pretty consistent:
I've tried running the application as an administrator and even tried to give it greater permissions but it still spits out the same error.
I have already preinstalled an instance of FFMPEG for encoding, but I am very inexperienced with media streaming and encoding in general.
Whenever I try to launch the Jellfin server, whether it be by the tray app or by the console. It always fails to launch. Looking at the logs the error is pretty consistent:
Quote:[2025-01-21 15:56:09.553 -05:00] [ERR] [1] MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder.MediaEncoder: Error validating encoder
System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (5): An error occurred trying to start process 'C:\ffmpeg\bin' 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()
[2025-01-21 15:56:09.562 -05:00] [ERR] [1] MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder.MediaEncoder: FFmpeg: Failed version check: "C:\ffmpeg\bin"
[2025-01-21 15:56:09.563 -05:00] [ERR] [1] MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder.MediaEncoder: FFmpeg: Path set by "command line or environment variable" is invalid
[2025-01-21 15:56:09.566 -05:00] [FTL] [1] Main: Error while starting server
MediaBrowser.Common.FfmpegException: Failed to find valid ffmpeg
at Emby.Server.Implementations.ApplicationHost.RunStartupTasksAsync()
at Jellyfin.Server.Program.StartServer(IServerApplicationPaths appPaths, StartupOptions options, IConfiguration startupConfig)
I've tried running the application as an administrator and even tried to give it greater permissions but it still spits out the same error.