2025-03-06, 08:25 PM
In this specific instance, it turned out that the problem is that Windows Server Core is missing a couple of dependencies that FFmpeg relies on (which causes it to simply fail silently). JF already ships with a custom build, so it may be possible to build without those dependencies, but it also might not, depending on whether they're needed for required features. Either way, in my case I reimaged the VM again but with the Desktop Experience, and now everything works again.
In an unrelated gripe, this is now the third time I've had to move a VM from Core to Desktop Experience. Both of the previous two were down to some configuration management not being available remotely and Server Core not shipping with MMC as a fallback for these.
In an unrelated gripe, this is now the third time I've had to move a VM from Core to Desktop Experience. Both of the previous two were down to some configuration management not being available remotely and Server Core not shipping with MMC as a fallback for these.