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    Jellyfin Forum Support Troubleshooting ffmpeg crashes playing mpeg4/xvid AVI

     
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    ffmpeg crashes playing mpeg4/xvid AVI

    [12:20:24] [ERR] FFmpeg exited with code 234
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    2025-04-10, 07:36 PM (This post was last modified: 2025-04-10, 07:45 PM by cavemanmike. Edited 1 time in total.)
    Running Jellyfin 10.9.9 directly (not a Docker instance) on Debian 12. Playback works fine except when playing older Divx/Xvid AVIs. ffmpeg crashes with the following logged:


    Code:
    Apr 10 12:31:58 pbj jellyfin[6082]: [12:31:58] [INF] /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg -analyzeduration 200M -probesize 1G -noautorotate -i file:"/var/local/jellyfin/movies/Ocean's 13 (2007)/Oceans 13 (2007).avi" -map_metadata -1 -map_chapters -1 -threads 0 -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -map -0:s -codec:v:0 libx264 -preset auto -crf 23 -maxrate 4519788 -bufsize 9039576 -x264opts:0 subme=0:me_range=4:rc_lookahead=10:me=dia:no_chroma_me:8x8dct=0:partitions=none -force_key_frames:0 "expr:gte(t,n_forced*3)" -sc_threshold:v:0 0 -vf "setparams=color_primaries=bt709:color_trc=bt709:colorspace=bt709,scale=trunc(min(max(iw\,ih*a)\,min(624\,272*a))/2)*2:trunc(min(max(iw/a\,ih)\,min(624/a\,272))/2)*2,format=yuv420p" -codec:a:0 copy -copyts -avoid_negative_ts disabled -max_muxing_queue_size 2048 -f hls -max_delay 5000000 -hls_time 3 -hls_segment_type fmp4 -hls_fmp4_init_filename "55b2013692043c2b682f64678c1a5c99-1.mp4" -start_number 0 -hls_segment_filename "/var/tmp/jellyfin-transcode/55b2013692043c2b682f64678c1a5c99%d.mp4" -hls_playlist_type vod -hls_list_size 0 -y "/var/tmp/jellyfin-transcode/55b2013692043c2b682f64678c1a5c99.m3u8"
    Apr 10 12:31:59 pbj jellyfin[6082]: [12:31:59] [ERR] FFmpeg exited with code 234
    Apr 10 12:31:59 pbj jellyfin[6082]: [12:31:59] [ERR] Error processing request. URL GET /videos/25d3c372-b220-05e7-543b-e3ab11f87618/hls1/main/-1.mp4.

    Googling error 234 for ffmpeg doesn't get me anywhere. I know the issue may be related to the MPEG4 stream, but I'm stumped.

    Note that I only have jellyfin-ffmpeg7 installed, I don't have the plain ffmpeg installed.
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    ffmpeg crashes playing mpeg4/xvid AVI - by cavemanmike - 2025-04-10, 07:36 PM
    RE: ffmpeg crashes playing mpeg4/xvid AVI - by TheDreadPirate - 2025-04-10, 08:40 PM
    RE: ffmpeg crashes playing mpeg4/xvid AVI - by cavemanmike - 2025-04-10, 09:52 PM
    RE: ffmpeg crashes playing mpeg4/xvid AVI - by theguymadmax - 2025-04-10, 09:59 PM
    RE: ffmpeg crashes playing mpeg4/xvid AVI - by cavemanmike - 2025-04-10, 10:29 PM
    RE: ffmpeg crashes playing mpeg4/xvid AVI - by cavemanmike - 2025-04-10, 10:47 PM
    RE: ffmpeg crashes playing mpeg4/xvid AVI - by TheDreadPirate - 2025-04-11, 11:28 AM
    RE: ffmpeg crashes playing mpeg4/xvid AVI - by cavemanmike - 2025-04-11, 04:31 PM
    RE: ffmpeg crashes playing mpeg4/xvid AVI - by cavemanmike - 2025-04-11, 04:54 PM
    RE: ffmpeg crashes playing mpeg4/xvid AVI - by TheDreadPirate - 2025-04-11, 05:04 PM

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