Initial media scan taking a very long time

[Greyson Parrelli]

Hi there, I'm performing the initial media scan, and it's taking an incredibly long time. Like, 12+ hours. I have a low-thousands number of videos (~1k movies, probably another 1k files of tv shows).

Here's my machine details:

Code:

OS: Ubuntu 25.04 x86_64
Kernel: 6.14.0-15-generic
CPU: Intel N150 (4) @ 3.600GHz
RAM: 16 GiB

Here's a snippet of the end of my log:
https://pastebin.com/1A33Asyc

Here's my docker compose file:

Code:

services:
  jellyfin:
    image: jellyfin/jellyfin
    container_name: jellyfin
    network_mode: 'host'
    volumes:
      - ./config:/config
      - ./cache:/cache
      - type: bind
        source: <redacted>
        target: /movies
        read_only: true
      - type: bind
        source: <redacted>
        target: /tv
        read_only: true
    restart: 'unless-stopped'
    environment:
      - JELLYFIN_PublishedServerUrl=<redacted>
    devices:
    - /dev/dri:/dev/dri

Looking at my logs, it seems like the ffprobe stuff may be taking an inconsistent amount of time? But if I docker exec -it jellyfin /bin/bash into it, then run the command myself, it completes essentially instantaneously.

What might be the reason that there's large swaths of seeming-inactivity in-between commands?

I will say that the annoying bit is that while this scan is happening, the rest of jellyfin is basically unusable. Like, the home screen and media viewer in general won't load. I can only see the admin screens and such.

And no, I do not have the chapter extraction or anything enabled : ) From my research, I know that's a common cause of issues, but I don't believe it's the cause here.

Thanks!