2025-07-31, 03:06 AM
I am struggeling to get HWA Transcoding to work on a ds225+ -> Intel J4125 (with should be able to handle any transcoding efficiently). Instead when I enable HWA, it gives an error:
Playback failed due to a fatal error
. I tried all the hacks on reddit but failed. Here is a portion of the log:
ffmpeg version 7.0.2-Jellyfin Copyright © 2000-2024 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 12 (Debian 12.2.0-14)
configuration: --prefix=/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg --target-os=linux --extra-version=Jellyfin --disable-doc --disable-ffplay --disable-ptx-compression --disable-static --disable-libxcb --disable-sdl2 --disable-xlib --enable-lto=auto --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-shared --enable-gmp --enable-gnutls --enable-chromaprint --enable-opencl --enable-libdrm --enable-libxml2 --enable-libass --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libharfbuzz --enable-libbluray --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libdav1d --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libwebp --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libzvbi --enable-libzimg --enable-libfdk-aac --arch=amd64 --enable-libshaderc --enable-libplacebo --enable-vulkan --enable-vaapi --enable-amf --enable-libvpl --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-cuda --enable-cuda-llvm --enable-cuvid --enable-nvdec --enable-nvenc
libavutil 59. 8.100 / 59. 8.100
libavcodec 61. 3.100 / 61. 3.100
libavformat 61. 1.100 / 61. 1.100
libavdevice 61. 1.100 / 61. 1.100
libavfilter 10. 1.100 / 10. 1.100
libswscale 8. 1.100 / 8. 1.100
libswresample 5. 1.100 / 5. 1.100
libpostproc 58. 1.100 / 58. 1.100
libva info: VA-API version 1.22.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/lib/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_22
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'file
media/Movies/Animations/Wish Dragon (2021) Hindi Dubbed (5.1 DD) [Dual Audio] Web-DL 720p/Wish Dragon (2021) Hindi Dubbed (5.1 DD) [Dual Audio] Web-DL 720p.mkv':
Metadata:
encoder : libebml v1.4.1 + libmatroska v1.6.2
creation_time : 2021-06-11T08:04:33.000000Z
Duration: 01:42:23.78, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1402 kb/s
Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (High), yuv420p(progressive), 1280x682 [SAR 1023:1024 DAR 15:8], SAR 1279:1280 DAR 1279:682, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn (default)
Metadata:
title : KatmovieHD.sx
BPS-eng : 1149723
DURATION-eng : 01:42:13.461000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 147056
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 881472989
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v52.0.0 ('Secret For The Mad') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2021-06-11 08:04:33
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:1(hin): Audio: aac (HE-AAC), 48000 Hz, 5.1, fltp (default) (forced)
Metadata:
title : KatmovieHD.sx
BPS-eng : 128000
DURATION-eng : 01:42:23.776000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 143995
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 98300587
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v52.0.0 ('Secret For The Mad') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2021-06-11 08:04:33
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:2(eng): Audio: aac (LC), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp
Metadata:
title : KatmovieHD.sx
BPS-eng : 123485
DURATION-eng : 01:42:23.573000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 287980
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 94830143
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v52.0.0 ('Secret For The Mad') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2021-06-11 08:04:33
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:3(eng): Subtitle: subrip (srt) (default)
Metadata:
title : KatmovieHD.sx
BPS-eng : 69
DURATION-eng : 01:32:36.068000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 1584
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 48352
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v52.0.0 ('Secret For The Mad') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2021-06-11 08:04:33
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream mapping:
Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> h264 (h264_qsv))
Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (aac (native) -> aac (libfdk_aac))
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[h264 @ 0x55c806cf9a40] No support for codec h264 profile 100.
[h264 @ 0x55c806cf9a40] Failed setup for format vaapi: hwaccel initialisation returned error.
Impossible to convert between the formats supported by the filter 'Parsed_setparams_0' and the filter 'auto_scale_0'
[vf#0:0 @ 0x55c806c6b0c0] Error reinitializing filters!
[vf#0:0 @ 0x55c806c6b0c0] Task finished with error code: -38 (Function not implemented)
[vf#0:0 @ 0x55c806c6b0c0] Terminating thread with return code -38 (Function not implemented)
[vost#0:0/h264_qsv @ 0x55c806cd3500] Could not open encoder before EOF
[vost#0:0/h264_qsv @ 0x55c806cd3500] Task finished with error code: -22 (Invalid argument)
[vost#0:0/h264_qsv @ 0x55c806cd3500] Terminating thread with return code -22 (Invalid argument)
[out#0/hls @ 0x55c806c7c000] Nothing was written into output file, because at least one of its streams received no packets.
frame= 0 fps=0.0 q=0.0 Lsize= 0KiB time=N/A bitrate=N/A speed=N/A
Conversion failed!