1 hour ago
Small statement about encoding and decoding issue, after exploring many threads around internet and exploring it through AI tools. I encountered many problems playing AVI and other format from a raspberry server and then a MacBook 2012 servers. I find out the culprit is mainly the client and especially the integrated Android app or web player. It can help to play it through VLC (through a setting in Android app) or through the Mac app (very good). Web player can be sketchy with exotic codecs.
However, this is not the solution. When trying to solve bframe issue appearing in my log on AVI files, I installed homebrew and ffmpeg on the server to work on some files. Miracle happens. I noticed soon after that my clients and Android app were able to read any files and my server was able to encode any avi files or other streams requesting an encoding. My guess is that Jellyfin server on Linux or Mac needs ffmpeg tools to be installed on the server side.
However, this is not the solution. When trying to solve bframe issue appearing in my log on AVI files, I installed homebrew and ffmpeg on the server to work on some files. Miracle happens. I noticed soon after that my clients and Android app were able to read any files and my server was able to encode any avi files or other streams requesting an encoding. My guess is that Jellyfin server on Linux or Mac needs ffmpeg tools to be installed on the server side.