firestick freezes (audio continues)

[misterprimus]

to force transcoding open the settings on jellyfin-androidtv (the app) and lower the bandwidth below the video bitrate

i.e. if the video bitrate is 20M then set the client to 18M


however if the same file in all those players freezes at the same spot it is probably a bad file and transcoding may fail as well

it would be recommendable to check the file itself

you could also provide the output of mediainfo so we could see exact codec and bitrate information

Yes, I think you're right. While waiting for a response here, I figured I'd try to convert the file using handbrake, but it failed. I then tried with ffmpeg and it, too, gave an error sometime that appears to be around the time when the problem occurs during playback.

Code:

  Metadata:
    major_brand    : isom
    minor_version  : 1
    compatible_brands: isomavc1
    creation_time  : 2013-05-13T16:31:52.000000Z
  Duration: 01:35:38.79, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 2158 kb/s
  Stream #0:0[0x1](und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(progressive), 1920x1040, 2059 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 24k tbn (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time  : 2013-05-13T16:31:52.000000Z
      handler_name    : video.264#trackID=1:fps=23.976 - Imported with GPAC 0.5.0-rev
      vendor_id      : [0][0][0][0]
  Stream #0:1[0x2](eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 95 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time  : 2013-05-13T16:32:00.000000Z
      handler_name    : GPAC ISO Audio Handler
      vendor_id      : [0][0][0][0]
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> h264 (libx264))
  Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (copy)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[libx264 @ 000002057413b580] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX FMA3 BMI2 AVX2
[libx264 @ 000002057413b580] profile High, level 4.0, 4:2:0, 8-bit
[libx264 @ 000002057413b580] 264 - core 164 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2023 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - options: cabac=1 ref=3 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x3:0x113 me=hex subme=7 psy=1 psy_rd=1.00:0.00 mixed_ref=1 me_range=16 chroma_me=1 trellis=1 8x8dct=1 cqm=0 deadzone=21,11 fast_pskip=1 chroma_qp_offset=-2 threads=12 lookahead_threads=2 sliced_threads=0 nr=0 decimate=1 interlaced=0 bluray_compat=0 constrained_intra=0 bframes=3 b_pyramid=2 b_adapt=1 b_bias=0 direct=1 weightb=1 open_gop=0 weightp=2 keyint=250 keyint_min=23 scenecut=40 intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=40 rc=crf mbtree=1 crf=23.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=0 qpmax=69 qpstep=4 ip_ratio=1.40 aq=1:1.00
Output #0, mp4, to 'Z:\movies\movies\out.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand    : isom
    minor_version  : 1
    compatible_brands: isomavc1
    encoder        : Lavf60.9.100
  Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(progressive), 1920x1040, q=2-31, 23.98 fps, 24k tbn (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time  : 2013-05-13T16:31:52.000000Z
      handler_name    : video.264#trackID=1:fps=23.976 - Imported with GPAC 0.5.0-rev
      vendor_id      : [0][0][0][0]
      encoder        : Lavc60.21.100 libx264
    Side data:
      cpb: bitrate max/min/avg: 0/0/0 buffer size: 0 vbv_delay: N/A
  Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 95 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time  : 2013-05-13T16:32:00.000000Z
      handler_name    : GPAC ISO Audio Handler
      vendor_id      : [0][0][0][0]
[vost#0:0/libx264 @ 000002057413b2c0] Error submitting a packet to the muxer: Invalid argument speed=1.78x
[out#0/mp4 @ 0000020572036480] Error muxing a packet
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0000020572054280] Packet corrupt (stream = 0, dts = 19502483).rop=0 speed=1.71x
[NULL @ 0000020572057680] Invalid NAL unit size (9421 > 6623).
[NULL @ 0000020572057680] missing picture in access unit with size 6627
[in#0/mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0000020572027100] corrupt input packet in stream 0
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0000020572054280] stream 0, offset 0xca1e9fb: partial file
[in#0/mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0000020572027100] Error during demuxing: Invalid argument
[out#0/mp4 @ 0000020572036480] Error writing trailer: Invalid argument
[out#0/mp4 @ 0000020572036480] Error closing file: Invalid argument
[out#0/mp4 @ 0000020572036480] video:242417kB audio:9520kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: unknown
frame=19418 fps= 41 q=-1.0 Lsize=  251648kB time=00:13:33.03 bitrate=2535.6kbits/s dup=2 drop=0 speed=1.71x
[libx264 @ 000002057413b580] frame I:206  Avg QP:18.38  size: 77437
[libx264 @ 000002057413b580] frame P:5314  Avg QP:20.90  size: 23685
[libx264 @ 000002057413b580] frame B:13955 Avg QP:22.58  size:  7674
[libx264 @ 000002057413b580] consecutive B-frames:  1.9%  4.9%  8.3% 84.9%
[libx264 @ 000002057413b580] mb I  I16..4: 12.8% 83.3%  3.9%
[libx264 @ 000002057413b580] mb P  I16..4:  3.1%  8.3%  0.2%  P16..4: 53.4%  7.8%  3.5%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:23.7%
[libx264 @ 000002057413b580] mb B  I16..4:  0.2%  0.5%  0.0%  B16..8: 43.1%  1.4%  0.1%  direct: 1.7%  skip:52.8%  L0:46.5% L1:52.2% BI: 1.3%
[libx264 @ 000002057413b580] 8x8 transform intra:74.3% inter:92.7%
[libx264 @ 000002057413b580] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 47.8% 63.9% 11.2% inter: 8.9% 17.8% 0.1%
[libx264 @ 000002057413b580] i16 v,h,dc,p: 24% 17%  9% 50%
[libx264 @ 000002057413b580] i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 21% 14% 23%  6%  8%  8%  7%  7%  6%
[libx264 @ 000002057413b580] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 30% 17% 12%  6% 10%  9%  7%  6%  3%
[libx264 @ 000002057413b580] i8c dc,h,v,p: 50% 19% 22%  8%
[libx264 @ 000002057413b580] Weighted P-Frames: Y:3.9% UV:3.2%
[libx264 @ 000002057413b580] ref P L0: 59.9%  9.3% 22.4%  8.2%  0.1%
[libx264 @ 000002057413b580] ref B L0: 85.1% 12.0%  2.8%
[libx264 @ 000002057413b580] ref B L1: 96.1%  3.9%
[libx264 @ 000002057413b580] kb/s:2451.40
Conversion failed!

I'm doing it now with

Code:

+discardcorrupt

and so far there is no error. I guess computer VLC simply blows past the error, while firestick VLC gets stuck? Is there a way to batch-check video files on a hard drive for errors so I know which ones need to be fixed? Am I fixing it the right way via ffmpeg?