Docker and Codecs

[Rob]

Hi, I had Jellyfin running on my old ubuntu server as a normal app, now on a new ubuntu 23 server I am running it in a docker container and some of the videos it used to play will now not play and the web browsers says client is incompatible with the media.

I am thinking it must be a codec missing, or ffmpeg issue but I am not sure

[TheDreadPirate]

You have to pass the GPU into your container. I don't know what kind of GPU you have, but here are the instructions for Intel.

https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/admini...ualization

If you have an Nvidia or AMD GPU, both have Linux virtualization sections as well for docker setups.

[Rob]

You have to pass the GPU into your container.  I don't know what kind of GPU you have, but here are the instructions for Intel.

https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/admini...ualization

If you have an Nvidia or AMD GPU, both have Linux virtualization sections as well for docker setups.

I am not using a GPU, been using the CPU for transcoding previously

[TheDreadPirate]

Do you have an Intel CPU with an iGPU? What are your specs?

[Rob]

Do you have an Intel CPU with an iGPU?  What are your specs?

It's a headless server with a Threadripper 1950x

[TheDreadPirate]

Make sure that hardware acceleration is turned off. It should default to no HWA, but worth checking.

[Rob]

Make sure that hardware acceleration is turned off.  It should default to no HWA, but worth checking.

yes, HWA is off.  I used to get the same error when jellyfin didn't have read permissions on the file, but that is not the issue here this time.

[TheDreadPirate]

Can you share your jellyfin and ffmpeg logs?

[Rob]

Can you share your jellyfin and ffmpeg logs?

so it turns out I am an idiot and spelt the /media as /medi

[TheDreadPirate]