Missing FFmpeg in Jellyfin Installation via CasaOS on Ubuntu Server

[Jalle914]

Hello,

Hello,
I have installed Jellyfin through CasaOS on my Ubuntu Server (24.04.1 LTS (Noble Numbat)), and it has been working fine. However, while adjusting some settings, I realized that FFmpeg is not installed.
When running the following command:

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/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg -version

I receive the following response:

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-bash: /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg: No such file or directory

I then tried running:

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apt install jellyfin-ffmpeg

but got the following error:

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E: Unable to locate package jellyfin-ffmpeg

What can I do to resolve this? I can always move away from CasaOS, which is my plan when I build my new server, but for now, I would prefer to fix this if possible.

Thank you.

[bitmap]

You can find jellyfin-ffmpeg on Github, including a generic version. You can also add the Jellyfin repo and/or grab a release from there: https://repo.jellyfin.org/?path=/ffmpeg.

[Jalle914]

You can find jellyfin-ffmpeg on Github, including a generic version. You can also add the Jellyfin repo and/or grab a release from there: https://repo.jellyfin.org/?path=/ffmpeg.

Thank you for this. I tried installing a generic version without success but I will try again.

What would be the easiet option, if you don't mind me asking. I'm pretty new to Linux.

edit: Also, as I'm running 24.04, which ffmpeg version should I use? Or should I go with the generic Linux version?

[TheDreadPirate]

If you are using CasaOS, that means you are running Jellyfin in Docker, correct? jellyfin-ffmpeg would only exist within the container and wouldn't be accessible from Ubuntu directly. And jellyfin-ffmpeg is included with the Docker image.

And since you are using Docker that also means that you didn't add the jellyfin repo (not required for Docker installs). So trying to install jellyfin-ffmpeg via apt would not work since our packages are not included in Ubuntu's repos. Only our own.

But, again, jellyfin-ffmpeg is already part of the Docker container. You can test this with a docker command.

Code:

docker exec -it jellyfin /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg -version

Code:

chris@rat-trap:~$ docker exec -it jellyfin /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg -version
ffmpeg version 7.0.2-Jellyfin Copyright (c) 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

[Jalle914]

If you are using CasaOS, that means you are running Jellyfin in Docker, correct?  jellyfin-ffmpeg would only exist within the container and wouldn't be accessible from Ubuntu directly.  And jellyfin-ffmpeg is included with the Docker image.

And since you are using Docker that also means that you didn't add the jellyfin repo (not required for Docker installs).  So trying to install jellyfin-ffmpeg via apt would not work since our packages are not included in Ubuntu's repos.  Only our own.

But, again, jellyfin-ffmpeg is already part of the Docker container.  You can test this with a docker command.

Code:

docker exec -it jellyfin /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg -version

Code:

chris@rat-trap:~$ docker exec -it jellyfin /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg -version
ffmpeg version 7.0.2-Jellyfin Copyright (c) 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

Thank you for this. 

Thing is, I never had the usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg directory in the first place. It was never installed or I did something during the setup. Do you know how that could of happened? 

I manually installed it through your Github, gave permission to the docker to see and use my Nvidia GPU and now it's working as intended (atleast what I can see). 

My next install won't be through casaOS. But I'm glad I fixed it in the mean time.

[TheDreadPirate]

Can you clarify how CasaOS is running Jellyfin?  As an "app"?  Or through Docker?  If Docker, which image are they using.

Unless you are using some off brand Jellyfin image, jellyfin-ffmpeg should have been part of the Docker image.  Or does the CasaOS "Jellyfin app" that doesn't include ffmpeg?  Assuming this is an "app" and not docker.

[Jalle914]

Can you clarify how CasaOS is running Jellyfin?  As an "app"?  Or through Docker?  If Docker, which image are they using.

Unless you are using some off brand Jellyfin image, jellyfin-ffmpeg should have been part of the Docker image.  Or does the CasaOS "Jellyfin app" that doesn't include ffmpeg?  Assuming this is an "app" and not docker.

I have installed it through their "App Store". They have two options there, Jellyfin and Jellyfin (Nvidia GPU). I chose the first one.

It get its docker image from linuxserver/jellyfin. So I believe it should be correct.

[TheDreadPirate]

In that case, the container should have ffmpeg bundled with it. Linuxserver also includes our custom ffmpeg with their image.