SOLVED: Audio Transcode Failing

[roughnecknine0]

I restarted jellyfin LXC, stopped/started the service, and cleared browser cache but can't get the log to update with playback. All that shows in log is the following upon service start:

Code:

[2025-03-24 18:25:30.040 -06:00] [WRN] The WebRootPath was not found: "/var/lib/jellyfin/wwwroot". Static files may be unavailable.

[TheDreadPirate]

I just re-read your first post. Is the LXC out of disk space?

12GB Bootdisk storage

[roughnecknine0]

Nope; currently using 2.5GB/12GB. Media is on a separate drive.

[Efficient_Good_5784]

Is the transcode directory on the same drive?

Even if it's just transcoding audio, the entire transcode needs to be stored somewhere.
It's possible and common for transcodes to take up as much space (or more) as the original video does.

So while you're transcoding something, it can run out of space causing the transcode to fail.

[roughnecknine0]

Is the transcode directory on the same drive?

Even if it's just transcoding audio, the entire transcode needs to be stored somewhere.
It's possible and common for transcodes to take up as much space (or more) as the original video does.

So while you're transcoding something, it can run out of space causing the transcode to fail.

That was my original thinking as the transcode path *is* on the boot drive.

When the errors happened I glanced at my Proxmox dashboard on my phone and only saw 1/2 full. I wasn't really paying attention so can't remember if it was RAM or Storage that I looked at so this info is pointless.

But even so, if my available storage for transcode cache is ~8.5GB and the movie file is only 4GB (which it is), shouldn't that leave plenty of room?

If I was watching other transcoded media an hour or two before could that have filled the storage? I'm not sure how long transcodes are kept in the cache other than the overnight cleaning. I have "Delete Segments" disabled so it's possible the storage was full which is why I was encountering the brief error? If this is the case is Jellyfin "smart" enough to delete the old transcodes out of the cache to make room for what it is currently transcoding? If not then how was I able to continue viewing?

[TheDreadPirate]

Transcodes are only kept for the duration of the playback session. Once that playback session ends Jellyfin cleans up the transcode files. Only if Jellyfin were to crash hard would those files stick around. But a separate transcode cleanup job runs once a day that would clean those up eventually. Transcode files older than 24 hours are cleaned up when that job runs.

If you have limited storage for transcodes, I recommend enabling both delete segments and transcode throttling. That will significant reduce the amount of disk usage from transcodes.

[roughnecknine0]

Transcodes are only kept for the duration of the playback session.  Once that playback session ends Jellyfin cleans up the transcode files.  Only if Jellyfin were to crash hard would those files stick around.  But a separate transcode cleanup job runs once a day that would clean those up eventually.  Transcode files older than 24 hours are cleaned up when that job runs.

If you have limited storage for transcodes, I recommend enabling both delete segments and transcode throttling.  That will significant reduce the amount of disk usage from transcodes.

So in that case the storage space shouldn't have been an issue for me in this instance. I'll increase disk size anyways.

However still can't figure out why nothing is logging properly.

[TheDreadPirate]

Can you share the output of "sudo systemctl show jellyfin"?

[roughnecknine0]

Thanks for taking the time to help

Code:

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[TheDreadPirate]

Everything looks right. Definite strange.

Do you see more logs when you run this command?

Code:

sudo journalctl -u jellyfin -xe