seanbuff 837 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Hi Guys, New migration of Emby server to Windows 10 with database intact. Currently running 3.1.127.0 Server is running fine, library is complete. Having an issue when trying to transcode anything either via the Web Client or Android Client -- 'There was an error playing the video' By the looks of the log entries - it's having an issue when invoking ffmpeg 2016-08-29 23:10:00.6227 Error App: Error starting ffmpeg ... Cannot start process because a file name has not been provided. Attaching server and transcoding logs for review. NOTE: Playing direct files via WMC is working fine. server_ffmpeg_20160829.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Luke 36888 Posted August 29, 2016 Solution Share Posted August 29, 2016 Not sure how you got through the setup wizard without ffmpeg, but you need to fix that under Playback -> Transcoding. if you need to download it, you can do so here: https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanbuff 837 Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 @@Luke - as always thank you for your prompt response. Not sure how that was missing, however by downloading the latest static version and pointing Emby to its 'custom path' -- my transcoding works again. Moving forward though, does the version of ffmpeg change with Emby Server versions over time? How would I handle this if the ffmpeg is now stored separately? Can I re-install Server over the top of my existing installation and maintain library/plugins/settings while getting a bundled ffmpeg version? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36888 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 the path to it is stored in the config file so if the config file was migrated then that would probably explain it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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