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sfatula

You guys asked for the logs, I got them now, any chance of someone assisting now?

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Software packaging error perhaps? Got it right off of emby website, but was early, I know the first Linux build had the old emby server, could it be it also had an old emby ffmpeg? I later loaded the rebuilt emby distribution. If you can verify the current linux 64 bit build has correct ffmpeg, be happy to re-install. It would be great if it were that simple!

 

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/13029-ubuntu

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So, I download the latest from emby, do a dpkg -i emby-server-deb_4.1.1.0_amd64.deb, and, /opt/emby-server/bin/ffmpeg -v shows:

 

ffmpeg version 4.0.3-emby_2019_03_26 Copyright © 2000-2018 the FFmpeg developers and softworkz for Emby LLC

 

So, what happened to 4.0.3-emby_2019_04_09??

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Must be a OS issues as my Windows v4.1.1.0 has

ffmpeg version 4.0.3-emby_2019_04_09-g5abbb1430d+449 Copyright (c) 2000-2018 the FFmpeg developers and softworkz for Emby LLC
  built with gcc 8.3.0 (Rev2, Built by MSYS2 project)
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sfatula

Yes, a packaging issue on the emby site for 64 bit linux.

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Yes it looks like some packages did not get that final ffmpeg update. Apologies for this. It will be corrected in the next release. Thanks.

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Yes it looks like some packages did not get that final ffmpeg update. Apologies for this. It will be corrected in the next release. Thanks.

 

Ok, so.... Are you sure that's the cause of the Thumbnail issue?

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It's possible. there were a few thumbnail related fixes in it.

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Well that stinks, long wait I guess.

 

I have to say, if the cause is bad packaging, then, it's really disappointing that you guys upload a back package, break peoples use of the system, and then make everyone wait for another later version until it is fixed. When you break client functionality, it's not something that should wait. So, this works on other platforms apparently, just not Linux.

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ProperlyFormattedDataFile

Yes it looks like some packages did not get that final ffmpeg update. Apologies for this. It will be corrected in the next release. Thanks.

 

Is there an expected release date for the next release?  I can't see the video at the beginning of this thread, but I've also been running into issues with thumbnails for web/roku being completely garbled for any MPEG2 (ATSC) inputs.  Is there any other way to get the correct ffmpeg version?  Is there a beta that I could test?

 

Edit: to answer my own question, there's is a beta and with 4.2.0_15 installed, I seem to get usable .bif files out of ffmpeg.  For the two raw .ts files I had lying around, deleting the .bif and rerunning scheduled tasks got me usable thumbnails while seeking.

 

Op, if you're still around, worth giving the server beta a shot.

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Thanks for the feedback. We're working hard to get 4.2 released as quickly as we can.

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ProperlyFormattedDataFile

Thanks for the feedback. We're working hard to get 4.2 released as quickly as we can.

 

Could you please release a 4.1 binary with the fixed ffmpeg?  I've been trying the beta, but it's been a neverending stream of recording issues.  4.2 just doesn't seem ready yet, and I'm pretty close to needing to find a new solution.

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