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New Emby Windows struggles playing Ogg Vorbis audio.


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FordGT90Concept
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It either pauses like it is buffering starting about 17 seconds in or it quits and jumps to the next track.  I think one time it even managed to make it crash.  Server is saying it's direct playing.  Same files work fine via Edge browser.

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FordGT90Concept
Posted (edited)

Opus too.

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I forgot to mention that if Ogg or Opus files are in a playlist (11th and 12th in the list so far), it has jumped over the file then halted playback (meaning the next file in the playlist doesn't even start).

Example:
MP3
MP3
MP3
FLAC
MP3
OGG skipped (presumably errors of some kind but doesn't show it)
MP3 selects it but doesn't play it

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FordGT90Concept
Posted

I did a bunch more testing and Emby Windows is not crashing.  The problem is simply the playback of Ogg Vorbis and Opus files.

Posted

Hi,

I've sent you an upload link. Could you upload the files for testing?

Thanks

FordGT90Concept
Posted

Done.

FordGT90Concept
Posted

Yup, installed back in May.

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Posted

Hmm, it plays fine on my side (both). 

Do you have beta or stable server?

FordGT90Concept
Posted (edited)
3 hours ago, softworkz said:

Hmm, it plays fine on my side (both). 

Do you have beta or stable server?

4.9.0.37 beta

Windows 11 on the server and Windows 10 on the client.
 

2 hours ago, Jdiesel said:

This is for audio only correct? Not Ogg Vorbis audio with video.

Audio only.

Edited by FordGT90Concept
FordGT90Concept
Posted

I clicked on a song that's failing in the Recently Played list.  It immediately shows nothing as playing then hangs.  The only note in the server log is:

2025-01-27 14:01:08.602 Info Server: http/1.1 POST http://192.168.0.128:8096/Sessions/Playing/Progress. Source Ip: host6, UserAgent: EmbyMedia.EmbyTheater/2.211.2.0
2025-01-27 14:01:08.602 Debug SessionManager: Playback progress (TimeUpdate) reported by app Emby Windows 2.211.2.0 on BY-2021 playing Unnamed item. Position: 116728 ms. PlaySessionId: 1738007761655
 
Then after like 15 seconds, it starts playing another song.  I didn't even tell it do that. 😕
Posted
42 minutes ago, FordGT90Concept said:

I clicked on a song that's failing in the Recently Played list.  It immediately shows nothing as playing then hangs.  The only note in the server log is:

2025-01-27 14:01:08.602 Info Server: http/1.1 POST http://192.168.0.128:8096/Sessions/Playing/Progress. Source Ip: host6, UserAgent: EmbyMedia.EmbyTheater/2.211.2.0
2025-01-27 14:01:08.602 Debug SessionManager: Playback progress (TimeUpdate) reported by app Emby Windows 2.211.2.0 on BY-2021 playing Unnamed item. Position: 116728 ms. PlaySessionId: 1738007761655
 
Then after like 15 seconds, it starts playing another song.  I didn't even tell it do that. 😕

This is with any file or just those Ogg files like you sent to me?

Do they play in Windows Media Player? (new one)

What's your OS version?

FordGT90Concept
Posted

Every single Ogg Vorbis and Opus file is doing it.

Little Town plays fine in Media Player.  Second time also fine. Third time, dead (same error as below). 33% failure rate; Opus.

Alexander Nevsky Rides to Battle failed with an error code the first time.  I started it again to screenshot the error and it was fine.  Third time it died again within seconds. 67% failure rate; Ogg Vorbis:

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Windows 10 22H2

Posted

Ok, thanks. So there must be some issue on the Windows side - maybe specific to Windows 10..

FordGT90Concept
Posted (edited)
On 1/27/2025 at 4:43 AM, softworkz said:

Thanks for the test files.

Do you have this installed:

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9N5TDP8VCMHS

 

For giggles, I uninstalled Web Media Extensions and installed them via the link above and now it's fixed.  They should be identical (store previously showed "installed").  I don't even...

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FordGT90Concept
Posted

Ugh, it's not fixed. 
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It died on "Soft Moonlight."  I right clicked it, got the file path, pasted it into explore, and Media Player played through the whole file without any problems.

FordGT90Concept
Posted

I verified that Emby on Edge does not have a problem with Opus/Ogg Vorbis files.  Only Emby Windows fails.

FordGT90Concept
Posted (edited)

Vorbis is still utterly broken on Emby Windows. 🙁

 

I went to an album that has mixed MP3 and Vorbis (incidentally the first disc is MP3 and the rest are Vorbis).  I attempted to play the the first track on the second disc.  Emby Windows does nothing.  I click play on it again, it selects the first track from the first disc and the UI shows it playing like a second but I don't hear anything.  Click another track on another disc, nothing.  Do the same one again, first track from the first disc.

If it does manage to play one of the Vorbis files at all, it only plays the first 20 seconds or so and quits.

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pwhodges
Posted

Half my music is ogg/vorbis, and I have no trouble playing any of it using Emby Windows.

I have the K-Lite Codec Pack installed, which I first got when it was the only source I could find of some other codec I needed; since then I've had no codec issues for anything.

Paul

FordGT90Concept
Posted (edited)

I installed K-Lite Codec Pack basic and Ogg Vorbis still dies 25 seconds in.  I tried to click next track and the app went "Not Responding." A few seconds later, it played for another 10 seconds or so and locked up again.

 

Edit: After restarting it behaves exactly as it did before (always jumps back to the first track on the first disc).

 

What it looks like on server activity:

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AUKIO = first disc, first track (MP3)
Alexander Nevsky Rides To Battle = second disc, first track (OGG)

 

 

Checked a different album that's all Opus in Ogg container.  It stopped at 25 seconds on the client side but the counter keeps going up on the server.

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Where are the Emby Windows logs?

 

FYI, it's doing this with both an Arc and a Radeon on transcode duty in the server.

Edited by FordGT90Concept
Posted

From verrsion 2.216.0 on, ogg,vorbis,opus will play via server transcoding.

(still a couple of days to go  until it will hit as stable)

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