"The Video Player has closed prematurely" playback error

June 1, 2016

When trying to play any AVI file, I get the following error:

http://i.imgur.com/Y1sDhPw.jpg

I have tried both the official Emby app and the Blue one as well. This is not happening when I try to open the same files in Plex.

Here is the log:

http://192.168.1.17:8096/emby/videos/9db6a96f4bd24b351492c830be6f71e2/hls1/main/1.ts?DeviceId=13A18Y041998&MediaSourceId=9db6a96f4bd24b351492c830be6f71e2&VideoCodec=h264&AudioCodec=mp3&AudioStreamIndex=1&VideoBitrate=3072000&AudioBitrate=128000&MaxAudioChannels=2&MaxFramerate=30&MaxWidth=1920&MaxHeight=1080&Level=50&MaxRefFrames=8&MaxVideoBitDepth=8&Profile=high&PlaySessionId=cfd3b8edbbb542bfa9067d12b4a4473a&api_key=7c61b1d29ae948009fcd159151f8d206&CopyTimestamps=false&ForceLiveStream=false

{"Protocol":"File","Id":"9db6a96f4bd24b351492c830be6f71e2","Path":"E:\\VIDEO LIBRARY\\MOVIES\\KIDS MOVIES\\Curious George 2 Follow That Monkey! (2009).avi","Type":"Default","Container":"avi","Name":"480P/H264/AC3","RunTimeTicks":48040490000,"ReadAtNativeFramerate":false,"SupportsTranscoding":true,"SupportsDirectStream":true,"SupportsDirectPlay":true,"RequiresOpening":false,"RequiresClosing":false,"VideoType":"VideoFile","MediaStreams":[{"Codec":"h264","IsInterlaced":false,"BitRate":1039835,"BitDepth":8,"RefFrames":2,"IsDefault":false,"IsForced":false,"Height":402,"Width":720,"AverageFrameRate":23.97602,"RealFrameRate":23.97602,"Profile":"Main","Type":"Video","AspectRatio":"16:9","Index":0,"IsExternal":false,"IsTextSubtitleStream":false,"SupportsExternalStream":false,"PixelFormat":"yuv420p","Level":30,"IsAnamorphic":false},{"Codec":"ac3","DisplayTitle":"Dolby Digital 5.1","IsInterlaced":false,"ChannelLayout":"5.1","BitRate":448000,"Channels":6,"SampleRate":48000,"IsDefault":false,"IsForced":false,"Type":"Audio","Index":1,"IsExternal":false,"IsTextSubtitleStream":false,"SupportsExternalStream":false,"Level":0}],"PlayableStreamFileNames":[],"Formats":[],"Bitrate":1498250,"RequiredHttpHeaders":{}}

C:\Users\Dave\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\ffmpeg\20160410\ffmpeg.exe -ss 00:00:10.000 -i file:"E:\VIDEO LIBRARY\MOVIES\KIDS MOVIES\Curious George 2 Follow That Monkey! (2009).avi" -map_metadata -1 -threads 0 -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -map -0:s -codec:v:0 copy -bsf:v h264_mp4toannexb -flags -global_header -copyts -codec:a:0 libmp3lame -ac 2 -ab 128000 -af "adelay=1,aresample=async=1,volume=2" -max_delay 5000000 -avoid_negative_ts disabled -start_at_zero -hls_time 10 -start_number 1 -hls_list_size 0 -y "C:\Users\Dave\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\transcoding-temp\17972695ac82d1a6e868e330f613bf88.m3u8"

built with gcc 5.3.0 (GCC)

configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-w32threads --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libilbc --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmfx --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg --enable-lzma --enable-decklink --enable-zlib

libavutil 55. 20.100 / 55. 20.100

libavcodec 57. 34.100 / 57. 34.100

libavformat 57. 32.100 / 57. 32.100

libavdevice 57. 0.101 / 57. 0.101

libavfilter 6. 41.100 / 6. 41.100

libswscale 4. 1.100 / 4. 1.100

libswresample 2. 0.101 / 2. 0.101

libpostproc 54. 0.100 / 54. 0.100

Input #0, avi, from 'file:E:\VIDEO LIBRARY\MOVIES\KIDS MOVIES\Curious George 2 Follow That Monkey! (2009).avi':

Metadata:

title : CURIOUS_GEORGE_2.Title1.DVDRip

album : CURIOUS_GEORGE_2

encoder : Lavf52.78.4

Duration: 01:20:04.05, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1498 kb/s

Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (Main) (H264 / 0x34363248), yuv420p(tv, smpte170m/smpte170m/bt709), 720x402, 1039 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 23.98 tbn, 47.95 tbc

Stream #0:1: Audio: ac3 ([0] [0][0] / 0x2000), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 448 kb/s

Output #0, hls, to 'C:\Users\Dave\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\transcoding-temp\17972695ac82d1a6e868e330f613bf88.m3u8':

Metadata:

encoder : Lavf57.32.100

Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (H264 / 0x34363248), yuv420p, 720x402, q=2-31, 1039 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 90k tbn, 23.98 tbc

Stream #0:1: Audio: mp3 (libmp3lame), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s

Metadata:

encoder : Lavc57.34.100 libmp3lame

Stream mapping:

Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)

Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (ac3 (native) -> mp3 (libmp3lame))

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