Cannot play at lower bitrate - seems like transcoding is not working

[Steinar79 0]

Hello everyone! 

 

I followed the these instructions. That went fine until version 3.1.2, and the latest version, 3.2.0, still have the same problem. When I'm streaming video with the original quality it plays fine, but as soon I start to choose lower bitrate it will not play. Earlier when I used version 3.1.1 (I believe) the CPU went up to almost 100% in htop when I played at lower bitrate, which is normal. Now nothing happens, the CPU is almost idle and the video is not playing. To me it looks like the ffmpeg transcoding, or something, is not started when I choose lower bitrate. 

 

Is anyone else experiencing the same thing? 

 

What I've tried:

- Upgrading with pkg update/upgrade

- Updating manually (extracting Mono.zip to /usr/local/lib/emby-server)

- Reinstalled ffmpeg and emby.

- Installed newer version on a brand new jail. 

- Changed the temp transcoding path from default and made sure it's writable. 

 

Nothing works, except rolling back to version 3.1.1..

 

EDIT: See solution here:

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/44941-no-more-able-to-play-in-browser/?p=425502

Edited March 10, 2017 by Steinar79

[Steinar79 0]

I gave up on this for now and installed Ubuntu server in Bhyve, everything works fine in Ubuntu. 

 

Is there really no FreeBSD users with the same problem or a developer who can confirm/refute its a bug? Is it just me? 

 

Thank you

Edited February 14, 2017 by Steinar79

[Luke 37061]

If you can provide the server and transcoding log we can take a look. Thanks !

[Steinar79 0]

Looks like Emby actually works better with Ubuntu in Bhyve than native in a FreeBSD jail, so I'll stick with that.  

 

The Linux versions seems to be more  officially supported and actively maintained, with an up to date repository. 

 

But thanks anyway :-). 

Edited February 17, 2017 by Steinar79