4.9.3.0 breaks Live TV for me

[adrianwi 279]

I've rolled back snapshots to 4.9.1.90 as updating to 4.9.3.0 breaks Live TV for me.  Running emby in a FreeBSD 13 jail on TrueNAS Core 13.3, and I get an incompatible stream message after updating to the emby-server-freebsd13_4.9.3.0_amd64.pkg.  It works after rolling back.

It may be related to the log details below, but I can't share the full log file because it contains too much personal information.

2026-01-08 20:48:41.402 Error DynamicHlsService-0HNIEUS7FD2DD:00000007: Error processing request
	*** Error Report ***
	Version: 4.9.3.0
	Command line: /usr/local/lib/emby-server/system/EmbyServer.dll -os freebsd -ffdetect /usr/local/lib/emby-server/bin/ffdetect -ffmpeg /usr/local/lib/emby-server/bin/ffmpeg -ffprobe /usr/local/lib/emby-server/bin/ffprobe -programdata /var/db/emby-server -updatepackage emby-server-freebsd13_{version}_amd64.pkg
	Operating system: FreeBSD 13.3-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 13.3-RELEASE-p4 n257491-41f6a830f8e TRUENAS
	OS/Process: x64/x64
	Framework: .NET 8.0.6
	Runtime: usr/local/lib/emby-server/system/System.Private.CoreLib.dll
	Processor count: 8
	Data path: /var/db/emby-server
	Application path: /usr/local/lib/emby-server/system
	Emby.Server.MediaEncoding.Unified.Ffmpeg.FfRunException: Emby.Server.MediaEncoding.Unified.Ffmpeg.FfRunException: No video encoder found for 'h264'
	
	
	>>>>>>  FindVideoEncoder - MediaType: h264, UseHardwareCodecs: True, HWA-Mode: Automatic
	
	
	
	
	
	 ---> System.Exception: No video encoder found for 'h264'
	
	
	>>>>>>  FindVideoEncoder - MediaType: h264, UseHardwareCodecs: True, HWA-Mode: Automatic
	
	   at Emby.Server.MediaEncoding.Encoder.TranscodingCommandBuilder.FindVideoEncoder(EncodingJobInfo state, CodecParameterContext parameterContext)
	   at Emby.Server.MediaEncoding.Encoder.TranscodingCommandBuilder.HlsGetCommandLineArguments(String outputPath, StreamState state, Int32 startNumber, hls_playlist_typeEnum playlistType, String segmentListEntryPrefix, String segmentFileExtension)
	   at Emby.Server.MediaEncoding.Api.Hls.VideoHlsService.GetCommandLineArguments(String outputPath, StreamState state)
	   at Emby.Server.MediaEncoding.Api.BaseStreamingService.StartFfMpeg(StreamState state, String outputPath, CancellationToken cancellationToken, Boolean acquireResources)
	   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
	   at Emby.Server.MediaEncoding.Api.BaseStreamingService.StartFfMpeg(StreamState state, String outputPath, CancellationToken cancellationToken, Boolean acquireResources)
	   at Emby.Server.MediaEncoding.Api.Hls.BaseHlsService.ProcessRequest(StreamState state, StreamRequest request)
	   at Emby.Server.MediaEncoding.Api.Hls.DynamicHlsService.Get(GetLiveHlsStream request)
	   at Emby.Server.Implementations.Services.ServiceController.GetTaskResult(Task task)
	   at Emby.Server.Implementations.Services.ServiceHandler.ProcessRequestAsync(HttpListenerHost httpHost, IServerApplicationHost appHost, IRequest httpReq, IResponse httpRes, IStreamHelper streamHelper, RestPath restPath, String responseContentType, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
	   at Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer.HttpListenerHost.RequestHandler(IRequest httpReq, RestPath restPath, String urlString, String localPath, String contentTypeInPath, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
	Source: Emby.Server.MediaEncoding
	TargetSite: Void MoveNext()

 

[Luke 42077]

Hi there, please attach the Emby server log from when the problem occurred:

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Thanks!

 

[adrianwi 279]

Sorry, I can't provide a log file

[redwards 2]

Possible related issue...

FYI libtheora 1.2.0 causes playback issues with Emby 4.9.2.7, reinstalling libtheora 1.1.1 works. It's an issue with ffmpeg and h264 transcoding.

Edited January 9 by redwards

[alucryd 315]

@adrianwi The new packages expect libtheora 1.2.0 to be installed, can you update your jail and try again? You need to be on the latest train, 1.2.0 hasn't hit quarterly yet.

Edited January 9 by alucryd

[adrianwi 279]

Changed to the latest train and tried the update again, and it works.  Thank you.