Roku thumbnails all messed up

[sfatula 207]

Bingo, didn't think of debug logs, yes, turning it on did generate the log.

 

So, new logs attached.

embyserver.txt

quick-extract-imageseries-c51729bb-43f6-47f6-8890-2b5d459972bb_1.txt

[sfatula 207]

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

[softworkz 5066]

@@sfatula - Thanks for the logs

 

@@Luke - he seems to have ffmpeg 4.0.3-emby_2019_03_26 instead of 4.0.3-emby_2019_04_09 ?

[sfatula 207]

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

Edited May 6, 2019 by sfatula

[Luke 42077]

Yes it does.

[sfatula 207]

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??

Edited May 7, 2019 by sfatula

[Happy2Play 9780]

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)

Edited May 7, 2019 by Happy2Play

[sfatula 207]

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

[Luke 42077]

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.

[sfatula 207]

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?

[Luke 42077]

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

[sfatula 207]

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.

Edited May 9, 2019 by sfatula

[Luke 42077]

I apologize for the inconvenience.

[ProperlyFormattedDataFile 3]

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.

Edited June 12, 2019 by ProperlyFormattedDataFile

[Luke 42077]

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

[sfatula 207]

Yep, the beta resolves the issue for me on Linux.

[Luke 42077]

Thanks for the feedback.

[ProperlyFormattedDataFile 3]

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.

[Luke 42077]

At this point we're focused on 4.2. Thanks.