Client: Roku client 3.0.10 Server: 10.10.7 on Debian Trixie kernel 6.12.48+deb13 amd64 except this time it’s a Samsung R480 instead of the 2017 Intel Macbook Pro I usually use. Which means…
Hardware Acceleration engine VAAPI, vainfo already advised me to only use H/A for H264 and MPEG2.
Still, I can’t get it to work. What am I doing wrong?
Output:
built with gcc 14 (Debian 14.2.0-19)
configuration: --prefix=/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg --target-os=linux --extra-version=Jellyfin --disable-doc --disable-ffplay --disable-static --disable-libxcb --disable-sdl2 --disable-xlib --enable-lto=auto --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-shared --enable-gmp --enable-gnutls --enable-chromaprint --enable-opencl --enable-libdrm --enable-libxml2 --enable-libass --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libharfbuzz --enable-libbluray --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libdav1d --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libwebp --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libzvbi --enable-libzimg --enable-libfdk-aac --arch=amd64 --enable-libshaderc --enable-libplacebo --enable-vulkan --enable-vaapi --enable-amf --enable-libvpl --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-cuda --enable-cuda-llvm --enable-cuvid --enable-nvdec --enable-nvenc
libavutil 59. 39.100 / 59. 39.100
libavcodec 61. 19.101 / 61. 19.101
libavformat 61. 7.100 / 61. 7.100
libavdevice 61. 3.100 / 61. 3.100
libavfilter 10. 4.100 / 10. 4.100
libswscale 8. 3.100 / 8. 3.100
libswresample 5. 3.100 / 5. 3.100
libpostproc 58. 3.100 / 58. 3.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '..../Videos/TV Shows/Ladies.of.the.Palace.2001/Ladies.of.the.Palace.S01E123.1080p.WEB-DL.H264.AAC-AppleTor.mp4':
Metadata:
major_brand : mp42
minor_version : 0
compatible_brands: mp42isom
creation_time : 2016-02-17T18:12:32.000000Z
Duration: 01:00:05.67, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 5259 kb/s
Stream #0:0[0x1](eng): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, bt709, progressive), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 4998 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 30k tbn (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2016-02-17T18:12:32.000000Z
vendor_id : [0][0][0][0]
Stream #0:1[0x2](eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 253 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2016-02-17T18:12:32.000000Z
vendor_id : [0][0][0][0]
[Parsed_subtitles_4 @ 0x7fdcda081100] libass API version: 0x1704000
[Parsed_subtitles_4 @ 0x7fdcda081100] libass source: commit: 0.17.4-0-gbbb3c7f1570a4a021e52683f3fbdf74fe492ae84
[Parsed_subtitles_4 @ 0x7fdcda081100] Shaper: FriBidi 1.0.16 (SIMPLE) HarfBuzz-ng 10.4.0 (COMPLEX)
[Parsed_subtitles_4 @ 0x7fdcda081100] Using font provider fontconfig
[AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x7fdcda081340] libva: /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/lib/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed
Stream mapping:
Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> h264 (h264_vaapi))
Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (aac (native) -> mp3 (libmp3lame))
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[Parsed_subtitles_4 @ 0x7fdcce4183c0] libass API version: 0x1704000
[Parsed_subtitles_4 @ 0x7fdcce4183c0] libass source: commit: 0.17.4-0-gbbb3c7f1570a4a021e52683f3fbdf74fe492ae84
[Parsed_subtitles_4 @ 0x7fdcce4183c0] Shaper: FriBidi 1.0.16 (SIMPLE) HarfBuzz-ng 10.4.0 (COMPLEX)
[Parsed_subtitles_4 @ 0x7fdcce4183c0] Using font provider fontconfig
[Parsed_subtitles_4 @ 0x7fdcce4183c0] fontselect: (Arial, 400, 0) -> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Arial.ttf, 0, ArialMT
[Parsed_subtitles_4 @ 0x7fdcce4183c0] fontselect: (Times New Roman, 400, 0) -> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Times_New_Roman.ttf, 0, TimesNewRomanPSMT
[h264_vaapi @ 0x7fdcda0d0180] No usable encoding entrypoint found for profile VAProfileH264High (7).
[vost#0:0/h264_vaapi @ 0x7fdcda1f9600] Error while opening encoder - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height.
[vf#0:0 @ 0x7fdcda080d40] Error sending frames to consumers: Function not implemented
[vf#0:0 @ 0x7fdcda080d40] Task finished with error code: -38 (Function not implemented)
[vf#0:0 @ 0x7fdcda080d40] Terminating thread with return code -38 (Function not implemented)
[vost#0:0/h264_vaapi @ 0x7fdcda1f9600] Could not open encoder before EOF
[vost#0:0/h264_vaapi @ 0x7fdcda1f9600] Task finished with error code: -22 (Invalid argument)
[vost#0:0/h264_vaapi @ 0x7fdcda1f9600] Terminating thread with return code -22 (Invalid argument)
[out#0/hls @ 0x7fdcda080ec0] Nothing was written into output file, because at least one of its streams received no packets.
frame= 0 fps=0.0 q=0.0 Lsize= 0KiB time=N/A bitrate=N/A speed=N/A
Conversion failed!
I’m not at my PC so I can’t really research or test, but you could take that command and cut it down until you find the problematic option. The other line about the entrypoint is probably relevant.
I’d validate that hardware acceleration works for the source and destination formats based on your hardware, chosen API, and software versions.
You’ll probably also get more answers if you post on the jellyfin forums.
I think I resolved it! What vainfo didn’t tell me is that while it supports MPEG2 and H264 decoding, it doesn’t support H/W encoding. My transcodes run fine now, though a bit slow (will probably replace with someone’s X1 from eBay…)