Emby ffmpeg

[cTurtle98]

I am installing Emby (http://emby.media) on my debain server

 

It is asking for ffmpeg and giving me a download link, i downloaded it and it is saying it cant find it

 

ffmpg file path as viewed over ssh from my mac:

seadragon@SeaDragon:~/ffmpeg$ ls -la
total 173208
drwx------ 3 seadragon seadragon     4096 Oct 17 19:46 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 seadragon seadragon     4096 Oct 17 19:14 ..
-rwxrwxr-x 1 seadragon seadragon 45064304 Oct 14 21:50 FFmpeg
-rwxrw-r-- 1 seadragon seadragon 46256112 Oct 14 21:57 ffmpeg-10bit
-rwxrw-r-- 1 seadragon seadragon 44973872 Oct 14 21:50 FFprobe
-rwxrw-r-- 1 seadragon seadragon 40266776 Oct 14 21:50 ffserver
-rwxrw-r-- 1 seadragon seadragon    35147 Oct 14 21:57 GPLv3.txt
drwx------ 2 seadragon seadragon     4096 Oct 14 21:53 manpages
-rwxrw-r-- 1 seadragon seadragon   742472 Oct 14 21:50 qt-faststart
-rwxrw-r-- 1 seadragon seadragon     2701 Oct 14 21:57 readme.txt

ffmpeg file path as viewed over smb from my mac

https://goo.gl/photos/QqsZPEw2cuq4Lfn26

 

emby web setup:

https://goo.gl/photos/HCStVM52gdWwM3oM7

 

emby web setup error:

https://goo.gl/photos/iKZ28iH8FZ3smpty8

 

any ideas whats wrong?

 

I tried capitalizing the f's like in the web setup and I tried everything lowercase

[CWP]

You should be storing the ffmpeg files in a more public location (eg. /bin or /usr/bin) in order for Emby to detect it. However, I strongly suggest you use your distribution's ffmpeg instead:

sudo apt install ffmpeg

This will install your distribution's ffmpeg version, along with any dependencies and put the files in the appropriate locations. Emby should be able to detect it.

[cTurtle98]

1 minute ago, CWP said:

You should be storing the ffmpeg files in a more public location (eg. /bin or /usr/bin) in order for Emby to detect it. However, I strongly suggest you use your distribution's ffmpeg instead:

sudo apt install ffmpeg

This will install your distribution's ffmpeg version, along with any dependencies and put the files in the appropriate locations. Emby should be able to detect it.

seadragon@SeaDragon:~/ffmpeg$ sudo apt install ffmpeg
[sudo] password for seadragon: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package ffmpeg is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'ffmpeg' has no installation candidate

 

[CWP]

Sorry, I was not expecting Debian to need more sources to accomplish this (Ubuntu seems to have this readily available). According to Debian's wiki, If you are running the latest Debian (jessie / 8.x), you will need to edit your /etc/apt/sources.list to include the backports repository: deb (Debian's repository URL) jessie-backports main.

 

For example, if your main repository is deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian jessie main contrib, add this on the next line: deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main (don't edit the existing one!!):

deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian jessie main contrib
deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main

Save the file, then run an update first to download the package list before you install:

# sudo apt update
...

# sudo apt install ffmpeg

 

[cTurtle98]

4 minutes ago, CWP said:

Sorry, I was not expecting Debian to need more sources to accomplish this (Ubuntu seems to have this readily available). According to Debian's wiki, If you are running the latest Debian (jessie / 8.x), you will need to edit your /etc/apt/sources.list to include the backports repository: deb (Debian's repository URL) jessie-backports main.

 

For example, if your main repository is deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian jessie main contrib, add this on the next line: deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main (don't edit the existing one!!):

deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian jessie main contrib
deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main

Save the file, then run an update first to download the package list before you install:

# sudo apt update
...

# sudo apt install ffmpeg

 

will this work?

  GNU nano 2.2.6                            File: /etc/apt/sources.list                                                      Modified  

# 

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 8.5.0 _Jessie_ - Official amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20160604-15:31]/ jessie main

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 8.5.0 _Jessie_ - Official amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20160604-15:31]/ jessie main

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main

deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main

# jessie-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main

#CUSTOM ADDITION
deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian jessie main contrib
deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main



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[CWP]

It will work. However, since you are in the US, you should use the US mirrors: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-backports main . You might get a mirror that is closer to you when accessing the backports repository.

 

Also, you do not need the first custom addition. That was just an example to show how to do the second addition (to match the mirror URL).

[cTurtle98]

Just now, CWP said:

It will work. However, since you are in the US, you should use the US mirrors: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-backports main . You might get a mirror that is closer to you when accessing the backports repository.

 

Also, you do not need the first custom addition. That was just an example to show how to do the second addition (to match the mirror URL).

awesome thanks