Thumbnails generation fails (ffmpegthumbnailer) about gerbera HOT 11 CLOSED

I suppose your issue is related to #3064.

Please provide details on your package source and build configuratio (--compile.info)

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Please see as following (the package is installed from deb-multimedia repository):

[root@PKMEDIA ~]# apt list --installed | grep gerbera

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

gerbera/stable-backports,now 1:2.1.0-dmo0~bpo12+2 amd64 [installed]
[root@PKMEDIA ~]# cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb-multimedia.list
deb https://www.deb-multimedia.org bookworm main non-free
deb https://www.deb-multimedia.org bookworm-backports main

[root@PKMEDIA ~]# /usr/bin/gerbera --compile-info

Gerbera UPnP Server 2.1.0
Copyright 2016-2024 Gerbera Contributors.
Licence GPLv2: GNU GPL version 2.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.

Compile info
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WITH_NPUPNP=1
WITH_MAGIC=ON
WITH_MYSQL=1
WITH_CURL=ON
WITH_INOTIFY=ON
WITH_JS=ON
WITH_TAGLIB=1
WITH_AVCODEC=OFF
WITH_FFMPEGTHUMBNAILER=1
WITH_EXIF=ON
WITH_EXIV2=1
WITH_MATROSKA=ON
WITH_WAVPACK=OFF
WITH_SYSTEMD=ON
WITH_LASTFM=OFF
WITH_DEBUG=ON
WITH_DEBUG_OPTIONS=ON
WITH_TESTS=OFF

[root@PKMEDIA ~]#

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Please try to update to at least version 1:2.1.0-dmo0~bpo12+2. This is a packaging issue.

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@KarlStraussberger, but my report was already for "1:2.1.0-dmo0~bpo12+2", please see as above (where I have given the version):

gerbera/stable-backports,now 1:2.1.0-dmo0~bpo12+2 amd64 [installed]

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And it seems that exception (for warning) is thrown for "ConfigManager::getIntOption" - it seems that "config" reader does not see value 160? It seems that exception is thrown as results of these lines:

auto y = config->getIntOption(CFG_SERVER_EXTOPTS_FFMPEGTHUMBNAILER_THUMBSIZE) * resolution.y() / resolution.x();
auto x = config->getIntOption(CFG_SERVER_EXTOPTS_FFMPEGTHUMBNAILER_THUMBSIZE);

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I have just simplified my config to point to directory with 2 example photos (one from A6700, one from old Huawei P10 - as I was not sure if maybe the problem is related to content itself). Then I have enabled debug for all items listed in documentation. The result is as follows - unfortunately there is no other message than this "warning" (see lines 462 and 792).

gerbera.log

So, I think something is strange with these "config" parameters.

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Please also see my full config for this test - the only thing that I did - I just "starred" my externalURL parameter (as it contains my public domain):

config.zip

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The problem is still that the package was build with ffmpegthumbnailer but without ffmpeg. We never thought of this so some config options are not fully available but used. This is fixed in HEAD. The package can fix it by enabling ffmpeg/avcodec.

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Thank you - I have compiled gerbera, get it as:

Now it seems that it is OK:

Just one question - How to add thumbnail to container? As you can see there is 404 for file.jpg - I am attaching also my custom.js script - very simple, but maybe there is an issue:
custom.zip

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we rely on a thumbnail in the image which seems to be broken. Also, there are some cases when - I don't know why - they get lost

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side comment - I have found the issue with lack of thumbnails for containers, the problem was with custom script, fields refID and res have been incorrectly assigned.

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