Hi,

I keep getting this error when trying to play video on jellyfin.
Hosted on Hetzner VPS.

Same video play fine through Emby though.

Log file has a lot of "file name has not been provided"

Nov 29 23:42:02 System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot start process because a file name has not been provided.
Nov 29 23:42:02 at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start()
Nov 29 23:42:02 at MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.BaseStreamingService.StartFfMpeg(StreamState state, String outputPath, CancellationTokenSource cancellationTokenSource, String workingDirectory)
Nov 29 23:42:02 at MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.Hls.BaseHlsService.ProcessRequestAsync(StreamRequest request, Boolean isLive)
Nov 29 23:42:02 at Emby.Server.Implementations.Services.ServiceExecGeneral.GetTaskResult(Task task)
Nov 29 23:42:02 at Emby.Server.Implementations.Services.ServiceHandler.ProcessRequestAsync(HttpListenerHost httpHost, IRequest httpReq, HttpResponse httpRes, ILogger logger, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
Nov 29 23:42:02 at Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer.HttpListenerHost.RequestHandler(IHttpRequest httpReq, String urlString, String host, String localPath, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
Nov 29 23:42:05 [18:12:05] [INF] [5] Emby.Server.Implementations.Session.SessionManager: Playback stopped reported by app Jellyfin Web 10.6.4 playing Amélie. Stopped at 0 ms
Nov 29 23:42:21 [18:12:21] [ERR] [4] MediaBrowser.Providers.Movies.MovieMetadataService: Error in ffprobe
Nov 29 23:42:21 System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot start process because a file name has not been provided.
Nov 29 23:42:21 at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start()
Nov 29 23:42:21 at MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder.MediaEncoder.StartProcess(ProcessWrapper process)
Nov 29 23:42:21 at MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder.MediaEncoder.GetMediaInfoInternal(String inputPath, String primaryPath, MediaProtocol protocol, Boolean extractChapters, String probeSizeArgument, Boolean isAudio, Nullable`1 videoType, Boolean forceEnableLogging, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
Nov 29 23:42:21 at MediaBrowser.Providers.MediaInfo.FFProbeVideoInfo.ProbeVideo[T](T item, MetadataRefreshOptions options, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
Nov 29 23:42:21 at MediaBrowser.Providers.Manager.MetadataService`2.RunCustomProvider(ICustomMetadataProvider`1 provider, TItemType item, String logName, MetadataRefreshOptions options, RefreshResult refreshResult, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
Nov 29 23:42:21 [18:12:21] [ERR] [18] MediaBrowser.Providers.Movies.MovieMetadataService: Error in ffprobe
Nov 29 23:42:21 System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot start process because a file name has not been provided.

Anyone know how to fix it?

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