So I just ran a fresh install (for node on win server 2022) and my videos are appearing after scanning (thumbnail + duration) but when I click it my browser says it cannot play this format. Everything serms fine with ffmpeg, so is it a client side problem?
Using firefox if that helps.
Howdy @Justin! Apologies for the glitch!
What version of PhotoStructure are you running? If possible, can you switch to the alpha branch, and try that? That is currently v2023.11.0-alpha.1.
If you’re already running that build, can you DM me a zip with the video so I can reproduce the issue locally?
Thanks for reporting this!
Hi Matthew! Thanks for the super fast reply. I’m messaging you now with more info.
Thanks!
Justin
Reproduced!
I had to upgrade to ffmpeg 6.1: older versions seem to work fine. Spelunking now.
Error applying option ‘scale’ to filter ‘colorspace’: Option not found: [vost#0:0/libx264 @ 0x7a71e80] Error initializing a simple filtergraph:
That’s a new one. Looking at what args are making ffmpeg 6.1 grumpy now.
The next release should fix this: I had to revert to the old resize argument, and move it to before the avc commands to let the same arg list work on ffmpeg 4, 5, and 6.
Thanks again for reporting!
Thanks to @Justin for reporting this issue. Apologies for the delayed follow-up.
Video transcoding has been substantially reworked since this report. PhotoStructure now requires FFmpeg v6+ (most testing is done on v8). We believe the resize argument compatibility issues that caused Firefox playback failures should be addressed by these improvements.
See the v2023.11.0 alpha.2 release notes for details on the original FFmpeg fixes. See also the v2026.4 release notes for additional ffmpeg integration improvements.
Please upgrade to v2026.4 or later and report back if video playback issues persist.