Plex ffmpeg in server logs

Server Version#: 1.25.6.5545
Player Version#:

I’ve noticed in the past few days the following in /var/log/syslog:
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: ffmpeg version 62cc2bc-4226 Copyright (c) 2000-2021 the FFmpeg developers
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: built with Plex clang version 11.0.1 (https://plex.tv b587490162c22e078c314e3f7dc560c691d126aa)
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: configuration: --disable-static --enable-shared --disable-libx264 --disable-hwaccels --disable-protocol=concat --exter
nal-decoder=h264 --enable-debug --enable-muxers --enable-libxml2 --fatal-warnings --disable-gmp --disable-avdevice --disable-bzlib --disable-sdl2 --disable-decoders --di
sable-devices --disable-encoders --disable-ffprobe --disable-ffplay --disable-doc --disable-iconv --disable-lzma --disable-schannel --disable-linux-perf --disable-mediac
odec --enable-eae --disable-protocol=‘udp,udplite’ --arch=x86_64 --target-os=linux --strip=true --cc=x86_64-linux-musl-clang --pkg-config=/data/jenkins/conan_build/11127
39431/plexconantool/plex-pkg-config --pkg-config-flags=–static --enable-cuda-llvm --enable-libdrm --enable-opencl --enable-cross-compile --ar=llvm-ar --nm=llvm-nm --ran
lib=llvm-ranlib --extra-ldflags=’-Wl,-rpath,/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/libpciaccess/0.16-9/plex/stable/package/7763a87432c78a82fd36373080b064
286892cea3/lib -Wl,-rpath,/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/libdrm/2.4.107-2/plex/stable/package/3148d68820e0a20ae6cbad94546b1ce82f427f33/lib -Wl,-r
path,/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/iconv/1.16-25/plex/stable/package/da4999666f4b1709dd93ae40fffdb2c6f130b23f/lib -Wl,-rpath,/data/jenkins/conan
_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/intel-gmmlib/21.3.1-1/plex/stable/package/d7d5d1f35ff92a8c39da6b47605055e839a42a9c/lib -Wl,-rpath,/data/jenkins/conan_build/111273943
1/conan/.conan/data/libva/2.13.0-3/plex/stable/package/f0f4893209b867ce448a96e25ef4d6b158311557/lib -Wl,-rpath,/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/lib
pciaccess/0.16-9/plex/stable/package/7763a87432c78a82fd36373080b064286892cea3/lib -Wl,-rpath,/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/libdrm/2.4.107-2/plex
/stable/package/3148d68820e0a20ae6cbad94546b1ce82f427f33/lib -Wl,-rpath,/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/iconv/1.16-25/plex/stable/package/da499966
6f4b1709dd93ae40fffdb2c6f130b23f/lib -Wl,-rpath,/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/intel-gmmlib/21.3.1-1/plex/stable/package/d7d5d1f35ff92a8c39da6b47
605055e839a42a9c/lib -Wl,-rpath,/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/libva/2.13.0-3/plex/stable/package/f0f4893209b867ce448a96e25ef4d6b158311557/lib -m
64 -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/opus/1.2.1-27/plex/stable/package/64edc78a49b81c2615dad7b22a9ac90cc029860a/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/11
12739431/conan/.conan/data/libvorbis/1.3.5-31/plex/stable/package/76eba14299c6c14bf4759b1da21aec07c9ca1a2f/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/f
fnvcodec/9.0.18.4-47473e9-0/plex/stable/package/5ab84d6acfe1f23c4fae0ab88f26e3a396351ac9/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/x264/161-1086f45-20
/plex/stable/package/64edc78a49b81c2615dad7b22a9ac90cc029860a/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/zvbi/0.2.35-53/plex/stable/package/7366a567f55
4439fb9e7a3415c9d1c2ea2b75360/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/rtmpdump/2.4-97/plex/stable/package/23eb151cc372234cf231da9b165c1667f99ae0e2/l
ib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/libass/0.14.0-85/plex/stable/package/4fca6d6f1f27aa4bd2419e3401bbf5e7b4e99f27/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build
/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/mp3lame/3.98.4-26/plex/stable/package/64edc78a49b81c2615dad7b22a9ac90cc029860a/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data
/intel-media-driver/21.3.5-5/plex/stable/package/60906146ead6f412671b3ba35e53c7e61d31d3ab/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/intel-vaapi-driver
/2.4.1-16/plex/stable/package/724623b8511625b6972df1240b4430dd904471d7/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/opencl-runtime-loader/0.0.1-739ae8d-1
0/plex/stable/package/b64ae533894856536a66cf9d6456cddbab8dfede/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/libogg/1.3.2-27/plex/stable/package/64edc78a4
9b81c2615dad7b22a9ac90cc029860a/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/gnutls/3.7.2-3/plex/stable/package/fdf5e8161de02405686d740969e8af389619df46/
lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/fribidi/0.19.7-30/plex/stable/package/464531ac2a3f2ab2167bd10d1214603bc8116983/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_bui
ld/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/harfbuzz/2.6.4-50/plex/stable/package/53415d552ac96104f622ffa8d8530937a40b4271/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/da
ta/libva/2.13.0-3/plex/stable/package/f0f4893209b867ce448a96e25ef4d6b158311557/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/intel-gmmlib/21.3.1-1/plex/st
able/package/d7d5d1f35ff92a8c39da6b47605055e839a42a9c/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/nettle/3.7.3-0/plex/stable/package/33d6d59c31a8ebdda67
5cdb28c77aeebdbee4273/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/iconv/1.16-25/plex/stable/package/da4999666f4b1709dd93ae40fffdb2c6f130b23f/lib -L/data
/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/fontconfig/2.13.0-71/plex/stable/package/aacc2a7710dfa87ed80d4eea45b80c93243fe456/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/11127
39431/conan/.conan/data/libdrm/2.4.107-2/plex/stable/package/3148d68820e0a20ae6cbad94546b1ce82f427f33/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/libxml
2/2.9.11-e1bcffea-3/plex/stable/package/33406d37abb556848190dcd6097a9849aa894baf/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/gmp/6.2.0-8/plex/stable/pac
kage/64edc78a49b81c2615dad7b22a9ac90cc029860a/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/freetype2/2.10.4-18/plex/stable/package/82a00e1e4cc2e8878bb79a
e9b5e2235fd8280e6a/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/expat/2.2.5-28/plex/stable/package/64edc78a49b81c2615dad7b22a9ac90cc029860a/lib -L/data/j
enkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/libuuid/1.0.3-21/plex/stable/package/841d526523d3550ac4d52807df94cbbedce37e2c/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/
conan/.conan/data/libpciaccess/0.16-9/plex/stable/package/7763a87432c78a82fd36373080b064286892cea3/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/libpthrea
d-stubs/0.4-28/plex/stable/package/5ab84d6acfe1f23c4fae0ab88f26e3a396351ac9/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/bzip2/1.0.6-30/plex/stable/packa
ge/618bb3c469051b52e1349cf1a297263df374d15a/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/libpng/1.6.37-32/plex/stable/package/33406d37abb556848190dcd6097
a9849aa894baf/lib -L/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/zlib/1.2.11-24/plex/stable/package/64edc78a49b81c2615dad7b22a9ac90cc029860a/lib -Wl,–gc-secti
ons -Wl,-z,noexecstack -Wl,-z,relro -g2 -gdwarf-4 -Wl,–build-id=sha1 -flto=thin -fwhole-program-vtables -Wl,–icf=all -Wl,–threads=6 -Wl,-O2 -l:libgcompat.so.0 -Wl,-rp
ath,’’‘XORIGIN/…/lib’’’ -Wl,-rpath,’’‘XORIGIN/lib’’’ -Wl,–thinlto-cache-dir=/data/jenkins/conan_build/1112739431/conan/.conan/data/ffmpeg/1.7-62cc2bc17d-0/plex/sta
ble/build/474ca8fb12799f33945a6245d2790d5d741dfb53/lto_cache/’ --extra-libs= --enable-decoder=png --enable-decoder=apng --enable-decoder=bmp --enable-decoder=mjpeg --ena
ble-decoder=thp --enable-decoder=gif --enable-decoder=dirac --enable-decoder=ffv1 --enable-decoder=ffvhuff --enable-decoder=huffyuv --enable-decoder=rawvideo --enable-de
coder=zero12v --enable-decoder=ayuv --enable-decoder=r210 --enable-decoder=v210 --enable-decoder=v210x --enable-decoder=v308 --enable-decoder=v408 --enable-decoder=v410
–enable-decoder=y41p --enable-decoder=yuv4 --enable-decoder=ansi --enable-decoder=alac --enable-decoder=flac --enable-decoder=vorbis --enable-decoder=opus --enable-deco
der=pcm_f32be --enable-decoder=pcm_f32le --enable-decoder=pcm_f64be --enable-decoder=pcm_f64le --enable-decoder=pcm_lxf --enable-decoder=pcm_s16be --enable-decoder=pcm_s
16be_planar --enable-decoder=pcm_s16le --enable-decoder=pcm_s16le_planar --enable-decoder=pcm_s24be --enable-decoder=pcm_s24le --enable-decoder=pcm_s24le_pl
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: libavutil 56. 63.101 / 56. 63.101
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: libavcodec 58.117.101 / 58.117.101
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: libavformat 58. 65.101 / 58. 65.101
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: libavfilter 7. 96.100 / 7. 96.100
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: libswscale 5. 8.100 / 5. 8.100
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: libswresample 3. 8.100 / 3. 8.100
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7fdd8e2e6100] stream 0, timescale not set
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from ‘/home/mfraser/Music/m4a/Music/Various/Classic Rock Mag/CRM 298/12Ain’t No Love
(In The Heart Of The City).m4a’:
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: Metadata:
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: major_brand : M4A
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: minor_version : 512
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: compatible_brands: M4A isomiso2
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: compilation : 1
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: track : 12
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57347]: size= 9086kB time=00:04:50.75 bitrate= 256.0kbits/s speed= 530x
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57347]: video:0kB audio:9086kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 0.002128%
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: artist : Supersonic Blues Machine
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: album : Classic Rock Magazine 298
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: date : 2022
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: genre : Rock
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: title : Ain’t No Love (In The Heart Of The City)
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: Duration: 00:05:26.40, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 200 kb/s
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: Stream #0:0(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 148 kb/s (default)
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: Metadata:
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: handler_name : SoundHandler
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: vendor_id : [0][0][0][0]
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: Stream #0:1: Video: mjpeg (Baseline), yuvj444p(pc, bt470bg/unknown/unknown), 1500x1500, 90k tbr, 90k tbn, 90k tbc (a
ttached pic)
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: Stream mapping:
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: Stream #0:0#0:0 (aac (native) → pcm_s16le (native))
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: Output #0, wav, to ‘track-0011.wav’:
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: Metadata:
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: major_brand : M4A
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: minor_version : 512
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: compatible_brands: M4A isomiso2
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: compilation : 1
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: IPRT : 12
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: IART : Supersonic Blues Machine
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: IPRD : Classic Rock Magazine 298
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: ICRD : 2022
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: IGNR : Rock
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: INAM : Ain’t No Love (In The Heart Of The City)
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: ISFT : Lavf58.65.101
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: Stream #0:0(und): Audio: pcm_s16le ([1][0][0][0] / 0x0001), 16000 Hz, mono, s16, 256 kb/s (default)
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: Metadata:
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: handler_name : SoundHandler
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: vendor_id : [0][0][0][0]
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: encoder : Lavc58.117.101 pcm_s16le
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: size= 1kB time=00:00:00.00 bitrate=N/A speed= 0x #015size= 8448kB time=00:04:34.41 bitrate= 252.2kbits/s s
peed= 549x #015size= 10200kB time=00:05:26.40 bitrate= 256.0kbits/s speed= 550x
Feb 17 02:05:03 Server Plex Media Server[57353]: video:0kB audio:10200kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 0.002259%

These occur when Plex does a scheduled scan.

What is the question?
Yes, Plex is using ffmpeg.

Should it be putting all this information into the logs? I’m sure it never did this when doing a scan.

@ChuckPa can you think of a reason why ffmpeg is logging to the general syslog and not to a plex log file?

If environment variable PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_USE_SYSLOG=TRUE is set, PMS and the transcoder will use syslog.

In /etc/default/plexmediaserver.prev:

# Uncomment this to use syslog for logging instead of
# sending logs to Plex Media Server.log
#export PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_USE_SYSLOG=true

In /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.prev

Environment="PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR=/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support"
Environment=PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_HOME=/usr/lib/plexmediaserver
Environment=PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_MAX_PLUGIN_PROCS=6
Environment=PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_TMPDIR=/tmp

So I can’t see anything that sets PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_USE_SYSLOG=TRUE

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