Deluan Quintão 36a7be9eaf fix(transcoding): include ffprobe in MSI and fall back gracefully when absent (#5326)
* fix(msi): include ffprobe executable in MSI build

Signed-off-by: Deluan <deluan@navidrome.org>

* feat(ffmpeg): add IsProbeAvailable() to FFmpeg interface

Add runtime check for ffprobe binary availability with cached result
and startup logging. When ffprobe is missing, logs a warning at startup.

* feat(stream): guard MakeDecision behind ffprobe availability

When ffprobe is not available, MakeDecision returns a decision with
ErrorReason set and both CanDirectPlay and CanTranscode false, instead
of failing with an opaque exec error.

* feat(subsonic): only advertise transcoding extension when ffprobe is available

The OpenSubsonic transcoding extension is now conditionally included
based on ffprobe availability, so clients know not to call
getTranscodeDecision when ffprobe is missing.

* refactor(ffmpeg): move ffprobe startup warning to initial_setup

Move the ffprobe availability warning from the lazy IsProbeAvailable()
check to checkFFmpegInstallation() in server/initial_setup.go, alongside
the existing ffmpeg warning. This ensures the warning appears at startup
rather than on first endpoint call.

* fix(e2e): set noopFFmpeg.IsProbeAvailable to true

The e2e tests use pre-populated probe data and don't need a real ffprobe
binary. Setting IsProbeAvailable to true allows the transcode decision
logic to proceed normally in e2e tests.

* fix(stream): only guard on ffprobe when probing is needed

Move the IsProbeAvailable() guard inside the SkipProbe check so that
legacy stream requests (which pass SkipProbe: true) are not blocked
when ffprobe is missing. The guard only applies when probing is
actually required (i.e., getTranscodeDecision endpoint).

* refactor(stream): fall back to tag metadata when ffprobe is unavailable

Instead of blocking getTranscodeDecision when ffprobe is missing,
fall back to tag-based metadata (same behavior as /rest/stream).
The transcoding extension is always advertised. A startup warning
still alerts admins when ffprobe is not found.

* fix(stream): downgrade ffprobe-unavailable log to Debug

Avoids log spam when clients call getTranscodeDecision repeatedly
without ffprobe installed. The startup warning in initial_setup.go
already alerts admins at Warn level.

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Signed-off-by: Deluan <deluan@navidrome.org>
2026-04-07 20:11:38 -04:00
2020-01-22 14:48:38 -05:00

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Navidrome is an open source web-based music collection server and streamer. It gives you freedom to listen to your music collection from any browser or mobile device. It's like your personal Spotify!

Note: The master branch may be in an unstable or even broken state during development. Please use releases instead of the master branch in order to get a stable set of binaries.

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Any feedback is welcome! If you need/want a new feature, find a bug or think of any way to improve Navidrome, please file a GitHub issue or join the discussion in our Subreddit. If you want to contribute to the project in any other way (ui/backend dev, translations, themes), please join the chat in our Discord server.

Installation

See instructions on the project's website

Cloud Hosting

PikaPods has partnered with us to offer you an officially supported, cloud-hosted solution. A share of the revenue helps fund the development of Navidrome at no additional cost for you.

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Features

  • Handles very large music collections
  • Streams virtually any audio format available
  • Reads and uses all your beautifully curated metadata
  • Great support for compilations (Various Artists albums) and box sets (multi-disc albums)
  • Multi-user, each user has their own play counts, playlists, favourites, etc...
  • Very low resource usage
  • Multi-platform, runs on macOS, Linux and Windows. Docker images are also provided
  • Ready to use binaries for all major platforms, including Raspberry Pi
  • Automatically monitors your library for changes, importing new files and reloading new metadata
  • Themeable, modern and responsive Web interface based on Material UI
  • Compatible with all Subsonic/Madsonic/Airsonic clients
  • Transcoding on the fly. Can be set per user/player. Opus encoding is supported
  • Translated to various languages

Translations

Navidrome uses POEditor for translations, and we are always looking for more contributors

Documentation

All documentation can be found in the project's website: https://www.navidrome.org/docs. Here are some useful direct links:

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