Jellyfin OMX HWA in docker on RPI4 Ubuntu Server 64 bit Host

[whiteowl3]

EDITED: July 1, 2021

Cursory use of the lastest version suggests that this info may be obsolete. I haven't looked at the change history to confirm,
this edit is just to say that you should try the settings from the lsio guide before implementing any of this. I will update after I am able to test.

Jellyfin OMX HWA in docker on RPI4 Ubuntu Server 64 bit Host:

references:

https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-jellyfin
jellyfin/jellyfin-ffmpeg#310
#14

there is no 64 bit support for OMX at the time of writing, make sure you are using linuxserver/jellyfin:arm32v7-latest

on your host, you will need to (with root):

dpkg --add-architecture armhf # Allow apt to index armhf packages, because we need one.
apt update
apt remove libraspberrypi0
apt install libraspberrypi0:armhf

If /opt/vc/lib exists get it out of the way, just delete if empty.

ln -s /usr/var/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf /opt/vc/lib

and now your bind mount needs to be:

/opt/vc/lib:/opt/vc/lib

although you should be able to forego the symlink nonsense and simply use this bind mount:

/usr/var/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf:/opt/vc/lib

Some things i did that may or may not be necessary:

sudo chown root:video /dev/vchiq
sudo chmod g+rw /dev/vchiq

The compose snippet that now works:

jellyfin:
image: linuxserver/jellyfin:arm32v7-latest
container_name: jellyfin
environment:
- UID=1000 # The UID to run emby as (default: 2)
- GID=1000 # The GID to run emby as (default 2)
volumes:
- /usr/var/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf:/opt/vc/lib
- ./config/jellyfin/:/config # Configuration directory
- ./blah/blah/:/mnt/share0 # Media directory
ports:
- 8096:8096 # HTTP port
- 8920:8920 # HTTPS port
devices:
- /dev/vchiq:/dev/vchiq # MMAL/OMX on Raspberry Pi
restart: unless-stopped

Note:

if you really need the 64 bit libraspberrypi0 on your host for some reason, simply move arm-linux-gnueabihf to safe keeping, and do the process in reverse, removing libraspberrypi0, dropping armhf support, updating apt, and reinstalling libraspberrypi0:aarch64 just make sure your bind mount points to wherever arm-linux-gnueabihf wound up.

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[whiteowl3]

Not recommended for 64-bit raspberry pi OS, as per jellyfin/jellyfin#6215 (comment)

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[j0nnymoe]

Closing as OMX is an old method for HWA on raspberry pi's.