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Also, I want to add the relevant section of my UMS.conf file from the installation directory:


# ---< Binary tools paths >---------------------------------------------------
# Path to mencoder (absolute or relative from project.binaries.dir)
# Example: /usr/bin/mencoder
# Default:
# Win: win32 ...

One file in particular that should be in my list but that I'm having issues with is "Wall Street.avi". I found some relevant info:

This is saying that the format is not supported on your renderer so is going to transcode it. Just about every video file will show this on the Roku.


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Sorry for my late reply, I haven't had a lot of time lately to mess with this. Anyway, here's my replies:


Why not try using the UMS included version of ffmpeg as suggested by mik_s.
That is simple to do and you don't have to make any changes to your server,

In your UMS.conf file just change ...

I appreciate the replies, but I think it might not be the ffmpeg version. The file is from 2009ish and has always worked fine even on other version/platforms of UMS. This is my first time running headless UMS on Linux, though. I'm able to play the file on any platform (using VLC) and have even used ...

I set up UMS on a headless Ubuntu server I have, and am trying to play video using the web browser (:9001 or :9002 both exhibit this) as well as a Roku device attached to my TV. The video is a .avi file.

I think this might be the relevant part of the logs when I try to watch on my Roku:

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