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Try to get version 2 to run

See original GitHub issue

I’ve taken the following steps:

With UnicornFFMPEG I generated the Plex transcoder and swapped it with the original, deleting “Plex Relay” as well. In it I define the UnicornLoadBalancer URL like e.g. https://domain.com/.

Then I install the UnicornLoadBalancer and change the following values in src/config.js:

SERVER_PUBLIC to https://domain.com/ I leave DATABASE_MODE on sqlite.

Then I create iptable entries to block port 32400:

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 32400 -i eth0 -s XX.XX.XX.XX -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 32400 -i eth0 -j DROP

And then we come to the UnicornTranscoder, first I install it well-behaved with “npm install”, set the LOADBALANCER_ADDRESS to “https://domain.com” and the INSTANCE_ADDRESS to “https://transcoder.domain.com” everything else I leave on default.

The UnicornLoadBalancer domain was still stored at Plex in the network tab with “https://domain.com”.

Now I am not redirected to the transcoder via 302, port 32400 is somehow not blocked, and I get the following in the log of the UnicornLoadBalancer:

npm start

> unicorn-load-balancer@2.0.0 start /home/plex/LoadBalancer
> node index.js

FFMPEG CALLED 1
FFMPEG CALLED 2
FFMPEG ade7bblx2v4zv05hi1vz4lk9 { args:
   [ '-codec:0',
     'h264',
     '-codec:1',
     'dca',
     '-ss',
     '0',
     '-noaccurate_seek',
     '-probesize',
     '10000000',
     '-i',
     'https://domain.com/library/parts/3/0/file.stream?download=1',
     '-filter_complex',
     '[0:1] aresample=async=1:ocl=\'stereo\':osr=48000[0]',
     '-map',
     '0:0',
     '-metadata:s:0',
     'language=eng',
     '-codec:0',
     'copy',
     '-map',
     '[0]',
     '-metadata:s:1',
     'language=ger',
     '-codec:1',
     'aac',
     '-b:1',
     '256k',
     '-f',
     'dash',
     '-min_seg_duration',
     '5000000',
     '-skip_to_segment',
     '1',
     '-time_delta',
     '0.0625',
     '-manifest_name',
     '{INTERNAL_TRANSCODER}video/:/transcode/session/ade7bblx2v4zv05hi1vz4lk9/79082013-1fb8-463c-943a-aa48e4054e06/manifest',
     '-avoid_negative_ts',
     'disabled',
     '-map_metadata',
     '-1',
     '-map_chapters',
     '-1',
     'dash',
     '-start_at_zero',
     '-copyts',
     '-vsync',
     'cfr',
     '-y',
     '-nostats',
     '-loglevel',
     'quiet',
     '-loglevel_plex',
     'error',
     '-progressurl',
     '{INTERNAL_TRANSCODER}video/:/transcode/session/ade7bblx2v4zv05hi1vz4lk9/79082013-1fb8-463c-943a-aa48e4054e06/progress' ],
  env:
   { EAE_ROOT: '/tmp/pms-54915d4a-3244-4cfd-bd35-cdd4b37c4168/EasyAudioEncoder',
     FFMPEG_EXTERNAL_LIBS: '/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application\\ Support/Plex\\ Media\\ Server/Codecs/531e313-1328-linux-ubuntu-x86_64/',
     HOME: '/home/plex',
     INVOCATION_ID: '0ebca021523440f18137a12804d1f9d0',
     JOURNAL_STREAM: '9:49159',
     LANG: 'en_US.UTF-8',
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH: '/usr/lib/plexmediaserver',
     LIBVA_DRIVERS_PATH: '/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/dri',
     LOGNAME: 'plex',
     PATH: '/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin',
     PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR: '/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support',
     PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_HOME: '/usr/lib/plexmediaserver',
     PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_MAX_PLUGIN_PROCS: '6',
     PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_TMPDIR: '/tmp',
     PWD: '/',
     SHELL: '/bin/bash',
     USER: 'plex',
     XDG_CACHE_HOME: '/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Cache',
     XDG_DATA_HOME: '/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources',
     X_PLEX_TOKEN: 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX' },
  session: 'ade7bblx2v4zv05hi1vz4lk9',
  sessionFull: 'ade7bblx2v4zv05hi1vz4lk9/79082013-1fb8-463c-943a-aa48e4054e06' }

Now the question is, what did I do wrong? Unfortunately I can’t get any further.