[BUG] ffprobe not available

[7opf]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Current Behavior

Following error log occurs frequently.

2025-09-10 21:11:13.0|Error|DetectSample|Failed to get runtime from the file, make sure ffprobe is available
2025-09-10 21:11:13.8|Error|DetectSample|Failed to get runtime from the file, make sure ffprobe is available
2025-09-10 21:11:14.3|Error|DetectSample|Failed to get runtime from the file, make sure ffprobe is available
2025-09-10 21:11:14.3|Error|DetectSample|Failed to get runtime from the file, make sure ffprobe is available
2025-09-10 21:11:14.5|Error|DetectSample|Failed to get runtime from the file, make sure ffprobe is available
2025-09-10 21:11:14.5|Error|DetectSample|Failed to get runtime from the file, make sure ffprobe is available
2025-09-10 21:11:14.5|Error|DetectSample|Failed to get runtime from the file, make sure ffprobe is available
2025-09-10 21:11:14.6|Error|DetectSample|Failed to get runtime from the file, make sure ffprobe is available

In Sonarr v4, ffprobe has replaced MediaInfo, but ffprobe doesn't appear to be available in the image. Should it be added?

Expected Behavior

ffprobe available in image for use by sonarr

Steps To Reproduce

1. Pull latest image
2. Run
3. Do whatever needs ffprobe 🤷

Environment

- OS: Synology DSM
- How docker service was installed: Synology Package Manager

CPU architecture

x86-64

Docker creation

image: lscr.io/linuxserver/sonarr:latest
    container_name: sonarr
    restart: unless-stopped
    dns: 1.1.1.1
    ports:
      - 8989:8989
    environment:
      - TZ=Europe/London
      - PUID=1040
      - PGID=100
    volumes:
      - /volume1/media/series:/series:rw
      - /volume1/docker/sonarr/config:/config:rw
      - /volume1/docker/dl/data/complete/sonarr:/dl:rw

Container logs

2025-09-10 21:11:13.0|Error|DetectSample|Failed to get runtime from the file, make sure ffprobe is available
2025-09-10 21:11:13.8|Error|DetectSample|Failed to get runtime from the file, make sure ffprobe is available
2025-09-10 21:11:14.3|Error|DetectSample|Failed to get runtime from the file, make sure ffprobe is available
2025-09-10 21:11:14.3|Error|DetectSample|Failed to get runtime from the file, make sure ffprobe is available
2025-09-10 21:11:14.5|Error|DetectSample|Failed to get runtime from the file, make sure ffprobe is available
2025-09-10 21:11:14.5|Error|DetectSample|Failed to get runtime from the file, make sure ffprobe is available
2025-09-10 21:11:14.5|Error|DetectSample|Failed to get runtime from the file, make sure ffprobe is available
2025-09-10 21:11:14.6|Error|DetectSample|Failed to get runtime from the file, make sure ffprobe is available

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[aptalca]

The error isn't there is no ffprobe. The error is Failed to get runtime. The next part, make sure ffprobe is available, is a suggestion. Ffprobe is in there: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-sonarr/blob/master/package_versions.txt#L75

[johnhelt]

that's great, but you're not actually addressing the error message? I'm receiving the exact same error over and over. Why?

[j0nnymoe]

Bad file maybe? Check your debug logs but this is likely something you need to report to sonarr directly.