ErsatzTV - Old libva and iHD Packages and Missing intel-media-va-driver-non-free #1517

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opened 2025-11-20 05:11:39 -05:00 by saavagebueno · 7 comments
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Originally created by @war59312 on GitHub (Jul 17, 2025).

Have you read and understood the above guidelines?

yes

📜 What is the name of the script you are using?

ErsatzTV

📂 What was the exact command used to execute the script?

bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/ct/ersatztv.sh)"

⚙️ What settings are you using?

  • Default Settings
  • Advanced Settings

🖥️ Which Linux distribution are you using?

Debian 12

📝 Provide a clear and concise description of the issue.

Hi,

Please see https://github.com/ErsatzTV/ErsatzTV/issues/2144#issuecomment-3083686821

It seems this ErsatzTV LXC has very old libva and iHD Packages and is missing intel-media-va-driver-non-free

Any chance this could be corrected in the LXC so good to go from install?

Thanks,

Will

🔄 Steps to reproduce the issue.

Simply install the LXC and try to install intel-media-va-driver-non-free:

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Paste the full error output (if available).

root@ersatztv:~# apt install intel-media-va-driver-non-free
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Package intel-media-va-driver-non-free is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'intel-media-va-driver-non-free' has no installation candidate

🖼️ Additional context (optional).

No response

Originally created by @war59312 on GitHub (Jul 17, 2025). ### ✅ Have you read and understood the above guidelines? yes ### 📜 What is the name of the script you are using? ErsatzTV ### 📂 What was the exact command used to execute the script? bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/ct/ersatztv.sh)" ### ⚙️ What settings are you using? - [ ] Default Settings - [x] Advanced Settings ### 🖥️ Which Linux distribution are you using? Debian 12 ### 📝 Provide a clear and concise description of the issue. Hi, Please see https://github.com/ErsatzTV/ErsatzTV/issues/2144#issuecomment-3083686821 It seems this ErsatzTV LXC has very old libva and iHD Packages and is missing intel-media-va-driver-non-free Any chance this could be corrected in the LXC so good to go from install? Thanks, Will ### 🔄 Steps to reproduce the issue. Simply install the LXC and try to install intel-media-va-driver-non-free: <img width="887" height="153" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/85812182-6a5b-4d26-b431-0f00f7ebef46" /> ### ❌ Paste the full error output (if available). root@ersatztv:~# apt install intel-media-va-driver-non-free Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Package intel-media-va-driver-non-free is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package 'intel-media-va-driver-non-free' has no installation candidate ### 🖼️ Additional context (optional). _No response_
saavagebueno added the bug label 2025-11-20 05:11:39 -05:00
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@MickLesk commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2025):

For non free you need to add an Special repository. Its Not old lol

@MickLesk commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2025): For non free you need to add an Special repository. Its Not old lol
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@war59312 commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2025):

OK, I tried:

apt install software-properties-common
apt-add-repository non-free
apt update
apt install intel-media-va-driver-non-free

That got intel-media-va-driver-non-free installed, but still no updates offered after apt upgrade.

What's the special repository?

Perhaps mention this stuff at https://community-scripts.github.io/ProxmoxVE/scripts?id=ersatztv ?

@war59312 commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2025): OK, I tried: ``` apt install software-properties-common apt-add-repository non-free apt update apt install intel-media-va-driver-non-free ``` That got intel-media-va-driver-non-free installed, but still no updates offered after apt upgrade. What's the special repository? Perhaps mention this stuff at https://community-scripts.github.io/ProxmoxVE/scripts?id=ersatztv ?
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@clipz98 commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2025):

FYI, ffmpeg-related issues also have an ongoing rabbit hole thread here. My solution (until the script gets updated) was to manually use the developer's ffmpeg binaries for linux here and replace the old ones. I suggest looking there too to find some answers.

@clipz98 commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2025): FYI, ffmpeg-related issues also have an ongoing rabbit hole thread [here](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/issues/5443). My solution (until the script gets updated) was to manually use the developer's ffmpeg binaries for linux [here](https://github.com/ErsatzTV/ErsatzTV-ffmpeg/releases) and replace the old ones. I suggest looking there too to find some answers.
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@MickLesk commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2025):

That what Debian 12 offer, is the current possible and used by thousands of Servers/computers

@MickLesk commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2025): That what Debian 12 offer, is the current possible and used by thousands of Servers/computers
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@war59312 commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2025):

I am running the ffmpeg from https://github.com/ErsatzTV/ErsatzTV-ffmpeg/releases

Thanks.

RGR

@war59312 commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2025): I am running the ffmpeg from https://github.com/ErsatzTV/ErsatzTV-ffmpeg/releases Thanks. RGR
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@jasongdove commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2025):

That what Debian 12 offer, is the current possible and used by thousands of Servers/computers

To be clear, I'm not saying this is definitely an issue. We are trying to troubleshoot performance, and I noticed that libva and the intel-media-driver packages are much older (2.12 and 23.1.1) than the ones provided in the ErsatzTV docker image (2.22 and 25.1.4) with an Ubuntu 24.04 base.

@jasongdove commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2025): > That what Debian 12 offer, is the current possible and used by thousands of Servers/computers To be clear, I'm not saying this is definitely an issue. We are trying to troubleshoot performance, and I noticed that libva and the intel-media-driver packages are much older (2.12 and 23.1.1) than the ones provided in the ErsatzTV docker image (2.22 and 25.1.4) with an Ubuntu 24.04 base.
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@MickLesk commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2025):

Ubuntu is always more up to date, Debian is more stable.

@MickLesk commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2025): Ubuntu is always more up to date, Debian is more stable.
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Reference: SVI/ProxmoxVE#1517