From 28854ebf2e475402af607ffac76d8390fafacacf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mani <mani@manis-MacBook-Pro.local>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 02:17:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add configurable FFmpeg log level

- Add FfmpegLogLevel property to EncodingOptions (default: 'error')
- Use configuration value in GetInputModifier instead of hardcoded value
- Allows changing log verbosity without rebuild via encoding.xml
- Possible values: quiet, panic, fatal, error, warning, info, verbose, debug, trace
---
 MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs | 9 ++++++++-
 MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/EncodingOptions.cs     | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
index 7e6f7298b9..94bfc92725 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
@@ -7105,7 +7105,14 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
 
         public string GetInputModifier(EncodingJobInfo state, EncodingOptions encodingOptions, string segmentContainer)
         {
-            var inputModifier = "-loglevel error";
+            var inputModifier = string.Empty;
+
+            // Apply FFmpeg log level from configuration
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(encodingOptions.FfmpegLogLevel))
+            {
+                inputModifier = $"-loglevel {encodingOptions.FfmpegLogLevel}";
+            }
+
             var analyzeDurationArgument = string.Empty;
 
             // Apply -analyzeduration as per the environment variable,
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/EncodingOptions.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/EncodingOptions.cs
index 2720c0bdf6..a0494453f6 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/EncodingOptions.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/EncodingOptions.cs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public class EncodingOptions
         EnableSubtitleExtraction = true;
         AllowOnDemandMetadataBasedKeyframeExtractionForExtensions = ["mkv"];
         HardwareDecodingCodecs = ["h264", "vc1"];
+        FfmpegLogLevel = "error";
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -295,4 +296,9 @@ public class EncodingOptions
     /// Gets or sets the file extensions on-demand metadata based keyframe extraction is enabled for.
     /// </summary>
     public string[] AllowOnDemandMetadataBasedKeyframeExtractionForExtensions { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the FFmpeg log level (quiet, panic, fatal, error, warning, info, verbose, debug, trace).
+    /// </summary>
+    public string FfmpegLogLevel { get; set; }
 }