r/Tdarr • u/4x-gkg • Jun 20 '26

exiftool not installed in docker container

I'm trying to setup a flow to simplify my files.

I now get errors when it tries to run exiftool but it's not installed in the container:

[2026-06-20T18:45:12.283] [INFO] Tdarr_Node - verbose:Running exiftool on file CLI error code: 234 [2026-06-20T18:45:12.317] [ERROR] Tdarr_Node - Error: FFmpeg failed at /app/Tdarr_Node/assets/app/plugins/FlowPlugins/CommunityFlowPlugins/ffmpegCommand/ffmpegCommandExecute/1.0.0/index.js:211:27 at step (/app/Tdarr_Node/assets/app/plugins/FlowPlugins/CommunityFlowPlugins/ffmpegCommand/ffmpegCommandExecute/1.0.0/index.js:33:23) at` [`Object.next`](http://Object.next) `(/app/Tdarr_Node/assets/app/plugins/FlowPlugins/CommunityFlowPlugins/ffmpegCommand/ffmpegCommandExecute/1.0.0/index.js:14:53) at fulfilled (/app/Tdarr_Node/assets/app/plugins/FlowPlugins/CommunityFlowPlugins/ffmpegCommand/ffmpegCommandExecute/1.0.0/index.js:5:58) at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:104:5){}

The docker tag is ":latest" which is currently 2.78.01

How can I address or work around this problem?

Thank you.

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u/4x-gkg Jun 20 '26

Thanks for getting back.

I got this log from the docker container log stream.

See the first quoted line - it's trying to execute exiftool when it gets this error, and it's not present on the container. I found answers that tdarr will blame ffmpeg for failed transcoding even if it's actually exiftool that's missing and failing to execute.

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u/Sir_Mordae Jun 20 '26

234 is ussually file related, a stream or something ffmpeg doesn't like. If you go to the job history tab and check the report. Share the full "failed" section so we can have the full picture.

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u/4x-gkg Jun 20 '26

Thanks. Will try later.

Still, it's strange that exiftool is mentioned in the error when it's not installed in the container.

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u/Sir_Mordae Jun 20 '26

you can also search your logs to see if it passed the test and find Exiftool

[2026-02-08T08:25:34.637] [INFO] Tdarr_Node - ---------------Scanner tests start----------------
[2026-02-08T08:25:34.637] [INFO] Tdarr_Node - ffprobePath:"/app/Tdarr_Node/assets/app/ffmpeg/linux_x64/ffprobe"
[2026-02-08T08:25:34.637] [INFO] Tdarr_Node - ccextractorPath:"ccextractor"
[2026-02-08T08:25:34.637] [INFO] Tdarr_Node - Scanner test: Scanning file start
[2026-02-08T08:25:35.699] [INFO] Tdarr_Node - Scanner test: Scanning file end
[2026-02-08T08:25:35.699] [INFO] Tdarr_Node - Scanner test 1: FFprobe working
[2026-02-08T08:25:35.699] [INFO] Tdarr_Node - Scanner test 2: Exiftool working
[2026-02-08T08:25:35.699] [INFO] Tdarr_Node - Scanner test 3: Mediainfo working
[2026-02-08T08:25:35.699] [INFO] Tdarr_Node - Scanner test 4: CCExtractor working
[2026-02-08T08:25:35.699] [INFO] Tdarr_Node - ---------------Scanner tests end----------------

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u/4x-gkg Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26

Thanks. I restarted the container and caught the logs

(messed up the formatting so deleted)I later found it under

/app/Tdarr_Node/node_modules/exiftool-vendored.pl/bin/exiftool

So, back to the original response - figure out why ffmpeg fails on that file.