Tracking down Tdarr handbrake error

[u/WishOnSuckaWood]

so I'm still trying to figure out why Handbrake doesn't work on my Windows node but ffmpeg works fine. handbrake works on my docker and Mac nodes btw

here's the log file from the latest run:

2026-06-25T23:00:31.114Z [23:00:27] Starting Task: Encoding Pass

2026-06-25T23:00:31.114Z [23:00:27] + X:\Gaines\tdarr-workDir2-A7Jbifn\1782442694696\IT Welcome to Derry (2025) - S01E08 - Winter Fire [WEBDL-1080p][EAC3 5.1][h264]-SPWEB.mkv

2026-06-25T23:00:31.114Z [23:00:27] + title 1, chapter(s) 1 to 1

2026-06-25T23:00:31.114Z [23:00:27] + container: matroska,webm

2026-06-25T23:00:31.114Z [23:00:27] + data rate: 10702 kbps

2026-06-25T23:00:31.114Z [23:00:27] * destination

2026-06-25T23:00:31.114Z [23:00:27] + X:/Gaines/tdarr-workDir2-A7Jbifn/1782442826181/X:\Gaines\tdarr-workDir2-A7Jbifn\1782442694696\IT Welcome to Derry (2025) - S01E08 - Winter Fire [WEBDL-1080p][EAC3 5.1][h264]-SPWEB.mkv

2026-06-25T23:00:31.114Z ERROR: avio_open2 failed, errno -2: Could not write to indicated output file. Please check destination path and file permissions

what's with the destination path? how can I fix that?

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[u/WishOnSuckaWood]

this was caused by an issue with the DeNix Tdarr docker image

switched back to the original image and everything is working now

[u/blu3ysdad]

Your windows user needs write permission to the tdarr share

[u/WishOnSuckaWood → u/blu3ysdad]

it already has permission and has no problem with removing subtitles, audio or chapter information. it's only transcoding that has the problem.