Error - MinimStreamer: transcode setting '*:L16' requires a converter

[RobA]

(03-08-2026 13:45)Stake Wrote:  

(03-08-2026 12:49)RobA Wrote:  Simon,

I've installed the app "ffmpeg Version 7.0.2" in the app centre on the QNAP NAS.
In MinimServer I've set stream.converter to /opt/ffmpeg/ffmpeg and stream.transcode to *:L16. These are no longer highlighted in red and have been saved.
I am able to stream files (FLAC) ok, will the above set up allow transcoding and how can I check it's actually working?

Thanks again for your help.

Ffmpeg is is usually required to transcode or decode aac files as far as I know. Do you have any of those? If not you could probably skip the whole faff and delete that L16 line.

You are probably correct - my use case was for transcoding .m3u Hi res radio streams. I now have an alternative way of accessing this.