From 81b8b0ca4a1e33ffd2aa2ddde1fa0561ee6a6c4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cody Robibero <cody@robibe.ro>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025 09:32:15 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add the transcode marker during startup instead of first
 transcode (#15194)

---
 Jellyfin.Server/Program.cs | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Jellyfin.Server/Program.cs b/Jellyfin.Server/Program.cs
index dc7fa5eb36..93f71fdc69 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Server/Program.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Server/Program.cs
@@ -184,6 +184,12 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server
                         .AddSingleton<IServiceCollection>(e))
                     .Build();
 
+                /*
+                 * Initialize the transcode path marker so we avoid starting Jellyfin in a broken state.
+                 * This should really be a part of IApplicationPaths but this path is configured differently.
+                 */
+                _ = appHost.ConfigurationManager.GetTranscodePath();
+
                 // Re-use the host service provider in the app host since ASP.NET doesn't allow a custom service collection.
                 appHost.ServiceProvider = _jellyfinHost.Services;
                 PrepareDatabaseProvider(appHost.ServiceProvider);