[Bug]: Error: EINVAL: invalid argument, open #248

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opened 2025-10-14 16:11:46 -06:00 by navan · 0 comments

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2025-10-14 16:11:46 -06:00

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Originally created by @timkeefer1 on 7/3/2025

What happened?

I think my ABS instance is getting... confused with file names or locations? Audiobooks will play fine for a while and then I get this :

Error: EINVAL: invalid argument, open '/data/media/audiobooks/Author Name/Book Name/Author Name - Book Name.m4b'
This happens regardless if I'm using Shelfplayer, Plappa, or the ABS Web UI.
When I "docker exec -it audiobookshelf sh" I can ls the folder and clearly see the file there.
And I can even restart the container and/or the stack, and the error still reoccurs.
When I completely restart the docker host, I'm able to start playing the audiobook again.

Any thoughts/help?

What did you expect to happen?

I'm normally using Shelfplayer, so maybe something is getting hung up in some kind of progress tracking?

Steps to reproduce the issue

Play audiobook
Stop audiobook
Try and restart playing

Audiobookshelf version

v2.25.1

How are you running audiobookshelf?

Docker

What OS is your Audiobookshelf server hosted from?

Linux

If the issue is being seen in the UI, what browsers are you seeing the problem on?

Firefox

Logs

Error: EINVAL: invalid argument, open '/data/media/audiobooks/Author Name/Book Name/Author Name - Book Name.m4b

Additional Notes

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*Originally created by @timkeefer1 on 7/3/2025* ### What happened? I think my ABS instance is getting... confused with file names or locations? Audiobooks will play fine for a while and then I get this : `Error: EINVAL: invalid argument, open '/data/media/audiobooks/Author Name/Book Name/Author Name - Book Name.m4b' ` This happens regardless if I'm using Shelfplayer, Plappa, or the ABS Web UI. When I "docker exec -it audiobookshelf sh" I can ls the folder and clearly see the file there. And I can even restart the container and/or the stack, and the error still reoccurs. When I completely restart the docker host, I'm able to start playing the audiobook again. Any thoughts/help? ### What did you expect to happen? I'm normally using Shelfplayer, so maybe something is getting hung up in some kind of progress tracking? ### Steps to reproduce the issue 1. Play audiobook 2. Stop audiobook 3. Try and restart playing ### Audiobookshelf version v2.25.1 ### How are you running audiobookshelf? Docker ### What OS is your Audiobookshelf server hosted from? Linux ### If the issue is being seen in the UI, what browsers are you seeing the problem on? Firefox ### Logs ```shell Error: EINVAL: invalid argument, open '/data/media/audiobooks/Author Name/Book Name/Author Name - Book Name.m4b ``` ### Additional Notes _No response_