make lazy loaded paths more nimble

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
index c04648c37..34ec15a70 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
@@ -721,6 +721,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
             Logger.Info(process.StartInfo.FileName + " " + process.StartInfo.Arguments);
 
             var logFilePath = Path.Combine(ServerConfigurationManager.ApplicationPaths.LogDirectoryPath, "ffmpeg-" + Guid.NewGuid() + ".txt");
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(logFilePath));
 
             // FFMpeg writes debug/error info to stderr. This is useful when debugging so let's put it in the log directory.
             state.LogFileStream = FileSystem.GetFileStream(logFilePath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.Read, true);