Hello, I have a transcode problem. Each time I use Plex via the web portal (locally or on the internet) on one of my computers, the video always transcode (it’s lagging and it takes around 90% of the NAS cpu). Therefore, I can only play 1/3 of my videos because the NAS is not powerful enough. The …

Thank you very much for your reply. I’ve downloaded the .log files on my computer, stopped, and restarted the server. Now, how should I read those text files? I guess it’s located in the “Plex Transcoder Statistics” file? Thanks.

[image] khiryos: I’ve downloaded the .log files on my computer, stopped, and restarted the server. Wrong order. You need to first enable the logging, then restart the server, then recreate the failure, then fetch the logs. The log file of interest is the main Plex Media Server.log file. See…

Thanks. I did exactly what you advised me, but I didn’t find any “MDE” word in the “Plex Media Server” log file. Here is what I got: //////////////////////// Feb 05, 2024 14:29:11.927 [1929880432] INFO - Plex Media Server v1.32.8.7639-fb6452ebf - Synology DS216j armv7l - build: linux-armv7neon syn…

It appears you did not only disable “verbose” logging, but “debug” logging as well.

This is not one of those lines I mean. Look for MDE: the colon is kinda important for knowing the right lines.

Thanks for your reply. You were right. None of the boxes was checked. So I enabled “debug” logging. Here is an example of a MDE line: Feb 05, 2024 14:42:09.730 [1920959344] DEBUG - Completed: [192.168.0.254:57523] 200 GET /:/timeline?ratingKey=59071&key=%2Flibrary%2Fmetadata%2F59071&playbackTime=0&…

There is no “MDE:” in the line codes.

Did you re-enable the video transcoding in the server settings?

Nope, the only thing I changed is the following checkbox: “Enable Plex Media Server debug logging ”

Always transcoding (web, smart TV with Tizen) while no transcoding (Android devices, Windows 11 app)

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OttoKerner February 5, 2024, 2:46pm 21

Maybe this is for you: PM4K / PlexMod for Kodi (18, 19, 20, 21)

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Always transcoding (web, smart TV with Tizen) while no transcoding (Android devices, Windows 11 app)

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