"An error occurred while playing this item"

If they had a musical theme associated with that error message, I would at least be able to listen to something.

And to add insult to injury, that message keeps popping up, even when you are using another android app. Which just proves they are not making any true effort to maintain the product.

I stopped the app, and this ■■■■■■ message is still appearing. About 5 seconds away from having to turn my phone off and on.

Yup, had to reboot my phone. God I hate Plex.

Would you please provide the server debug log files?

With some information, we can help.
All I’ve seen so far is your frustration (which is very understandable).

I have removed your duplicated threads.