I’ve been using plex for years with little to no issues.
The last few months, every so often (about once a day), a TV show or movie will stop and I will get this error, or a shaka101 error. When I try to re-play the file, it works immediately. I have not found any correlation to what could be causing this. This has happened on different types of video formats (avi, mp4, mkv), has happened with files with subtitles and without subtitles. And on files on 2 different HDDs. And it can almost NEVER be replicated. It happens randomly.
Typically, I have it running overnight in my room and it will stop at some point, but other times it happens when I go to watch a single show after not using the server for a few hours, so I don’t think it’s an issue with the PC or anything.
I have tried EVERYTHING I have found on Plex Forums and Reddit.
Uninstalled, reinstalled.
Deleted libraries
Renamed files
Changed Transcoder directory
Set PlexTranscoder.exe to compatibility mode
Changed permissions of Transcoder folder
I even bought Plex Pass so I could try the Beta, still having issues
Toggled Direct Play/Direct Stream
Optimized Versions
Happens on all devices (Plex web, both through Plex.tv and local, Chromecast to my tv from both desktop and phone, playing on Fire Stick, and Xbox)
My system is older (i5-3570k, 8GB ram) but I haven’t had issues like this until the last 2-3 months. All files play just fine on all other content.