EAC3 Transcodes completely broken. "EAE timeout! EAE not running, or wrong folder?"

Plex Media Server
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Sep 02, 2023 16:28:56.000 [140025930193720] ERROR - [Req#174/Transcode/fsa8d3qpsyq6b92ik982zeny/be37a85b-d36a-4f0a-bc2c-161bbccd7067] [eac3_eae @ 0x7fdf60759a40] EAE timeout! EAE not running, or wrong folder? Could not read ‘/tmp/pms-eb140b00-078d-4658-86d6-c954e3829cb1/EasyAudioEncoder/Convert to WAV (to 8ch or less)/fsa8d3qpsyq6b92ik982zeny_339-0-0.wav’

commonly ALSO occurs when you run out of Notify slots.
(The transcoder EAE needs 2 slots)

If the table is full, then EAE will fail.

Easy check for this:

  1. DEBUG loggging on. (SAVE if changes)
  2. Restart PMS
  3. Give it 3-4 minutes to fully come up and stabilize (add all folders)
  4. Download logs
  5. Open “Plex Media Server.log”
  6. Search for “No space left on device” (full table)

If this is the case, the solution is this procedure

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