Error 4294967283 only with specific audio files

Plex Server Version 1.42.2.10156 for Windows

Plex Client Versions tested: 1.112.0.359-0d79a49f for Windows, 1.105.1.257-3bc35ab9 for Mac, Plexamp for Windows 4.12.3

Server:

Processor AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor (4.20 GHz)

Installed RAM 64.0 GB (63.1 GB usable)

Graphics RTX 4070

Motherboard AM5 B650E

Media files streamed from Synology DS418 with current DSM version

All devices are wired ethernet


Random? music files produce this error in Plex client. The alert stops playback of the queue.

Plexamp skips the files and continues with the next file in the queue.

Plex info for a sample track (about a third of the files in this album produce the error and the rest play):

?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“UTF-8”?
MediaContainer size=“1” allowSync=“1” identifier=“com.plexapp.plugins.library” librarySectionID=“3” librarySectionTitle=“Music” librarySectionUUID=“e4ef02e8-3fa8-409b-9176-7f147af1b319” mediaTagPrefix=“/system/bundle/media/flags/” mediaTagVersion=“1758219494”
Track ratingKey=“271117” key=“/library/metadata/271117” parentRatingKey=“271116” grandparentRatingKey=“81392” guid=“local://271117” parentGuid=“local://271116” grandparentGuid=“plex://artist/5d07bbfc403c6402904a62fc” type=“track” title=“At Ch DeGaulle, Etc.” grandparentKey=“/library/metadata/81392” parentKey=“/library/metadata/271116” librarySectionTitle=“Music” librarySectionID=“3” librarySectionKey=“/library/sections/3” grandparentTitle=“Better Than Ezra” parentTitle=“Friction, Baby” originalTitle=“Better Than Ezra” summary=“” parentYear=“2001” thumb=“/library/metadata/271116/thumb/1735371971” parentThumb=“/library/metadata/271116/thumb/1735371971” duration=“40” addedAt=“1735371965” updatedAt=“1742860568”
Media id=“265663” duration=“40” bitrate=“899991” videoCodec=“mjpeg” container=“mjpeg” videoFrameRate=“PAL” hasVoiceActivity=“0”
Part accessible=“1” exists=“1” id=“277307” key=“/library/parts/277307/1742855123/file.mp3” duration=“40” file=“M:\Better Than Ezra\Friction, Baby\At Ch DeGaulle, Etc..mp3” size=“5198673” container=“mjpeg” deepAnalysisVersion=“6” requiredBandwidths=“7200,7200,7200,7200,7200,7200,7200,7200”
Stream id=“646043” streamType=“1” selected=“1” codec=“mjpeg” index=“0” bitrate=“899991” chromaLocation=“center” colorSpace=“bt470bg” frameRate=“25.000” refFrames=“1” requiredBandwidths=“7200,7200,7200,7200,7200,7200,7200,7200” displayTitle=“Unknown” extendedDisplayTitle=“Unknown”
/Stream
/Part
/Media
Image alt=“At Ch DeGaulle, Etc.” type=“coverPoster” url=“/library/metadata/271116/thumb/1735371971” /
Extras size=“0”
/Extras
Related
/Related
/Track
/MediaContainer>

MediaInfo tree view:

General

Complete name : \Media\music\Downloads\Better Than Ezra\Friction, Baby\At Ch DeGaulle, Etc..mp3

Format : MPEG Audio

File size : 4.96 MiB

Duration : 2 min 20 s

Overall bit rate mode : Constant

Overall bit rate : 256 kb/s

Title : At Ch DeGaulle, Etc.

Album : Friction, Baby

Performer : Better Than Ezra

Genre : Rock

Recorded date : 2001

BPM : 128

Cover : Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes

Cover type : Picture / Picture / Picture / Picture

Cover MIME : image/jpeg / image/jpeg / image/jpeg / image/jpeg

Comment : Rap Alternative

key : Em

Audio

Format : MPEG Audio

Format version : Version 1

Format profile : Layer 3

Format settings : Joint stereo / MS Stereo

Duration : 2 min 20 s

Bit rate mode : Constant

Bit rate : 256 kb/s

Channel(s) : 2 channels

Sampling rate : 44.1 kHz

Frame rate : 38.281 FPS (1152 SPF)

Compression mode : Lossy

Replay gain : 0.69 dB

Replay gain peak : 0.381221

Stream size : 4.29 MiB (87%)

Min/Max : 000,182

Undo : +006,+006,N

The bitrate you emphasized was the one of the embedded cover art. Not that of the audio stream.
So, try the same file without the embedded cover art. See if it makes a difference.

Mp3Tag shows four cover images, all of which are image/jpeg still images. Every file in the album has the same four images embedded; only about a third of them throw the error. Is there anything I’m missing?