am getting this error when trying to play something on android and firestick but not on my ios device? i have tried different android devices, disabling subs, no luck. please help [Bluestacks_B98sha8EEw]

Seems the October 15th update to the Android app broke (at least) ASS subtitles. Same message as above. I’ve used Aptoide on my Shield to downgrade to the latest previous version available (8.23.something) which works fine and disabled Auto App Updating until this is fixed.

i didn’t try that version, will later on but i have a feeling it will not work for me still

one of thing pp were saying on all those other posts were the lack of acknowledgment by plex, now i see why, honestly this is disgusting.

Keep in mind its weekend now, so i understand why no confirmation is done by plex.

I am also getting this error on Shield TVs. If I change the settting and have it auto convert it will play the file but during playback the file will act as if it was fast forwarding in sections for 5-10 seconds stop and playback will continue as normal and the cycle will repeat off and on until the…

@anielarias Plex Media Server version? See if this is applicable to your setup: [image] Connection Error when playing films on android tv app Plex Players As @richyh67 mentions, there is a problem with current versions of Android/Android TV apps and older versions of Ple…

am on server Version 1.24.4.5081, would this still apply to me ?

hoping a fix comes soon never seen such issues with it

Yeah and I trying to find an older version of the app to install so I don’t have these issues

Error when trying to play something on android and firestick

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FordGuy61 October 17, 2021, 7:04pm 9

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Plex Media Server version?

See if this is applicable to your setup:

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Error when trying to play something on android and firestick

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