Server Version#: 1.32.6.7557 This is getting ridiculous… Plex has been thrashing my NAS, SSD’s, and CPU for months with this error message – [Req#3e6e312/Transcode/d18b2a71-01af-4c41-be89-b47c9106c023/6cb25dc6-7931-4bdb-b220-0090ef0145a8] Error while decoding stream #0:1: No space left on device I…

Unfortunately, it looks like the Plex Transcoder goes into a recursive loop if it comes across a corrupt file and the log files only display the process hash, along with a confusing (and probably incorrect) error message. This was occurring during the “Detect Intros” job, but the “Activity” window i…

Does this happen when transcoding TrueHD audio? There was a bug in the early 1.30 releases. It should have been fixed in 1.30.1.6562 . [image] Plex freezing a transcode no matter the client stating out of space Plex Media Server @ranger671 To shed clarity on the TrueHD …

I have no idea what it’s trying to transcode. As I said, there are no active streams and all transcoding is disabled. The directory in the error message is empty, so I have no real way of identifying what file it’s hung up on without installing a bunch of forensic tools. I’m also well beyond 1.30.1.…

Verify Plex Media Server is configured for debug, not verbose, logging. Settings → Server_Name → General + Show Advanced [debug] Restart Plex Media Server When the problem re-occurs, pull the server log files (Settings → Troubleshooting) and upload the zip file to the thread.

The transcoder is used when rendering images even for display in the library, so without debug logs it would be hard to tell what’s going on. Can you give us the output of df -h on your machine so we can confirm your disks aren’t full.

Error while decoding stream #0:1: No space left on device

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FordGuy61 October 12, 2023, 2:39am 3

Does this happen when transcoding TrueHD audio?

There was a bug in the early 1.30 releases.

It should have been fixed in 1.30.1.6562.

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Error while decoding stream #0:1: No space left on device

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