# Error while decoding stream #0:1: No space left on device **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-linux\ **Created:** [January 15, 2026, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-while-decoding-stream-0-no-space-left-on-device/935478 "2026-01-15T11:27:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gene0915](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@gene0915](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gene0915)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-while-decoding-stream-0-no-space-left-on-device/935478/1 "2026-01-15T11:27:09Z")
Server Version#: 1.42.2.10156 Player Version#: N/A My [PMS logs](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/) are filled with that error. What causes it and how to fix it? My transcoding device has a TB of free space. [Plex Media Server Logs\_2026-01-15\_06-16-23.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/u0TkkS67NVdzZirvrQNaKtBvmKG.zip) (1.2 MB) ---
**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-while-decoding-stream-0-no-space-left-on-device/935478/2 "2026-01-15T12:44:01Z")
See [Linux Tips - #9 by ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/9) ---
**Author:** ![gene0915](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@gene0915](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gene0915)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-while-decoding-stream-0-no-space-left-on-device/935478/3 "2026-01-15T13:24:15Z")
I don’t think it’s an inotify problem: > root@server-pc:~# sysctl fs.inotify.max\_user\_watches > fs.inotify.max\_user\_watches = 124764 > > root@server-pc:~# find /proc/\*/fd -user plex -lname anon\_inode:inotify > -printf ‘%hinfo/%f\n’ 2\>/dev/null | xargs cat | grep -c ‘^inotify’ > 7967 > > root@server-pc:~# find /mnt/md0/4K /mnt/md0/Movies /mnt/md0/Friends /mnt/md0/TV\ Shows/ /mnt/md0/Movie\ requests /mnt/md0/Home\ Movies -type d -print | wc -l > 7958 ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-while-decoding-stream-0-no-space-left-on-device/935478/4 "2026-01-15T17:09:53Z")
The client app playback is most likely paused and sending websocket keepalive. The Plex apps stopped doing this some time ago (a few years) so shouldn’t be happening with any of the current apps. When does it occur ? Which player ? ---
**Author:** ![gene0915](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@gene0915](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gene0915)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-while-decoding-stream-0-no-space-left-on-device/935478/5 "2026-01-15T18:18:18Z")
I think my friend was streaming from his Samsung TV (not 100% sure, I’ll ask him tonight). He was watching a show and got about 30 minutes in and his Plex client threw a “an unexpected playback problem occurred” error. He hit OK and was able to get right back in and continue watching. Since I wasn’t sure if it was just a random fluke or something with Plex, I started looking through the logs and saw TONS of ‘no space left on device’ errors filling up the log files so I thought I’d post here to try and find out why the log files were polluted with that error. He said he had it paused for about 10 minutes in total. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-while-decoding-stream-0-no-space-left-on-device/935478/6 "2026-01-15T18:52:10Z")
The clients throwing this event is harmless. It is just messy in the logs. The “No space left on device” error is a problem which I will setup a VM for and see if I can recreate it. I have more than enough media (thanks for your folder counts) to replicate. Gut-feel is that it’s a Debian 13 issue as it doesn’t occur on other distros. I presume you’re fully up to date with updates ? ---
**Author:** ![gene0915](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@gene0915](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gene0915)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-while-decoding-stream-0-no-space-left-on-device/935478/7 "2026-01-15T22:02:46Z")
Yep, Debian 13 is fully up to date. Good to know that the messy logs is nothing to worry about. I’m going to have him do some more testing tonight. I’m hoping it was just a random error but I’ll let you know. ---
**Author:** ![gene0915](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@gene0915](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gene0915)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-while-decoding-stream-0-no-space-left-on-device/935478/8 "2026-01-16T13:19:28Z")
Good news… my friend watched another episode last night and didn’t encounter the error so I guess (hope) it was just a fluke. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-while-decoding-stream-0-no-space-left-on-device/935478/9 "2026-01-16T17:49:53Z")
I setup a new Debian 13 VM yesterday (two attempts) It blew up in my face – total failure. If you have any suggestions, I’m willing. ---
**Author:** ![gbooker02](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/gbooker02/32/9726_2.png) [@gbooker02](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gbooker02)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-while-decoding-stream-0-no-space-left-on-device/935478/10 "2026-01-16T22:41:34Z")
This is EAE. You’ll be using EAE any time you play content with a Dolby codec (EAC3 or TrueHD but AC3 doesn’t count here) where the audio is transcoded. It decodes audio samples in a dir within `/tmp` and that’s what it is complaining about. Also, if you are using a docker container you may need to volume map this to a location with space. ---
**Author:** ![gene0915](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@gene0915](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gene0915)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-while-decoding-stream-0-no-space-left-on-device/935478/11 "2026-02-10T21:10:55Z")
Really sorry for the delayed reply…. been traveling for work ☹ What type of problem did you run into? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/error-while-decoding-stream-0-no-space-left-on-device/935478/12 "2026-05-11T21:10:56Z")
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