Hi, I’ve been using Plex for 3+ years now without seeing this conversion failed error. With the recent server update, I’m seeing this error randomly pop up, could be within a minute, could take more than 30 minutes, it does not occur on the same frame(s). I’ve seen this issue happen on both Chrome…

Well at least now we have confirmation it isn’t us specifically which also means there are lots of people who haven’t posted that are having the same issue. Anyone out there have any ideas?

I got the same problem. Can’t provide logs since I’m not at home. I’ve mostly seen this on my mobile, but it has also occurred on the web player. Web player is on Windows 10 and chrome. Mobile is a android on Samsung Galaxy 28th and the server is a Windows 10 Intel machine.

Yep this is getting old really fast. Hey Plex, have enough of us posted in here yet to catch your attention?

Turning off subtitles doesn’t fix the problem for me. Still getting the randomn crashes.

I ended up downgrading until I got to server 1.3.4.3285 and got the streaming stable again. At least now it’s usable again but I would like to see some response from Plex team on why it happened or if they are looking into it. Otherwise, what’s the point of getting a lifetime plex pass if I can’t ev…

I’m having the same problem and it’s making streaming useless and incredibly frustrating. . Going to downgrade to solve it since never happened until the update on the weekend.

Been dealing with this issue for almost 2 months now. Unbelievably frustrating, and i’ve tried everything I can think of.

Bump. I mean I’m sure it’ll get ignored and just sink again but bump anyway.

Getting a "Conversion failed. Transcoder crashed or failed to start up" error.

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops

Fawkee October 7, 2017, 5:08am 11

Anyone in here found a solution?

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Getting a "Conversion failed. Transcoder crashed or failed to start up" error.

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