Server Version#: 1.18.1.1973 Player Version#: My Plex Server is crashing whenever a hardware transcode starts. Server is using a i5-8500 so it’s QuickSync transcoding. If I turn off hardware transcoding, it transcodes fine. Only thing I’ve noticed in logs, is that it seems to crash on this: Code…

Consolidating all info relating to crashes and hardware acceleration Following the test of new Intel driver by @Geran and previous feedback from @d0cx , we now have a conclusion to these crashes. So to summarize the fixes for Plex Media Server crashes when hardware acceleration is in use Intel Gr…

Hardware transcoding (QuickSync) causing server crash

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops

Dr_Tone November 25, 2019, 2:59am 47

Thanks for doing the research I’m going back to this version until it’s fixed.

Multiple Plex server crashes

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Plex Media Server Crash with Hardware Acceleration Enabled Desktops & Laptops server-windows	61	5965	November 10, 2020
HW Acceleration crashes on Dell PowerEdge T30 / Windows 10 Pro Desktops & Laptops server-windows	76	3088	March 23, 2020
PMS on Windows 10 keeps crashing after v1.18.1.1973 update Desktops & Laptops server-windows	92	4869	July 6, 2020
Artifacting when using hardware acceleration transcoding with integrated intel graphics Desktops & Laptops server-windows	149	9656	April 7, 2021
Hardware Acceleration Crashes PMS App Desktops & Laptops server-windows	18	1661	April 19, 2020

Hardware transcoding (QuickSync) causing server crash

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