Server Version#: 1.42.2.10156 Player Version#: Apple TV app latest version Ad detection has been working, but recently it’s started behaving very erratically. I record some local OTA programming to watch at a more convenient time. I have ad detection turned on but not automatic ad skipping. At…

I dont think it works with the new ffmpeg.

I’m not sure. How that applies to my question… can you clarify?

Is there a way to downgrade ffmpeg to an earllier version? Which version?

Everything I find on the web says it wouldn’t be possible to downgrade to a previous version because PMS uses its own highly customized fork. There has to be a solution for this. Do Plex developers read these messages? I’m about ready to throw in the towel and give up on PMS if I can’t get this w…

they strip mined open source, and now dont want to maintain it. There is an older version that works, but it has other security issues.

[image] pl69321: How do I troubleshoot this further? See Apple TV Logs and PMS logs. Reproduce the issue, capture both client and server logs and share them here or DM them to me.

I will do this later today, after recording and viewing new OTA content. Just FYI, the ad-skip behavior is the same regardless of the player: Samsung Plex App AppleTV app Plex web interface at https://[local PMS server]:32400 This leads me to believe that the problem is in the analysis and ad id…

[image] pl69321: If I click the “Skip Ads” button it terminates the whole program. Terminates the program as in dismissing or close the Plex app or dropping playback to the previous page (if you started playback from the Show or episode level, did it return you to that page)?

Sorry, that wasn’t clear. At that point (late in the program, with Skip Ads displayed during program content, not ads), it skips to the end of the program.

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Gloppie February 8, 2026, 6:54am 4

https://forums.plex.tv/t/buffer-overflows-in-plex-commercial-skipper

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