Server Version#: (Nvidia Shield Pro) 1.40.1.8251 Player Version#: (Plex Web) 4.125.1 Just writing a post here so devs can see the issue. I had to roll back with APK mirror to 1.32.8.7639 to fix the issue and setup a new server. Issue I got when trying to play anything remotely was ‘conversion fai…

I’m having major problems on my NVIDIA Shield Pro, too. Suddenly I’m unable to play most of my video files at all. The error message says unable to play this content - please check your connection. Server and player are both running on the Shield Pro. I can play all videos on my mobile phone in the…

I have the exact same issue. I thought it was my fault so I uninstalled Plex and Plex Media Server. Tried reinstalling but now I cannot get the Media Server set up again. It freezes on the message “Plex Media Server is starting for the first time, please wait…” After a while my Nvidia shield just …

I did the same. For anyone having the same issue I would not uninstall plex otherwise you might end up having to make a new server like I did. Got stuck on that starting screen too - “Plex Media Server is starting for the first time, please wait…” In the end I got it to work by uninstalling plex m…

Yup, same issue with my server. I can watch content on my phone, but when I try and watch on my Macbook via the web app I get ‘Conversion failed. The transcoder exited due to an error.’. Troubleshooted by restarting the laptop and Shield TV multiple times, but did not resolve. Then realised there ha…

Also having the same issue and optimized versions lo longer works giving the error below. Please fix ASAP [image]

Transcoding also exiting with error on random movies & tv shows. Here is the debug log. INFO - Plex Media Server v1.40.1.8251-8160757a9 - NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV mdarcy - build: android-aarch64 unknown INFO - Android version: 11, language: en-US INFO - Processor: 4-core AArch64 INFO - Compiler is…

Update on the APK roll-back on PMS work-around, if you uninstall plex media server to then reinstall the earlier version you will need to reformat a new library. I forgot to turn off auto-updates in the play store and had to make a new library again. A case for just waiting for a hot fix if you ha…

Excellent! Well spotted and sorry for making another thread about it here.

Hot fix has come through (1.40.2.8395) and server is now working as expected!

Issue transcoding following pms update, shield pro

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TeddyB April 18, 2024, 4:01pm 9

Sounds like a fix is coming at the end of this thread

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Issue transcoding following pms update, shield pro

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