New error message after recent PLEX update blocking all most movie playbacks “Conversion failed. Transcorder exited”

[ChuckPa]

1. DRATS! Synology updated their site. I was counting on 1.16.5. I have 1.16.5 if needed.

2. To correct the “UNAVAILABLE” flag on your media, Please follow the instructions I have here

Plex Media Server security changes for Synology users

Community Announcement - Synology users - Security update. Server Version#: Plex Media Server 1.15.4.994 and above By popular customer request and to improve the safety of your media, we’ve made a small but visible change to what PMS can do on your NAS by itself. We have removed user plex from the administrators group. This was a holdover from DSM 5.2 when it was required for PMS to run properly on the NAS. Now, with DSM 6 and above, this is no longer required. By doing so we’ve lower…

This is how to assign user plex permission to see the media.

I am concerned this happened. When the package uninstalls, I do not remove the Plex user. When it does install, if user Plex exists, I use it as is. All permissions will be intact.

Please take care of step #2 (the shared folder permissions) then report back please.

I want to know everything is back where it belongs.