# Playback Error after recent Plex Media Server update

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-error-after-recent-plex-media-server-update/906049
**Category:** Plex Media Server
**Tags:** server-windows
**Created:** [February 18, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-error-after-recent-plex-media-server-update/906049 "2025-02-18T14:34:49Z")
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### Author: ![rizarjay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecd19e/32.png) [@rizarjay](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rizarjay)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-error-after-recent-plex-media-server-update/906049/2 "2025-02-18T15:14:17Z")

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Extracting the Codec zip file shared here seemed to fix it

> [@A required codec could not be found or failed to install](https://forums.plex.tv/t/a-required-codec-could-not-be-found-or-failed-to-install/905580/6):
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> Here’s the contents of my “Codecs\e613bce-97f23d579c1001d8e9cc0d2e-windows-x86\_64” folder: [Codecs.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/r86YJYBLA5OYq0d578C2Z8DSymA.zip) (5.2 MB)

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