# Playback error on every platform **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-linux, plex-web\ **Created:** [May 29, 2025, 4:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-error-on-every-platform/920495 "2025-05-29T04:06:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 71
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-error-on-every-platform/920495/71 "2025-07-15T01:40:58Z")
Nvidia Shield is a Thick Player. It accepts a DirectPlay stream and does all the work. This is true of other devices like Amazon and some Phones. I have asked for the new FFMPEG and Plex/web because: 1. FFMPEG will be the new baseline very shortly. – It is based on PMS 1.41.8. 2. Plex/web is the simplest player available. PMS & FFMPEG must do all the work. ANY errors are immediately visible. There is nothing else to complicate the diagnosis. At the moment, in this thread, Watch History is not part of the discussion. Please hold that until the Playback issue is resolved. > [@Transcoder Upgrade Forum Preview](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-upgrade-forum-preview/924241): > > Announcing the Transcoder Upgrade forum preview! Plex’s transcoder is a highly customized version of FFMPEG which has been accumulating bugfixes and features since it was forked back in 2012. With such a large number of differences, upgrading from the upstream repository became increasingly more difficult and took up more and more time. We decided it was time to clear out the bloat and start over, creating a brand new fork from ffmpeg 6.1 and only bringing over features necessary for the funct… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-error-on-every-platform/920495)._