Server Version#: 1.43.0.10162 (Unraid; LinuxServer Docker) Player Version#: Hello, Over the last week I started having playback issues with my server. This happens across numerous devices (Web, Android and IOS). Plex UI on all devices is good (no errors, updates with new media in a timely manner,…

Did you’re issue got solved? Having similar behaviour out of nowhere on my side

No, I never found a clear solution. I ended up starting with a new Plex install and restoring an old database that I was lucky enough to have and was confident was not broken. I then restored the history from the “broken” Plex database. Thus my new install was like nothing had changed (outside of a …

Thanks for the reply. In the meantime, is started to dig in to the forum even deeper and found this script: https://pastebin.com/8hxVkjpi It was as well on reddit. In the end, the script as well changes the database. My ChatGPT instance suggested fixing the d…

DO NOT USE CHATGPT, editing the database tables directly never ends well. Ill take a look at the server logs above and make further comments then. EDIT: Looked at the log file, since its an excerpt I dont have the whole picture, but it looks like you have disabled direct streaming, and have an upl…

I guess you @dbirch are answering to @somail who used a rollback instead of my approach, similar to the post here Playback error: An error occurred loading items to play - Plex Media Server - Plex Forum . While I agree that not anybody should blindly follow ChatGPT I think my approach is still fine …

[image] 9_Mad-Max_5: maybe safer than just straight use a shell script Depends on who wrote it. the ONLY scripts I recommend are written by Plex employees. ChuckPa’s tools have proven to be reliable. Plex uses a modified version of sqllite, so unless you are using that version to edit the tab…

It seems I ran again in the same issue with my instance after a docker update to | Linuxserver.io version:- 1.42.2.10156-f737b826c-ls288 it happened again. So at least at my place it seems to be related due to a change from ls287 to ls288 made two days ago, a container rollback before …

Dealing with the same issue right now

@smiba Please create a new thread with a copy of your server logs and details of the issue. Best to not mix things up between multiple users who may have different issues.

The reset of the play_queues table as described on the reddit post linked earlier worked for me: Reddit - The heart of the internet I think we’re all having the same issue, and I’m not sure why after many years of using Plex this has started to show up. My comment was mostly as a way to boost this …

Playback Fails on All Devices

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dbirch January 4, 2026, 1:12am 15

@9_Mad-Max_5 You can revert your database. If you can see Playback error: An error occurred loading items to play - #116 by ChuckPa

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Playback Fails on All Devices

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