# Playback fails with "Conversion failed. The transcoder failed to start up."

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**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-mac\
**Created:** [October 29, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-fails-with-conversion-failed-the-transcoder-failed-to-start-up/754078 "2021-10-29T21:36:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_001](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/john_001/32/279863_2.png) [@John\_001](https://forums.plex.tv/u/John_001)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-fails-with-conversion-failed-the-transcoder-failed-to-start-up/754078/1 "2021-10-29T21:36:30Z")

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Server Version#: 1.24.5.5173  
Player Version#: 1.35.1.2632-c6783c78

Relevant lines in log file.  
(sorry could not figure out how to get lines to wrap properly - kept splitting at 90 characters)

[plexlog.txt](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/t1kKRNe60G02BIwIT13Avy7cMvG.txt) (118.9 KB)

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-fails-with-conversion-failed-the-transcoder-failed-to-start-up/754078/2 "2022-01-27T21:37:20Z")

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