Server Version#: 1.41.0.8994 Player Version#: <If providing server logs please do NOT turn on verbose logging, only debug logging should be enabled> Hi - I have an instance of Plex Media Server running on Windows Server 2022. Plex has an HD Home Run connected which is often used for DVR recording…

Verify the status of this selector in the properties of each of your libraries. It might have been set to detect commercials in all your media, instead of just in recorded content. [grafik]

Thanks Otto - I did not know about this setting. I have set it to disabled for all libraries, including DVR recordings. However the issue still remains :confused:

There is no way to see what it is doing without server logs. (“debug”, NOT “verbose”)

Oct 19, 2024 09:13:51.000 [6684] ERROR - IsFileWritable: failed to create file '"H:\e5da8dda-ef6c-4bc3-a043-4ef089360b26"' Oct 19, 2024 09:13:51.000 [6684] WARN - IsDirWritable: directory '"H:\"' is not writable Verify that you have a drive with letter H: If this drive is permanently out of use, r…

Thank you for all the help! I think this Ad detection, setting all libraries to disabled & manually clearing out the Library Trash did the trick! I will update here if it returns. Regarding the H drive, I was doing some maintenance and resizing that drive, which is a ram disk for live TV transcodin…

FWIW I ran into this same issue and repairing the DB is what fixed this for me. :relieved::+1:

Related: [image] Thank you Plex and Community Lounge A quick shout of appreciation here to the Plex team for all your efforts and everyone here on the forums for helping out. Plex is running pretty dang well for me lately, and this is after many (MANY!) years of hounding…

Hmm… nope, I had to set all libraries to Ad detection: Disabled and then repair the db.

Plex Commercial Skipper.exe constantly running using CPU

Plex Media Server

Mike-E November 29, 2024, 9:45am 8

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