Server Version#: 1.24.2.4973 Player Version#:1.34.1 Plex for windows keeps crashing. I will be watching it and within 3 m,ins the stream will freeze and the plex app crashes. I have restarted the server, and my computer but it keeps happening.

I actually just installed that and it’s working now.

Same issue for me, and fixed the same way. Do your log files also end with the below when it crashes? Sep 23, 2021 23:27:33.801 [15632] ERROR - [UpdateManager] FATAL ERROR: Log: Error handling format string ‘Download %s of %s progress %s of %s bytes (%d%%)’: invalid type specifier

Ditto, here. Was running Plex for Windows V 1.34.1.2590-74ea7099. Each time I launched the app, it would play a selected song for about 30 seconds then crash. I’ve downloaded (manually) and installed V 1.35.1.2632-c6783c78 and it’s working just fine. @Voidntt - where do you access the Plex log fil…

My log files were in C:\Users\[username here]\AppData\Local\Plex\Logs.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Similar entry in my log files as well: Sep 23, 2021 10:16:21.706 [4380] ERROR - [UpdateManager] FATAL ERROR: Log: Error handling format string ‘Download %s of %s progress %s of %s bytes (%d%%)’: invalid type specifier

Looks like it’s just a bug with 1.34.1’s update manager then.

Thanks for this. I was starting to get irritated. My player was consistently crashing after just 20 seconds of opening the app. I looked up the logs and discovered the same update manager error mentioned. I spent five minutes trying to get into the app to locate a link that would force an update…

I have the same “crashing” problem on both a Windows computer and a Mac. Is the suggestion to install a different version?

+1 on this. I was wondering why PMP was not grabbing an updated version. Manual update fixed the issue for me.

Plex for windows keeps crashing

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pl_5309 September 23, 2021, 12:36pm 2

What does the new version do?
https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-desktop/1.35.1.2632-c6783c78/windows/Plex-1.35.1.2632-c6783c78-x86_64.exe

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