# Plex Logging Question

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-logging-question/576323
**Category:** Plex Media Server
**Tags:** server-linux
**Created:** [April 18, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-logging-question/576323 "2020-04-18T02:39:04Z")
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### Author: ![DravorInVa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@DravorInVa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DravorInVa)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-logging-question/576323/1 "2020-04-18T02:39:05Z")

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Server Version#: Version 1.19.1.2645  
Player Version#: N/A

So I was trying to diagnose some things in my plex logs, and I was looking at the way the log is written:

Apr 17, 2020 22:11:26.469 [**22222222222222**] DEBUG - Transcoder segment range: 1486 - 2686 (2686)

Where I have masked the ID with 2’s above, is that the session ID? And if so does that session ID tie to a user?

I was under the impression that it was the session ID, and I was trying to troubleshoot and issue. What I noticed is the logs telling me that session ID belonged to one use, then 13 seconds later it belongs to another use. So obviously that couldn’t be the session ID? Or if so, I have an issue, since those shouldn’t be used by multiple users?

Thanks!

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### 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: [April 18, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-logging-question/576323/2 "2020-04-18T04:07:46Z")

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The ID number is the ThreadID within PMS.

Because multiple tasks write to the log, using ThreadIDs allows for an easy `grep` to find all the message traffic outputted by a particular thread.

We all have the same thread ID numbers so there’s nothing unique to you.

The most it tells us is which OS it’s running on since Windows, MacOS, and Linux have different thread id numbering systems.

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### Author: ![DravorInVa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@DravorInVa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DravorInVa)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2020, 4:17am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-logging-question/576323/3 "2020-04-18T04:17:04Z")

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Thanks Chuck, that makes a lot more sense!!

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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: [July 17, 2020, 4:17am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-logging-question/576323/4 "2020-07-17T04:17:19Z")

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