Server Version#: Unknown (cannot access Server Settings from computer)
Player Version#: 4.85.1
I am a very basic Plex user, mainly just around my own house. The past week I started noticing that when I tried to use the Plex web player on my desktop (the same desktop where the Plex Media Server is installed) that anything I try to watch tries to load but then if i pause/play something i get “Conversion failed. The transcoder exited due to an error.” When I go into the settings and go under the server, I am able to see “Dashboard, Alerts, and Conversions” but any sections under “Settings” says “Server Settings are Unavailable”.
So I went down to my task bar on my computer and right clicked on the Plex Media Server icon and selected “Open Plex” but it immediately opens a browser window that says “Problem Loading Page, Unable to connect” and the same error is returned when I clicked “Check for Updates”. I have closed and restarted the application, restarted my machine as well with no success.
Short of uninstalling and reinstalling (which I hate to do if I do not have to because of all the edits and corrections I have made to file information and matching to make the shows and movies be correct) I am not sure what else I can do. Any thoughts would be appreciated, as I said im a pretty basic Plex user.
Update: I did find an article that recommended going to plex and downloading the installation file for the newest Plex Media Server and selecting “Repair”. I have done that but its just sitting at “Setup Progress. Processing. Initializing…” but has not gone any further.
