Server Version#:1.18.0.1944 to 1.19.4/2935
Player Version#: Using web interface on the same computer, not currently using a media player. to fix erros.
I have been steadily using Plex Media Server at home for years. Since 2015 in fact. I have noticed codec problems for years now. Your Devs have not corrected them. I notice a string of incidences both at home and in your forums where Plex fails to download codecs. I have been through your forums when I have tried anything beyond version 1.18.0. NONE of them or the soutions you people present seem to work right!
I have reinstalled Plex in the later versions… No affect! I have had Plex analyze media files and still not download the the codecs. I have changed the transcoding folder to another drive to avoid problems with permissions. Still no effect. My final solution? Uninstall the badly written newer Plex servers and install the old 1.15.1.791 and Voilà! Its alive! It’s aliiive!
By the way, it’s easy to figure out what the software is doing by how it behaves. Needless to say, I have been through the forums looking at similar issues and I see a lot of mkv files having this kind of error especially from 1.18.1 and later. It doesn’t really pay to upgrade when the software doesn’t work.
I have read all the Plex documentation like any good IT degree holding professional should do. So the question is, when are your Devs going to correct these errors in the programing. You do know that this kind of thing has caused other long forgotten programs and OSs to disappear from the scene, right? Anyone remember cyanogenmod? It was causing mounting errors on phones. It was replaced by LineageOS. Anyone remember Microsoft Works? Nuf said.
The question is when will your Devs fix these errors? Or will Plex go the way of the dinosaur? You have to know that the competition must be rubbing their hands together watching this happen.
By the way, I’m not looking for you to fix the issue on my end. I’m looking for you to fix the issue on your end. I am quite capable of fixing it myself. Do everyone a favor an remove the bugs from your coding so Plex works right. You do know that these kinds of bugs cause people to stop supporting a product? You may loose customers over this like World of Warcraft has lost subscribers by messing up their interface.
