# Plex server not available

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-not-available/932044>\
**Category:** Plex Players\
**Tags:** server-linux, roku\
**Created:** [October 2, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-not-available/932044 "2025-10-02T00:23:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-not-available/932044/17 "2025-10-05T13:06:09Z")

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> [@ChuckPa](#):
>
> ` directPlay reasons: Forced Direct Play. Your Plex Media Server doesn't support video transcoding.`

I’m wondering if the transcoding issue has something to do with this:

> [@Plex Media Server](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/690):
>
> **Plex Media Server 1.42.2.10156 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel.**
> 
> NEW:
> 
> - (Playback) Better caching of codec testing to improve start time of playback sessions (PM-3913)
> - **(Preferences) Split transcoder slots into CPU and GPU slots (PM-3891)**

Perhaps a reversion back to 1.42.1.10060 could rule it out.

[Plex download URLs Archive](https://github.com/axlecrusher/plex_download_urls)

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