Plex server process keeps stopping

To add to this… PMS works fine on my laptop, but the second I use an AppleTV to enter the live DVR or recorded shows, the server crashes.

If PMS is crashing, as in: the process itself is actually gone (Resource Monitor -> Processes doesn’t show Plex), then I would like

  1. The ZIP log files containing the most recent crash
  2. If there are Crash Reports in Plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Crash Reports, please make a ZIP of them too and add here with the Logs.ZIP

This thread is focusing on Synology. If PMS is crashing for Windows, please create a fresh thread to avoid confusion.

We think we have the root cause already and are focusing on the data we have in hand.

1.18.2.2058-e67a4e892.zip (2.4 KB)
There is one Crash Report a few days ago.

Today I updated my PMS to version 1.18.3.2111-5a96726d0-x86_64 , because I thought this could solve my problem. But it still exists. I started analyzing one of my Music libraries and checked the console. The console showed some I think HTTP Requests with 200 Response and no errors. Later the Day I wanted to check if it’s still analyzing but this time again I couldn’t connect to the PMS. I opened the Activity Monitor in the DSM, and this is what it showed:

Are you using LiveTV/DVR at all ?

If so, we found and fixed that bug last night.
Today, we found another which causes a crash on Synology (Linux) platforms.

That bug is being QA tested now.

Thank you for those logs but there are no contents.

Settings - Server - Troubleshooting - Download Logs

This is the Log file set I need.

Installed .2111 and now my server wont appear and I can’t downgrade to .2058 because DSM wont let me when I try (and I’m not in the mood right now to uninstall, reinstall, and set up again).

Getting hundereds of these in my logs, occurring every 2 seconds:

Dec 05, 2019 19:37:55.165 [0x7f5cf275f700] WARN - Warning: ex: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory: "/volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Resources/Plug-ins-e67a4e892", couldn't check file: "/volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Resources/Plug-ins-e67a4e892"

Punctuated by this every 5 minutes:

Dec 05, 2019 23:07:50.806 [0x7f5cf275f700] WARN - Warning: ex: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory: "/volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Resources/Plug-ins-e67a4e892", couldn't check file: "/volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Resources/Plug-ins-e67a4e892"
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.299 [0x7f5ca62b3700] DEBUG - Checking if time for scheduled update
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.300 [0x7f5ca62b3700] INFO - It's been 46500 seconds, so we're starting scheduled library update for section 7 (Fitness)
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.300 [0x7f5ca62b3700] DEBUG - Library Updater: Requested that section 7 be updated, force=0, deep=0, subdir= iTunes=0
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.300 [0x7f5ca62b3700] DEBUG - Library Updater: Queueing section 7
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.300 [0x7f5ca62b3700] INFO - It's been 46500 seconds, so we're starting scheduled library update for section 4 (Football)
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.301 [0x7f5ca62b3700] DEBUG - Library Updater: Requested that section 4 be updated, force=0, deep=0, subdir= iTunes=0
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.301 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Activity: registered new activity b9b37996-859e-47f8-a284-5c2f5872c45d - Scanning
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.301 [0x7f5ca62b3700] DEBUG - Library Updater: Queueing section 4
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.301 [0x7f5ca62b3700] INFO - It's been 45900 seconds, so we're starting scheduled library update for section 5 (Home Videos)
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.301 [0x7f5ca62b3700] DEBUG - Library Updater: Requested that section 5 be updated, force=0, deep=0, subdir= iTunes=0
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.301 [0x7f5ca62b3700] DEBUG - Library Updater: Queueing section 5
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.301 [0x7f5ca62b3700] INFO - It's been 45600 seconds, so we're starting scheduled library update for section 1 (Movies)
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.301 [0x7f5ca62b3700] DEBUG - Library Updater: Requested that section 1 be updated, force=0, deep=0, subdir= iTunes=0
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.301 [0x7f5ca62b3700] DEBUG - Library Updater: Queueing section 1
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.301 [0x7f5ca62b3700] INFO - It's been 46199 seconds, so we're starting scheduled library update for section 2 (TV Shows)
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.301 [0x7f5ca62b3700] DEBUG - Library Updater: Requested that section 2 be updated, force=0, deep=0, subdir= iTunes=0
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.301 [0x7f5ca62b3700] DEBUG - Library Updater: Queueing section 2
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.301 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Scanning section 7
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.301 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Activity: updated activity b9b37996-859e-47f8-a284-5c2f5872c45d - completed 0.0% - Scanning Fitness
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.301 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Killing job.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.302 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - JobRunner: exec of /volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex Media Scanner cancelled. In shutdown state.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.302 [0x7f5c76b7d700] ERROR - Failed to start library section refresh job
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.302 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Activity: registered new activity 9f99d980-e831-4ffd-96f5-92cc82271428 - Processing subscriptions
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.302 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Activity: Ended activity b9b37996-859e-47f8-a284-5c2f5872c45d.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.302 [0x7f5cf18b9700] DEBUG - Grabber: Cleaning up orphaned grabs.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.303 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Activity: registered new activity ce4a8120-05be-4161-8860-cf8706d57e12 - Scanning
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.303 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Scanning section 4
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.303 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Activity: updated activity ce4a8120-05be-4161-8860-cf8706d57e12 - completed 0.0% - Scanning Football
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.303 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Killing job.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.304 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - JobRunner: exec of /volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex Media Scanner cancelled. In shutdown state.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.304 [0x7f5c76b7d700] ERROR - Failed to start library section refresh job
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.304 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Activity: registered new activity 532d7573-00eb-446c-8db6-793a84b87437 - Processing subscriptions
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.304 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Activity: Ended activity ce4a8120-05be-4161-8860-cf8706d57e12.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.305 [0x7f5cf18b9700] DEBUG - Grabber: Cleaned up 0 decrepit directories in 0.0 sec.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.305 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Activity: registered new activity a93f2bf2-e7c9-49aa-9828-dd91e191d92b - Scanning
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.305 [0x7f5cf18b9700] DEBUG - Activity: registered new activity 205187e7-af37-4b99-93c1-47c494e2778b - Processing subscriptions
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.305 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Scanning section 5
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.305 [0x7f5cf18b9700] DEBUG - Subscription: Scheduling subscriptions.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.305 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Activity: updated activity a93f2bf2-e7c9-49aa-9828-dd91e191d92b - completed 0.0% - Scanning Home Videos
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.306 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Killing job.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.306 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - JobRunner: exec of /volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex Media Scanner cancelled. In shutdown state.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.306 [0x7f5c76b7d700] ERROR - Failed to start library section refresh job
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.306 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Activity: registered new activity 33a09a7a-ad2e-41a5-bfda-8ac9cebfa3da - Processing subscriptions
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.306 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Activity: Ended activity a93f2bf2-e7c9-49aa-9828-dd91e191d92b.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.306 [0x7f5cf18b9700] DEBUG - Subscription: Initialized 0 schedulers.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.306 [0x7f5cf18b9700] DEBUG - Subscription: Starting with 0 grabs, scheduled 0 active ones preemptively.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.307 [0x7f5cf18b9700] DEBUG - Subscription: Scheduled all subscriptions in 1 ms.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.307 [0x7f5cf18b9700] DEBUG - Activity: Ended activity 205187e7-af37-4b99-93c1-47c494e2778b.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.307 [0x7f5cf18b9700] DEBUG - Subscription: There are 0 active grabs at the end.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.307 [0x7f5cf18b9700] DEBUG - Activity: Ended activity 9f99d980-e831-4ffd-96f5-92cc82271428.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.307 [0x7f5cf18b9700] DEBUG - Subscription: Refreshed all content in 5 ms.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.307 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Activity: registered new activity f18d2988-5ca4-4213-80cd-a7a90008d037 - Scanning
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.307 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Scanning section 1
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.307 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Activity: updated activity f18d2988-5ca4-4213-80cd-a7a90008d037 - completed 0.0% - Scanning Movies
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.308 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Killing job.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.308 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - JobRunner: exec of /volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex Media Scanner cancelled. In shutdown state.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.308 [0x7f5c76b7d700] ERROR - Failed to start library section refresh job
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.308 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Activity: registered new activity 4cd2fa69-cc16-44fb-bf85-e3dde9bcce85 - Processing subscriptions
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.308 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Activity: Ended activity f18d2988-5ca4-4213-80cd-a7a90008d037.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.308 [0x7f5c765a1700] DEBUG - Grabber: Cleaning up orphaned grabs.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.309 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Activity: registered new activity 1469e815-704d-46be-bb84-e7a5c2d6a9e6 - Scanning
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.309 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Scanning section 2
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.309 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Activity: updated activity 1469e815-704d-46be-bb84-e7a5c2d6a9e6 - completed 0.0% - Scanning TV Shows
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.309 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Killing job.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.310 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - JobRunner: exec of /volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex Media Scanner cancelled. In shutdown state.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.310 [0x7f5c76b7d700] ERROR - Failed to start library section refresh job
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.310 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Activity: registered new activity 5d25068c-d9a4-4918-bef0-4251f9dd38d3 - Processing subscriptions
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.310 [0x7f5c76b7d700] DEBUG - Activity: Ended activity 1469e815-704d-46be-bb84-e7a5c2d6a9e6.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.311 [0x7f5c765a1700] DEBUG - Grabber: Cleaned up 0 decrepit directories in 0.0 sec.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.311 [0x7f5c765a1700] DEBUG - Activity: registered new activity 7628edaf-ecba-4caa-96ee-23dac71d150a - Processing subscriptions
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.311 [0x7f5c765a1700] DEBUG - Subscription: Scheduling subscriptions.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.312 [0x7f5c765a1700] DEBUG - Subscription: Initialized 0 schedulers.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.312 [0x7f5c765a1700] DEBUG - Subscription: Starting with 0 grabs, scheduled 0 active ones preemptively.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.312 [0x7f5c765a1700] DEBUG - Subscription: Scheduled all subscriptions in 0 ms.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.312 [0x7f5c765a1700] DEBUG - Activity: Ended activity 7628edaf-ecba-4caa-96ee-23dac71d150a.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.312 [0x7f5c765a1700] DEBUG - Subscription: There are 0 active grabs at the end.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.312 [0x7f5c765a1700] DEBUG - Activity: Ended activity 532d7573-00eb-446c-8db6-793a84b87437.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.312 [0x7f5c765a1700] DEBUG - Subscription: Refreshed all content in 3 ms.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.312 [0x7f5c765a1700] DEBUG - Grabber: Cleaning up orphaned grabs.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.314 [0x7f5c765a1700] DEBUG - Grabber: Cleaned up 0 decrepit directories in 0.0 sec.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.314 [0x7f5c765a1700] DEBUG - Activity: registered new activity fbf04b67-7d8d-460d-9ec6-8bec2f8a1dff - Processing subscriptions
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.314 [0x7f5c765a1700] DEBUG - Subscription: Scheduling subscriptions.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.314 [0x7f5c765a1700] DEBUG - Subscription: Initialized 0 schedulers.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.314 [0x7f5c765a1700] DEBUG - Subscription: Starting with 0 grabs, scheduled 0 active ones preemptively.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.314 [0x7f5c765a1700] DEBUG - Subscription: Scheduled all subscriptions in 0 ms.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.314 [0x7f5c765a1700] DEBUG - Activity: Ended activity fbf04b67-7d8d-460d-9ec6-8bec2f8a1dff.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.315 [0x7f5c765a1700] DEBUG - Subscription: There are 0 active grabs at the end.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.315 [0x7f5c765a1700] DEBUG - Activity: Ended activity 33a09a7a-ad2e-41a5-bfda-8ac9cebfa3da.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.315 [0x7f5c765a1700] DEBUG - Subscription: Refreshed all content in 2 ms.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.373 [0x7f5cf3159700] DEBUG - Grabber: Cleaning up orphaned grabs.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.374 [0x7f5cf3159700] DEBUG - Grabber: Cleaned up 0 decrepit directories in 0.0 sec.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.374 [0x7f5cf3159700] DEBUG - Activity: registered new activity 31f2cf87-eb6e-4721-a4f5-313ff2f58537 - Processing subscriptions
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.374 [0x7f5cf3159700] DEBUG - Subscription: Scheduling subscriptions.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.375 [0x7f5cf3159700] DEBUG - Subscription: Initialized 0 schedulers.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.375 [0x7f5cf3159700] DEBUG - Subscription: Starting with 0 grabs, scheduled 0 active ones preemptively.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.375 [0x7f5cf3159700] DEBUG - Subscription: Scheduled all subscriptions in 0 ms.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.375 [0x7f5cf3159700] DEBUG - Activity: Ended activity 31f2cf87-eb6e-4721-a4f5-313ff2f58537.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.375 [0x7f5cf3159700] DEBUG - Subscription: There are 0 active grabs at the end.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.375 [0x7f5cf3159700] DEBUG - Activity: Ended activity 4cd2fa69-cc16-44fb-bf85-e3dde9bcce85.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.375 [0x7f5cf3159700] DEBUG - Subscription: Refreshed all content in 3 ms.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:52.806 [0x7f5cf275f700] WARN - Warning: ex: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory: "/volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Resources/Plug-ins-e67a4e892", couldn't check file: "/volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Resources/Plug-ins-e67a4e892"
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:54.225 [0x7f5c762b3700] DEBUG - Grabber: Cleaning up orphaned grabs.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:54.226 [0x7f5c762b3700] DEBUG - Grabber: Cleaned up 0 decrepit directories in 0.0 sec.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:54.226 [0x7f5c762b3700] DEBUG - Activity: registered new activity 1a0051bc-4182-498d-980d-bdf79d869511 - Processing subscriptions
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:54.226 [0x7f5c762b3700] DEBUG - Subscription: Scheduling subscriptions.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:54.227 [0x7f5c762b3700] DEBUG - Subscription: Initialized 0 schedulers.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:54.227 [0x7f5c762b3700] DEBUG - Subscription: Starting with 0 grabs, scheduled 0 active ones preemptively.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:54.227 [0x7f5c762b3700] DEBUG - Subscription: Scheduled all subscriptions in 0 ms.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:54.227 [0x7f5c762b3700] DEBUG - Activity: Ended activity 1a0051bc-4182-498d-980d-bdf79d869511.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:54.227 [0x7f5c762b3700] DEBUG - Subscription: There are 0 active grabs at the end.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:54.227 [0x7f5c762b3700] DEBUG - Activity: Ended activity 5d25068c-d9a4-4918-bef0-4251f9dd38d3.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:54.227 [0x7f5c762b3700] DEBUG - Subscription: Refreshed all content in 3 ms.
Dec 05, 2019 23:07:54.806 [0x7f5cf275f700] WARN - Warning: ex: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory: "/volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Resources/Plug-ins-e67a4e892", couldn't check file: "/volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Resources/Plug-ins-e67a4e892" ```

I have been having this issue when using an IOS device to connect the server dies. Mainly with live TV. I am hoping to get this resolved. I have attached my log files for you all to look at.Plex Media Server Logs_2019-12-05_16-59-02.zip (1.1 MB)

The problem we found is directly related to LiveTV.

We’re waiting for QA to complete their work and will then release to PlexPass

The problem we found is directly related to LiveTV.

We’re waiting for QA to complete their work and will then release to PlexPass

So should I start a new thread with my issue above?

I followed what one person said about deleting the DVR and reboot and re-enable. This has fixed the issue for now.

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