Plex transcoding stopped working?

Plex Media Server Logs_2025-09-01_11-16-25.zip (2.1 MB)

So I changed some of my library links and seems like it is working now so directly related to this ionotify issue as you mention (thanks for your expert advice!).

I will dig more at this and try to resolve the setting … seems like it might still be set to the lower number. I have used unix/linux all my life but from a semiconductor engineer side and know my way around a little but don’t know that much about the setup.

Do you like the NUC boxes better for plex than synology? Seems like it would be 1 less layer of stuff to deal with for setting things like plex up.

@ChuckPa Thanks for the insight!

rather than downloading the logs i’ve just been streaming them so i can see what’s happening. I restarted to get clean logs, focused on browser based transcoding, and for whatever reason this morning, it appears to be working again. I did install intel-gpu-tools this morning to verify the gpu. After that, I set my browser quality to 4mbps and streamed a show and I saw successful transcoding session.. I then pulled up my phone and did the same on a show, success. I’m currently transcoding a piece of media initiated from my ipad that would not transcode before and it’s currently 65% complete and chugging along.

I have no idea what changed, seemingly overnight, but I thank you for sticking with me and chiming in with tips and taking some extra time out to troubleshoot.

@joepaiii

Thanks for the logs.

They do confirm the notify table is full.

The logs seem to point to /homemovies/Documents adding a bunch of directories which don’t contain any media content ??

when you get down to here, the table fills.

Sep 01, 2025 11:13:41.893 [140462663101240] DEBUG - [Notify] Now watching "/homemovies/Music/iTunes/Album Artwork/Cloud/808CE2808A8A8730/12/11/14"
Sep 01, 2025 11:13:41.893 [140462663101240] DEBUG - [Notify] Now watching "/homemovies/Music/iTunes/Album Artwork/Cloud/808CE2808A8A8730/12/12"
Sep 01, 2025 11:13:41.893 [140462663101240] DEBUG - [Notify] Now watching "/homemovies/Music/iTunes/Album Artwork/Cloud/808CE2808A8A8730/12/12/03"
Sep 01, 2025 11:13:41.893 [140462663101240] DEBUG - [Notify] Now watching "/homemovies/Music/iTunes/Album Artwork/Cloud/808CE2808A8A8730/12/12/02"
Sep 01, 2025 11:13:41.893 [140462663101240] DEBUG - [Notify] Now watching "/homemovies/Music/iTunes/Album Artwork/Cloud/808CE2808A8A8730/12/12/04"
Sep 01, 2025 11:13:41.893 [140462663101240] DEBUG - [Notify] Now watching "/homemovies/Music/iTunes/Album Artwork/Cloud/808CE2808A8A8730/12/12/05"
Sep 01, 2025 11:13:41.893 [140462663101240] ERROR - [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/homemovies/Music/iTunes/Album Artwork/Cloud/808CE2808A8A8730/12/12/06" (28: No space left on device)
Sep 01, 2025 11:13:41.894 [140462663101240] ERROR - [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/homemovies/Music/iTunes/Album Artwork/Cloud/808CE2808A8A8730/12/12/08" (28: No space left on device)
Sep 01, 2025 11:13:41.894 [140462663101240] ERROR - [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/homemovies/Music/iTunes/Album Artwork/Cloud/808CE2808A8A8730/12/12/09" (28: No space left on device)
Sep 01, 2025 11:13:41.894 [140462663101240] ERROR - [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/homemovies/Music/iTunes/Album Artwork/Cloud/808CE2808A8A8730/12/12/11" (28: No space left on device)
Sep 01, 2025 11:13:41.894 [140462663101240] ERROR - [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/homemovies/Music/iTunes/Album Artwork/Cloud/808CE2808A8A8730/12/12/10" (28: No space left on device)
Sep 01, 2025 11:13:41.894 [140462663101240] ERROR - [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/homemovies/Music/iTunes/Album Artwork/Cloud/808CE2808A8A8730/12/12/12" (28: No space left on device)
Sep 01, 2025 11:13:41.894 [140462663101240] ERROR - [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/homemovies/Music/iTunes/Album Artwork/Cloud/808CE2808A8A8730/12/12/13" (28: No space left on device)
Sep 01, 2025 11:13:41.894 [140462663101240] ERROR - [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/homemovies/Music/iTunes/Album Artwork/Cloud/808CE2808A8A8730/12/12/14" (28: No space left on device)
Sep 01, 2025 11:13:41.894 [140462663101240] ERROR - [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/homemovies/Music/iTunes/Album Artwork/Cloud/808CE2808A8A8730/12/12/15" (28: No space left on device)
Sep 01, 2025 11:13:41.894 [140462663101240] ERROR - [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/homemovies/Music/iTunes/Album Artwork/Cloud/808CE2808A8A8730/12/13" (28: No space left on device)

Based on what I see:

The /homemovies directory (and its subdirectories) should probably be reviewed / updated in your library sections

How many directories did you set in /etc/sysctl.conf (host not in the container) for fs.inotify.max_user_watches ?

@joepaiii

I do like the NUC for Plex. The architecture it creates is great.

  1. Compute
  2. Storage

I can upgrade/replace either piece independently.

NUC12 DCMi9 FULL
Nvidia RTX2000 Ada
3x 2TB NVMe SSD internal

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