Hello, I recently updated to to Plex Server Version#: 1.18.6.2368 and now when I add a new video the thumbnail generation task takes such a long time that I wind up having to force quit Plex. For 1:30 length movie it takes about 6 hours to generate the thumbnails and stresses out the server too mu…

Plex Version 1.18.6.2368 - Thumbnail Generation Slooooow

OttoKerner February 20, 2020, 1:36pm 5

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