OS version: OpenMediaVault 4.1.0-1 (Arrakis) Plex Media Server version: PMS 1.11.3.4803 Docker version: Docker 17.12.1-ce Docker container: plex-inc/pms-docker:latest Direct play works as expected, but anything needing any transcode (video or audio) fails without even starting the job. Things…

Finally got it! The problem is that I had disabled the exec permissions on the drive I have the docker container running, and therefore the transcoder.exe could not execute itself. I realized because as a OpenMediaVault plugin, transcoding worked as it run from the OS drive, which has exec permiss…

PMS cannot transcode any file ("Conversion failed. The transcoder crashed or failed to start up")

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illando December 7, 2018, 12:45am 9

I solved following Techno Dad Life tutorial:

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PMS cannot transcode any file ("Conversion failed. The transcoder crashed or failed to start up")

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