QEventDispatcherWin32::registerTimer: Failed to create a timer And Unable to Playback

Plex Players Desktop Players
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Server Version#: 1.27.2.5929
Starting Plex HTPC version: 1.20.2.3110-6f190192
Running on: Windows 10 Version 2009 [10.0.19043] x86_64

Main issue: After while of running plex HTPC i am not able to play any media with the following error:

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After restart of the plex HTPC everything goes smooth again for a certain amount of time.

I was checking the logs and notices 2 things

  1. millions of logs like this:

Jul 12, 2022 10:39:44.335 [7128] ERROR - QEventDispatcherWin32::registerTimer: Failed to create a timer (The current process has used all of its system allowance of handles for Window Manager objects.)

  1. And also this log error

Jul 12, 2022 10:50:58.028 [5716] ERROR - [MPVEngine/mpv] cplayer: Cannot seek in this stream.
Jul 12, 2022 10:50:58.028 [5716] ERROR - [MPVEngine/mpv] cplayer: You can force it with ‘–force-seekable=yes’.
Jul 12, 2022 10:50:58.028 [5716] DEBUG - [MPVEngine/mpv] cplayer: EOF code: 6
Jul 12, 2022 10:50:58.031 [5716] ERROR - [MPVEngine] something happened.
Jul 12, 2022 10:50:58.031 [5716] DEBUG - [MPVEngine/mpv] cplayer: finished playback, something happened (reason 4)
Jul 12, 2022 10:50:58.031 [5716] INFO - [MPVEngine/mpv] player:
Jul 12, 2022 10:50:58.031 [7128] DEBUG - [QHotkeyInput] Playback state is now ‘Stopped’
Jul 12, 2022 10:50:58.034 [7128] ERROR - QEventDispatcherWin32::registerTimer: Failed to create a timer (The current process has used all of its system allowance of handles for Window Manager objects.)
Jul 12, 2022 10:50:58.034 [7128] ERROR - [Web] 06/02/2022 10:50:58:031 [DavidePeriquito:bfc8me6ojwi8ki6dv83erf1b] ERROR [5677] A critical QtPlayer error occurred; the player cannot recover 4294967276 An unknown error occurred (4294967276)

Adding the full log file
Plex HTPC.log (2.1 MB)

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This is a bug in the SDL2 library. You can workaround it by disconnecting any controllers while using the app.

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I can give it a try for the sake of testing. But overall can’t, it is the way for me to interact with the HTPC, I don’t have any other input device :sweat_smile:

Do you know by when we have a fix available?

Do you believe the playback problem is related to the same thing?

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Unfortunately that is a question for the SDL2 team. I’ve not seen any indications that this has been fixed in their subsequent release notes and their subsequent versions have broken building the library in certain environments.

This can cause a whole host of problems including causing playback to fail.

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