# SOLUTION: Conversion failed. The transcoder exited due to an error

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**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [May 1, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/solution-conversion-failed-the-transcoder-exited-due-to-an-error/234363 "2018-05-01T15:16:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![SartBimpson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sartbimpson/32/177961_2.png) [@SartBimpson](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SartBimpson)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/solution-conversion-failed-the-transcoder-exited-due-to-an-error/234363/622 "2020-06-13T07:56:45Z")

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This is exactly my problem since yesterday, but I do **not** have over 4000 movies. It’s starting to happen more often and often and, like you, I cannot watch more than 5 minutes of anything without a transcoder error.

Maybe somebody can connect my post with this? [Permanent Transcoder error since update](https://forums.plex.tv/t/permanent-transcoder-error-since-update/603057)

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