Sonic Analysis Problem

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Never seen this and I know SA can fail in several ways from seeing others’ posts here. But, here is how I fixed my SA problems. If your root problem is also a few bad files this could help. (“Bad” files can check out with every other player and utility, SA can apparently be a little fussy.)

What's the current best practice for dealing with a stuck sonic analysis process?

Sonic Analysis can get stuck for more than one reason it seems, but finding a track it does not like may be the most common reason. Assuming that is what has happened to you, you do not need to go through your logs. Look at the processes running on the system and see if there is a Plex transcoder process that won’t die. The file it is working on should be included in the process arguments… use Process Explorer on Windows or ps on Linux to see what is going on. You might also try sorting your li…