# Strange Errors In a Log

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/strange-errors-in-a-log/735276>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-synology\
**Created:** [August 10, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/strange-errors-in-a-log/735276 "2021-08-10T13:13:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![LeviDavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@LeviDavis](https://forums.plex.tv/u/LeviDavis)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/strange-errors-in-a-log/735276/1 "2021-08-10T13:13:45Z")

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Server Version#: 1.22.2.4282-6000  
I am getting some continual errors in the [Server Logs.](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/) How can I attach just a small portion here?  
The DS is NOT running DSM 7. It is running 6.2.4-25556

Example Error Lines… (these are not right next to each other - just samples of lines)

XML: Unsupported encoding gbk

SSDP: Error parsing device schema for [http://x.x.x.23:49152/upnpdevicedesc.xml](http://x.x.x.23:49152/upnpdevicedesc.xml)

NetworkServiceBrowser: Parsing SSDP schema for [http://x.x.x.25:49152/upnpdevicedesc.xml](http://x.x.x.25:49152/upnpdevicedesc.xml)

HTTP/1.1 (0.0s) 200 response from GET [http://x.x.x.25:49152/upnpdevicedesc.xml](http://x.x.x.25:49152/upnpdevicedesc.xml)

One More piece — 23 and 25 are Hikvision Cameras. I disconnected them and the errors stopped. As far as I know I have never did anything to incorporate them into Plex.

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**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/strange-errors-in-a-log/735276/2 "2021-08-10T16:40:13Z")

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You can ignore the messages.

The devices are announcing themselves on the network via SSDP. This is normal.

Plex Media Server does not understand their message format and notes it in the logs.

> [@SSDP: Error parsing device schema for http://192.168.1.16:49153/description2.xml](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ssdp-error-parsing-device-schema-for-http-192-168-1-16-49153-description2-xml/652475/10):
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> The SSDP messages in the logs are meaningless. Not all SSDP-responding devices provide their reply in XML. Some use a hybrid form while others use JSON. Those messages in the logs are: harmless can be ignored because PMS is overzealously reporting them just so you are informed (in case you’re wondering why PMS didn’t find your device). My Off-Topic comment was in regard to the Plex Media SSDP (PMSSDP) Reflection/Amplification DDoS Attack Mitigation Recommendations link. It has nothing to…

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/strange-errors-in-a-log/735276/3 "2021-11-08T16:40:56Z")

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