# Subtitles Conversion Failed. Transcoder Exited due to error **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [December 21, 2022, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles-conversion-failed-transcoder-exited-due-to-error/823620 "2022-12-21T07:58:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jacksonfamilyplex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e0b2c6/32.png) [@jacksonfamilyplex](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jacksonfamilyplex)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles-conversion-failed-transcoder-exited-due-to-error/823620/1 "2022-12-21T07:58:29Z")
This is an issue I’ve been dealing with across multiple devices for 4-6 months now. It’s not the end of the world, because the videos work without subtitles, but I prefer subtitles. I have searched these forums a bunch and tried a few options to see if it would resolve the issue. I tried burning the subtitles in when converting. That is currently set to always, but the error still occurs. Server details: NUC with intel i-7 11th gen 16 GB of RAM (8 GB allocated to a RAMDISK that is dedicated to hardware transcoding) Version 1.30.0.6486 There are two external drives that are attached and media files from both have failed. The only non-failed experiments are situations where the subtitles are included in the media file and not a separate subtitle file. I have tried the [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064), to no avail. Please, this is frustrating as all get out and the only sore spot I’ve had with Plex. Dec 21, 2022 02:11:48.893 [11708] DEBUG - [Req#2aa/Transcode] TranscodeUniversalRequest: using augmented profile Generic Dec 21, 2022 02:11:48.893 [11708] DEBUG - [Req#2aa/Transcode] Downloading document [http://127.0.0.1:32400/library/metadata/18316?checkFiles=1&includeBandwidths=1&offset=33&X-Plex-Incomplete-Segments=1&X-Plex-Session-Identifier=d13b0f7em0kvg7hpftpvikmk](http://127.0.0.1:32400/library/metadata/18316?checkFiles=1&includeBandwidths=1&offset=33&X-Plex-Incomplete-Segments=1&X-Plex-Session-Identifier=d13b0f7em0kvg7hpftpvikmk) Dec 21, 2022 02:11:48.893 [11708] DEBUG - [Req#2aa/Transcode/Req#2c3] Auth: authenticated user 108977808 as derekj19 Dec 21, 2022 02:11:48.899 [11708] DEBUG - [Req#2aa/Transcode/Req#2c3] It took 0.000000 ms to retrieve 104 items. Dec 21, 2022 02:11:48.903 [11708] DEBUG - [Req#2aa/Transcode/Req#2c3] It took 0.000000 ms to retrieve 104 items. Dec 21, 2022 02:11:48.904 [11708] DEBUG - [Req#2aa/Transcode/Req#2c3] We’re going to try to auto-select an audio stream for account 108977808. Dec 21, 2022 02:11:48.904 [11708] DEBUG - [Req#2aa/Transcode/Req#2c3] Selecting best audio stream for part ID 37953 (autoselect: 0 language: en) Dec 21, 2022 02:11:48.904 [11708] DEBUG - [Req#2aa/Transcode/Req#2c3] Audio Stream: 86930, Subtitle Stream: 123522 Dec 21, 2022 02:11:48.905 [11708] DEBUG - [Req#2aa/Transcode] Streaming Resource: Terminated session 066BE000:d13b0f7em0kvg7hpftpvikmk with reason Client stopped playback. Dec 21, 2022 02:11:48.905 [11708] DEBUG - [Req#2aa/Transcode] Streaming Resource: Removing session 066BE000:d13b0f7em0kvg7hpftpvikmk Dec 21, 2022 02:11:48.906 [11708] DEBUG - [Req#2aa/Transcode] Streaming Resource: Attempting to create AdHoc transcode session d13b0f7em0kvg7hpftpvikmk Dec 21, 2022 02:11:48.906 [11708] DEBUG - [Req#2aa/Transcode] MDE: received PLEX\_PROTOCOL\_ANY from client, but could not determine best protocol. Defaulting to HTTP Dec 21, 2022 02:11:48.906 [11708] DEBUG - [Req#2aa/Transcode] MDE: analyzing media item 37336 Dec 21, 2022 02:11:48.906 [11708] DEBUG - [Req#2aa/Transcode] MDE: Airplane! (1980): Direct Play is disabled Dec 21, 2022 02:11:48.906 [11708] DEBUG - [Req#2aa/Transcode] MDE: Airplane! (1980): no direct play video profile exists for http/mp4/h264 Dec 21, 2022 02:11:48.906 [11708] DEBUG - [Req#2aa/Transcode] MDE: Airplane! (1980): no direct play video profile exists for http/mp4/h264/ac3 Dec 21, 2022 02:11:48.906 [11708] DEBUG - [Req#2aa/Transcode] MDE: Airplane! (1980): transcoding selected subtitle stream Dec 21, 2022 02:11:48.906 [11708] DEBUG - [Req#2aa/Transcode] MDE: Airplane! (1980): selected media 0 / 37336 Dec 21, 2022 02:11:48.906 [11708] DEBUG - [Req#2aa/Transcode] Streaming Resource: Added session 066BD900:d13b0f7em0kvg7hpftpvikmk Dec 21, 2022 02:11:48.906 [11708] DEBUG - [Req#2aa/Transcode] Streaming Resource: Reached Decision id=18316 codes=(General=1001,Direct play not available; Conversion OK. Direct Play=3000,App cannot direct play this item. Direct play is disabled. Transcode=1001,Direct play not available; Conversion OK.) media=(id=37336 part=(id=37953 decision=transcode protocol=http streams=(Subtitle=(id=123522 decision=copy languageCode=eng location=embedded)))) Dec 21, 2022 02:11:48.906 [11708] WARN - [Req#2aa/Transcode] Denying access due to session lacking permission to transcode key /library/metadata/18316 Dec 21, 2022 02:11:48.906 [12244] DEBUG - Completed: [192.168.0.104:62223] 400 GET /subtitles/:/transcode/universal/start?Accept=application%2Fjson&Accept-Language=en&directPlay=1&directStream=1&directStreamAudio=1&protocol=http&fastSeek=1&path=%2Flibrary%2Fmetadata%2F18316&session=8f0hdtrr6hrlyj7n6uwihbk5&mediaIndex=0&partIndex=0&mediaBufferSize=50000&hasMDE=1&subtitleSize=100&videoQuality=100&videoResolution=4096x2160&audioBoost=100&subtitles=sidecar&location=lan©ts=1&offset=33 (10 live) TLS GZIP 15ms 509 bytes (pipelined: 39) Dec 21, 2022 02:11:50.191 [11708] DEBUG - Request: [127.0.0.1:50400 (Loopback)] GET /diagnostics/logs (10 live) #2ba GZIP Signed-in Token (jacksonfamilyplex) (Chrome) Dec 21, 2022 02:11:50.191 [11708] DEBUG - [Req#2ba] Diagnostics: Building logfile zip ---
**Author:** ![jacksonfamilyplex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e0b2c6/32.png) [@jacksonfamilyplex](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jacksonfamilyplex)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles-conversion-failed-transcoder-exited-due-to-error/823620/2 "2023-01-04T21:11:14Z")
Just got same error again. Any help would be appreciated [Plex Media Server Logs\_2023-01-04\_16-07-59.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/d3VhRDnnnkUt5Wyisp5qApJPyKl.zip) (3.5 MB) ---
**Author:** ![anon18523487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@anon18523487](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon18523487)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles-conversion-failed-transcoder-exited-due-to-error/823620/3 "2023-01-05T18:53:18Z")
Hmm. PMS is trying to save a copy of the subtitles to R:Transcode\Sessions\plex-transcode-p6pwsqx5i3f97dfuws4204gb-95d570b4-82b5-49b1-b36a-18fb593be935\temp-0.srt Note the missing \ after R:. Did you change the transcoder folder? Are you missing the \ in that setting? ---
**Author:** ![jacksonfamilyplex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e0b2c6/32.png) [@jacksonfamilyplex](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jacksonfamilyplex)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles-conversion-failed-transcoder-exited-due-to-error/823620/4 "2023-01-21T17:55:20Z")
That was indeed the issue. I switched to a new computer for the media server and when I set up the RamDisk, I didn’t add the trailing slash. Thank you. I feel a little sheepish ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles-conversion-failed-transcoder-exited-due-to-error/823620/5 "2023-04-21T17:56:09Z")
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