# Transcoder exited due to an error **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-linux\ **Created:** [December 6, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-exited-due-to-an-error/661878 "2020-12-06T01:38:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![casimirj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@casimirj](https://forums.plex.tv/u/casimirj)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-exited-due-to-an-error/661878/1 "2020-12-06T01:38:12Z")
Server Version#: v1.21.0.3711 Player Version#: (Chromecast from android) v8.16.0.21911 Keep getting this message every 5 or 6 minutes today, it hasn’t been a huge problem before (but It was occasionally present). ---
**Author:** ![casimirj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@casimirj](https://forums.plex.tv/u/casimirj)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-exited-due-to-an-error/661878/2 "2020-12-06T01:39:13Z")
Here are my logs (File removed) ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-exited-due-to-an-error/661878/3 "2020-12-06T01:52:09Z")
Thanks for supplying the logs Even with Plex cleaning up after itself, you ran out of space on the Transcoder Temp directory device. (memory) ```auto Dec 06, 2020 01:25:37.235 [0x7fba5dffb700] WARN - [Transcode] Low disk space: 0B source file, 1.92GB capacity, 384kB available on "/dev/shm/Transcode/Sessions/plex-transcode-32i31yo3kyo1pwpbyz8jl2n7-338aaf9e-7ad6-4507-9983-cc7db87e7018" Dec 06, 2020 01:25:37.235 [0x7fbaba23f700] WARN - [Transcode] Low disk space: 0B source file, 1.92GB capacity, 384kB available on "/dev/shm/Transcode/Sessions/plex-transcode-32i31yo3kyo1pwpbyz8jl2n7-338aaf9e-7ad6-4507-9983-cc7db87e7018" Dec 06, 2020 01:25:37.235 [0x7fba5dffb700] WARN - [Transcode] Low disk space: 0B source file, 1.92GB capacity, 384kB available on "/dev/shm/Transcode/Sessions/plex-transcode-32i31yo3kyo1pwpbyz8jl2n7-338aaf9e-7ad6-4507-9983-cc7db87e7018" Dec 06, 2020 01:25:37.235 [0x7fba5dffb700] WARN - [Transcode] Low disk space: 0B source file, 1.92GB capacity, 384kB available on "/dev/shm/Transcode/Sessions/plex-transcode-32i31yo3kyo1pwpbyz8jl2n7-338aaf9e-7ad6-4507-9983-cc7db87e7018" Dec 06, 2020 01:25:37.235 [0x7fba5dffb700] WARN - [Transcode] Low disk space: 0B source file, 1.92GB capacity, 384kB available on "/dev/shm/Transcode/Sessions/plex-transcode-32i31yo3kyo1pwpbyz8jl2n7-338aaf9e-7ad6-4507-9983-cc7db87e7018" Dec 06, 2020 01:25:37.235 [0x7fba5dffb700] WARN - [Transcode] Low disk space: 0B source file, 1.92GB capacity, 384kB available on "/dev/shm/Transcode/Sessions/plex-transcode-32i31yo3kyo1pwpbyz8jl2n7-338aaf9e-7ad6-4507-9983-cc7db87e7018" Dec 06, 2020 01:25:37.252 [0x7fbab923d700] ERROR - [Transcoder] av_interleaved_write_frame(): No space left on device Dec 06, 2020 01:25:37.253 [0x7fba5dffb700] ERROR - [Transcoder] av_interleaved_write_frame(): No space left on device Dec 06, 2020 01:25:37.253 [0x7fbaba23f700] ERROR - [Transcoder] [segment @ 0x7d4b40] Failure occurred when ending segment 'chunk-01312' Dec 06, 2020 01:25:37.254 [0x7fba5dffb700] ERROR - [Transcoder] Error writing trailer of chunk-%05d: No space left on device Dec 06, 2020 01:25:37.254 [0x7fbab923d700] DEBUG - [Transcode] Transcoder segment range: 44 - 1312 (1312) Dec 06, 2020 01:25:37.254 [0x7fbab923d700] WARN - [Transcode] Low disk space: 183.91MB source file, 1.92GB capacity, 0B available on "/dev/shm/Transcode/Sessions/plex-transcode-32i31yo3kyo1pwpbyz8jl2n7-338aaf9e-7ad6-4507-9983-cc7db87e7018" Dec 06, 2020 01:25:37.254 [0x7fbab923d700] WARN - [Transcode] Low disk space: 0B source file, 1.92GB capacity, 0B available on "/dev/shm/Transcode/Sessions/plex-transcode-32i31yo3kyo1pwpbyz8jl2n7-338aaf9e-7ad6-4507-9983-cc7db87e7018" ``` It appears you only have a 4GB system? Using memory for transcoder temp isn’t going to help here. As you can see, it causes failure. Disk is more than fast enough for this. ---
**Author:** ![casimirj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@casimirj](https://forums.plex.tv/u/casimirj)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 5:42am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-exited-due-to-an-error/661878/4 "2020-12-06T05:42:43Z")
Ahh that makes sense! I had only allocated 4GB to the VM running plex. However, shouldn’t 4GB be sufficient for a single 720p stream? I haven’t had problems streaming multiple 20mbps 1080p videos on the same setup. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 7:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-exited-due-to-an-error/661878/5 "2020-12-06T07:11:18Z")
You’re fine with 4GB **provided** you use the HDD (default) for temporary transcode buffer. HDD’s are good for 100+ MB (which translates to 800 Mbps of video). If you want instant seek time, you must allocate RAM to buffer it and 4GB is not enough. For NAS systems which want this, we always tell them 8GB as a minimum. You likely have a full Ubuntu distro in the VM? That takes 1+ GB all by itself. With Plex sitting idle. `free -m` let me see what you have PS: Turning off DEBUG logging makes diagnosis tougher. It doesn’t save anything. Logs sizes are fixed regardless. Default is DEBUG on with VERBOSE OFF (keep off) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2021, 7:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-exited-due-to-an-error/661878/6 "2021-03-06T07:11:24Z")
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