# Transcoder - possible regression
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-possible-regression/930280
**Category:** Plex Media Server
**Tags:** server-windows
**Created:** [August 30, 2025, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-possible-regression/930280 "2025-08-30T08:31:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@enginev3](https://forums.plex.tv/u/enginev3)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2025, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-possible-regression/930280/1 "2025-08-30T08:31:41Z")
1.42.2.10102
“not enough cpu for conversion of this item”
This file works perfectly with the previous beta version.
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### Author:  [@chris\_decker08](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chris_decker08)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2025, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-possible-regression/930280/2 "2025-08-30T10:50:46Z")
@enginev3 youd likely get that same error in thecpublic beta as well. That error occurs when you run out of transcoder slots and is unrelated to the transcoder changes.
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### Author:  [@enginev3](https://forums.plex.tv/u/enginev3)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2025, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-possible-regression/930280/3 "2025-08-30T11:23:08Z")
impossible, it is set to unlimited and there were only 4 plays at the time
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### Author:  [@chris\_decker08](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chris_decker08)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-possible-regression/930280/4 "2025-08-30T11:36:34Z")
Are both gpu and cpu slots set to unlimited? Did you adjust anything for the new settings? Also, what kind of gpu are you using? Some nvidia cards limit it to 4 streams and that may not play as nice with the new architecture as i thought.
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### Author:  [@enginev3](https://forums.plex.tv/u/enginev3)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-possible-regression/930280/5 "2025-08-30T12:33:24Z")
Ofc, both are set to unlimited
Intel core i7 11700, igp
No dedicated VGA
I’ll reinstall it in a few hours and check again.
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### Author:  [@chris\_decker08](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chris_decker08)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-possible-regression/930280/6 "2025-08-30T12:44:59Z")
If there are no issues there logs would help, afaik thats what causes that particular error but there may be an interaction going on under the hood.
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### Author:  [@enginev3](https://forums.plex.tv/u/enginev3)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2025, 4:19am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-possible-regression/930280/7 "2025-08-31T04:19:02Z")
I made 2 videos, before and after the update.
[ ](https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNs2RZcpsV3yFe-1UMjczdUPrFDcSivqopX7HUGNHio4YL78A5BvNt4_Wyh4ok8lg?key=TEQwVGc2N09VZVNGVmg2NXFiWmRScThSTUk2OWZ3)
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### Author:  [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2025, 4:36am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-possible-regression/930280/8 "2025-08-31T04:36:14Z")
@enginev3
Can you please provide the server’s Debug Logs ZIP file where you capture the transcode playback?
The attached video does not show sufficient information.
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### Author:  [@enginev3](https://forums.plex.tv/u/enginev3)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-possible-regression/930280/9 "2025-08-31T04:58:36Z")
ofc
[Plex Transcoder Statistics.log](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/8tPoiQiPCwtAwTLR2E0yvRi6kjZ.log) (2.0 KB)
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### Author:  [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2025, 5:26am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-possible-regression/930280/10 "2025-08-31T05:26:01Z")
@enginev3
No. The ZIP file you get from PMS when you click “Download Logs”.
I need that file please.
The statistics logs is meaningless at this point of the diagnosis.
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### Author:  [@enginev3](https://forums.plex.tv/u/enginev3)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2025, 5:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-possible-regression/930280/11 "2025-08-31T05:28:26Z")
[Plex Media Server Logs\_2025-08-31\_06-56-19.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/am0WRFi8zy56dS3LCF9OSfJQPbO.zip) (547.7 KB)
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### Author:  [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2025, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-possible-regression/930280/12 "2025-08-31T05:44:33Z")
Thank you.
I’ll chat with Chris. He understands Windows. ( I am the Linux engineer)
Please leave the logs here for him to see (they are sufficiently sanitized)
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### Author:  [@chris\_decker08](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chris_decker08)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-possible-regression/930280/13 "2025-08-31T11:59:48Z")
@enginev3 The logs you sent are from the current public build and do not contain any error you might have seen on this preview…
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### Author:  [@enginev3](https://forums.plex.tv/u/enginev3)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-possible-regression/930280/14 "2025-08-31T13:34:29Z")
Sorry, did I post in the wrong topic?
But this problem still exists.
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### Author:  [@chris\_decker08](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chris_decker08)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-possible-regression/930280/15 "2025-08-31T13:50:36Z")
Looks like wrong topic and wrong logs. We are going to move this discussion into its own thread. In the mean time can you please reproduce the issue and then send the logs from that version (logs apear to be from the “working” version)
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### Author:  [@enginev3](https://forums.plex.tv/u/enginev3)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2025, 2:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-possible-regression/930280/16 "2025-09-01T02:59:12Z")
I did it with both plex media server versions, launching the same file
Newer pms
[Plex Media Server Logs\_2025-09-01\_04-33-07.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/pqZxdx9EprBilQRy2Cytgihq1uM.zip) (206.9 KB)
Older pms
[Plex Media Server Logs\_2025-09-01\_04-36-06.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/uVC3GgNcpCYScVjpy3MYAL0edVK.zip) (178.4 KB)
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### Author:  [@enginev3](https://forums.plex.tv/u/enginev3)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2025, 5:51am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-possible-regression/930280/17 "2025-09-02T05:51:57Z")
I found the solution
if the Maximum simultaneous CPU transcodes value is set to unlimited then the error occurs, if I set it to some other value then playback starts
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### Author:  [@chris\_decker08](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chris_decker08)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-possible-regression/930280/18 "2025-09-02T17:36:15Z")
thanks for bringing this to my attention. the next version of 1.42.2 will have a fix!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/transcoder-possible-regression/930280/19 "2025-12-01T17:36:27Z")
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