XMBC server crashes upon playing any content after update to 1.18.4.2171-ac2afe5f8... disabling hardware accelleration fixes it

[Dr_Tone]

Hardware transcoding (QuickSync) causing server crash

Consolidating all info relating to crashes and hardware acceleration Following the test of new Intel driver by @Geran and previous feedback from @d0cx, we now have a conclusion to these crashes. So to summarize the fixes for Plex Media Server crashes when hardware acceleration is in use Intel Graphics Adapter Driver bug - leading to crash of the Plex Media Server process in module igdumdim32.dll This is now fixed in the latest driver - this table shows the versions and which version fixes …