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-#+title: How to Fix Plex Error: 'Conversion failed. The transcoder failed to start up.'
-#+date: 2023-07-19
-
-** Plex Transcoder Error
-:PROPERTIES:
-:CUSTOM_ID: plex-transcoder-error
-:END:
-Occasionally, you may see an error in your Plex client that references a
-failure with the transcoder conversion process. The specific error
-wording is:
-
-#+begin_src txt
-Conversion failed. The transcoder failed to start up.
-#+end_src
-
-** Debugging the Cause
-:PROPERTIES:
-:CUSTOM_ID: debugging-the-cause
-:END:
-In order to get a better look at what is causing the error, I'm going to
-observe the Plex console while the error occurs. To do this, open the
-Plex web client, go to =Settings= > =Manage= > =Console=. Now, try to
-play the title again and watch to see which errors occur.
-
-In my case, you can see the errors below are related to a subtitle file
-(=.srt=) causing the transcoder to crash.
-
-#+begin_src txt
-Jul 19, 2023 16:49:34.945 [140184571120440] Error — Couldn't find the file to stream: /movies/Movie Title (2021)/Movie Title (2021).srt
-Jul 19, 2023 16:49:34.947 [140184532732728] Error — [Req#7611/Transcode/42935159-67C1-4192-9336-DDC6F7BC9330] Error configuring transcoder: TPU: Failed to download sub-stream to temporary file
-Jul 19, 2023 16:49:35.225 [140184532732728] Warning — [Req#760d/Transcode] Got a request to stop a transcode session without a valid session GUID.
-Jul 19, 2023 16:49:45.561 [140184532732728] Info — [Req#7648] AutoUpdate: no updates available
-Jul 19, 2023 16:51:23.402 [140184510081848] Info — Library section 1 (Movies) will be updated because of a change in "/movies/Movie Title (2021)/Movie Title (2021).srt"
-#+end_src
-
-** Solving the Error
-:PROPERTIES:
-:CUSTOM_ID: solving-the-error
-:END:
-In my case, I simply removed the subtitle file because it was not
-critical to keep. You may also avoid this by turning off subtitles if
-you don't want to delete the file.
-
-#+begin_src sh
-rm -rf "/movies/Movie Title (2021)/Movie Title (2021).srt"
-#+end_src
-
-Once the subtitle is removed from the directory or subtitles are turned
-off, try to play the title again. At this point, it should play without
-error. If not, reopen or refresh your Plex client and the Plex server:
-
-#+begin_src sh
-sudo systemctl restart plexmediaserver.service
-#+end_src
-
-** Related Discussion
-:PROPERTIES:
-:CUSTOM_ID: related-discussion
-:END:
-Looking at
-[[https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles-crashing-plex-transcoder-samsung-q80-tv-with-or-without-hardware-transcode/741441/2][a
-related Plex forum post]], it seems that =.srt= subtitles are the core
-issue here. However, Plex does not seem to have a resolution that fixes
-these errors.
-
-Unfortunately, I would suggest converting subtitle formats, burning the
-subtitles into the title, or simply removing subtitles when they cause
-crashes.