Plex (in VM) - Not enough disk space to convert this item

[SliMat]

Hi Guys

 

I have an issue with Plex installed in a VM on UnRAID and was wondering if anyone can advise...

 

I had a 40Gb Ubuntu VM with Plex installed and then shares on my main array for movies, music etc. Usually everything is fine, but today I tried to play a movie and get an error...

 

Playback Terminated - Not enough disc space to convert this item.

 

My array has 1.4Tb of free space, confirmed using sudo df -h in an SSH terminal.

 

The main ubuntu disk showed as 40Gb in size with 19Gb of free space... but I assumed I was reading this wrong, so enlarged the disk to 50Gb in UnRAID and then expanded it in gParted to go from 40Gb to 50Gb. However when I restarted Plex I expected it to be able to play the movie, but still shows the same error!
 

I tried playing the same movie from my laptop using Plex app and it plays fine

 

The device which is coming up with this error is a ROKU stick - I have tried restarting this too!!

 

Can anyone offer any ideas how to fix this, or where to start?

 

Many thanks

Edited December 4, 2022 by SliMat

[SliMat]

OK - an update...

 

I tried to update Plex using;

 

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

 

When I tried before increasing the size of the partition I got a "not enough space" error - so, after I increased the disk size to 50Gb and expanded using Gparted, I ran the update again and it worked.

 

After it completed I tried playing the films which failed before and now they play - so am hoping this cures the problem

[SliMat]

Well, just tried to play a film and it appears that this didnt fix the problem as I just tried to play a film and it is saying the same error again

 

Any ideas?

[JonathanM]

On 12/2/2022 at 6:36 PM, SliMat said:

Plex installed in a VM on UnRAID

 

18 hours ago, SliMat said:

Any ideas?

Use a docker container instead of a VM?

[kizer]

I honestly would recommend that as well. Why run Plex via a VM when you can loose the overhead and just run Plex directly as a docker. If you really like your VM you can still use it for other things when you need to. 

[SliMat]

Thanks @JonathanM & @kizer

 

I always did run it in a docker and cant remember the reason why I changed it to a VM as it was so long ago... I think it might have been because Plex always showed an update was needed and the docker update was really flakey - but not 100% sure now

 

This machine is in a datacentre in London - so will remotely create a new Plex docker and see how it goes. Its a shame as its been running really well for ages.

 

It may take a few days, but I'll try to get it done this week.