Playback Stopping Randomly

I have noticed that I’m getting a fair number of occasions where playback is just stopping randomly. I am playing media from a Plex server via the Plex Kodi library add on not PM4K. It seems more prevalent on 4K Dolby Vision files.

I have uploaded logs, available https://paste.osmc.tv/wurenulumo The issue happened around 22:31 ish on the 21/05/26.

This isn’t a log set with the debug log level enabled… but there are already enough indications that something went wrong on the Plex server, and the data stream from there cuts out abruptly in the middle.

2026-05-12 19:34:08.948 T:3210     info <general>: Disabled debug logging due to GUI setting. Level 0.
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2026-05-21 22:30:53.338 T:3271     info <general>: WebSocket: connection closed by client
2026-05-21 22:30:53.338 T:3271     info <general>: JSONRPC Server: Disconnection detected
2026-05-21 22:30:55.089 T:3271     info <general>: JSONRPC Server: New connection added
2026-05-21 22:31:32.962 T:26771   error <general>: CCurlFile::CReadState::FillBuffer - (0xd33bbc80) Failed: Transferred a partial file(18)
2026-05-21 22:31:32.967 T:26771 warning <general>: CFileCache::Process - <https://192-168-1-50.9304674d762f4068ad22d0ffaa109326.plex.direct:32400/library/parts/15260/1631221085/?Accept=%2A%2F%2A&Content-Type=application%2Fx-www-form-urlencoded&Accept-Language=en&X-Plex-Device=Linux&X-Plex-Model=4.9.269-94-osmc&X-Plex-Device-Name=LoungeVero&X-Plex-Platform=Generic&X-Plex-Platform-Version=1.0.0&X-Plex-Product=PlexKodiConnect&X-Plex-Version=3.12.6&X-Plex-Client-Identifier=f59dbffc-722d-481a-b720-8070416f099d&X-Plex-Provides=client%2Ccontroller%2Cplayer%2Cpubsub-player&X-Plex-Protocol=1.0&Cache-Control=no-cache&X-Plex-Token=**masked*by*grab-logs**
2026-05-21 22:31:34.968 T:26771 warning <general>: CCurlFile::CReadState::FillBuffer - (0xd33bbc80) Reconnect, (re)try 1
2026-05-21 22:31:35.029 T:26771   error <general>: CCurlFile::CReadState::FillBuffer - (0xd33bbc80) Failed: HTTP returned code 503
2026-05-21 22:31:35.032 T:26771 warning <general>: CFileCache::Process - <https://192-168-1-50.9304674d762f4068ad22d0ffaa109326.plex.direct:32400/library/parts/15260/1631221085/?Accept=%2A%2F%2A&Content-Type=application%2Fx-www-form-urlencoded&Accept-Language=en&X-Plex-Device=Linux&X-Plex-Model=4.9.269-94-osmc&X-Plex-Device-Name=LoungeVero&X-Plex-Platform=Generic&X-Plex-Platform-Version=1.0.0&X-Plex-Product=PlexKodiConnect&X-Plex-Version=3.12.6&X-Plex-Client-Identifier=f59dbffc-722d-481a-b720-8070416f099d&X-Plex-Provides=client%2Ccontroller%2Cplayer%2Cpubsub-player&X-Plex-Protocol=1.0&Cache-Control=no-cache&X-Plex-Token=**masked*by*grab-logs**
2026-05-21 22:31:37.035 T:26771 warning <general>: CFileCache::Process - <https://192-168-1-50.9304674d762f4068ad22d0ffaa109326.plex.direct:32400/library/parts/15260/1631221085/?Accept=%2A%2F%2A&Content-Type=application%2Fx-www-form-urlencoded&Accept-Language=en&X-Plex-Device=Linux&X-Plex-Model=4.9.269-94-osmc&X-Plex-Device-Name=LoungeVero&X-Plex-Platform=Generic&X-Plex-Platform-Version=1.0.0&X-Plex-Product=PlexKodiConnect&X-Plex-Version=3.12.6&X-Plex-Client-Identifier=f59dbffc-722d-481a-b720-8070416f099d&X-Plex-Provides=client%2Ccontroller%2Cplayer%2Cpubsub-player&X-Plex-Protocol=1.0&Cache-Control=no-cache&X-Plex-Token=**masked*by*grab-logs**
2026-05-21 22:31:47.044 T:26771 warning <general>: Skipped 4 duplicate messages..
2026-05-21 22:31:47.044 T:26771 warning <general>: CFileCache::Process - <https://192-168-1-50.9304674d762f4068ad22d0ffaa109326.plex.direct:32400/library/parts/15260/1631221085/?Accept=%2A%2F%2A&Content-Type=application%2Fx-www-form-urlencoded&Accept-Language=en&X-Plex-Device=Linux&X-Plex-Model=4.9.269-94-osmc&X-Plex-Device-Name=LoungeVero&X-Plex-Platform=Generic&X-Plex-Platform-Version=1.0.0&X-Plex-Product=PlexKodiConnect&X-Plex-Version=3.12.6&X-Plex-Client-Identifier=f59dbffc-722d-481a-b720-8070416f099d&X-Plex-Provides=client%2Ccontroller%2Cplayer%2Cpubsub-player&X-Plex-Protocol=1.0&Cache-Control=no-cache&X-Plex-Token=**masked*by*grab-logs**
2026-05-21 22:31:57.051 T:26771 warning <general>: Skipped 4 duplicate messages..
2026-05-21 22:31:57.051 T:26771 warning <general>: CFileCache::Process - <https://192-168-1-50.9304674d762f4068ad22d0ffaa109326.plex.direct:32400/library/parts/15260/1631221085/?Accept=%2A%2F%2A&Content-Type=application%2Fx-www-form-urlencoded&Accept-Language=en&X-Plex-Device=Linux&X-Plex-Model=4.9.269-94-osmc&X-Plex-Device-Name=LoungeVero&X-Plex-Platform=Generic&X-Plex-Platform-Version=1.0.0&X-Plex-Product=PlexKodiConnect&X-Plex-Version=3.12.6&X-Plex-Client-Identifier=f59dbffc-722d-481a-b720-8070416f099d&X-Plex-Provides=client%2Ccontroller%2Cplayer%2Cpubsub-player&X-Plex-Protocol=1.0&Cache-Control=no-cache&X-Plex-Token=**masked*by*grab-logs**
2026-05-21 22:32:05.057 T:26771   error <general>: Skipped 3 duplicate messages..
2026-05-21 22:32:05.057 T:26771   error <general>: CFileCache::Process - <https://192-168-1-50.9304674d762f4068ad22d0ffaa109326.plex.direct:32400/library/parts/15260/1631221085/?Accept=%2A%2F%2A&Content-Type=application%2Fx-www-form-urlencoded&Accept-Language=en&X-Plex-Device=Linux&X-Plex-Model=4.9.269-94-osmc&X-Plex-Device-Name=LoungeVero&X-Plex-Platform=Generic&X-Plex-Platform-Version=1.0.0&X-Plex-Product=PlexKodiConnect&X-Plex-Version=3.12.6&X-Plex-Client-Identifier=f59dbffc-722d-481a-b720-8070416f099d&X-Plex-Provides=client%2Ccontroller%2Cplayer%2Cpubsub-player&X-Plex-Protocol=1.0&Cache-Control=no-cache&X-Plex-Token=**masked*by*grab-logs**
2026-05-21 22:32:12.892 T:26773    info <general>: CVideoPlayerAudio::Process - stream stalled
2026-05-21 22:32:12.912 T:26770    info <general>: Process - eof reading from demuxer
2026-05-21 22:32:12.912 T:26770    info <general>: CVideoPlayer::OnExit()
2026-05-21 22:32:12.912 T:26770    info <general>: VideoPlayer: eof, waiting for queues to empty

Maybe you should continue looking for help on the Plex forum.