Server crashing several times per day

[theguymadmax]

Your logs show two main errors. Disable those two plugins: Jellyfin.Plugin.Vgmdb and the open subtitle plugin. 

Code:

[2025-07-02 06:56:46.030 -04:00] [ERR] [40] MediaBrowser.Providers.Music.AlbumMetadataService: Error in "VGMdb"
System.Text.Json.JsonException: '<' is an invalid start of a value. Path: $ | LineNumber: 0 | BytePositionInLine: 0.
---> System.Text.Json.JsonReaderException: '<' is an invalid start of a value. LineNumber: 0 | BytePositionInLine: 0.
  at System.Text.Json.ThrowHelper.ThrowJsonReaderException(Utf8JsonReader& json, ExceptionResource resource, Byte nextByte, ReadOnlySpan`1 bytes)
  at System.Text.Json.Utf8JsonReader.ConsumeValue(Byte marker)
  at System.Text.Json.Utf8JsonReader.ReadFirstToken(Byte first)
  at System.Text.Json.Utf8JsonReader.ReadSingleSegment()
  at System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonConverter`1.ReadCore(Utf8JsonReader& reader, JsonSerializerOptions options, ReadStack& state)
  --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
  at System.Text.Json.ThrowHelper.ReThrowWithPath(ReadStack& state, JsonReaderException ex)
  at System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonConverter`1.ReadCore(Utf8JsonReader& reader, JsonSerializerOptions options, ReadStack& state)
  at System.Text.Json.Serialization.Metadata.JsonTypeInfo`1.DeserializeAsync(Stream utf8Json, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
  at System.Net.Http.Json.HttpContentJsonExtensions.ReadFromJsonAsyncCore[T](HttpContent content, JsonSerializerOptions options, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
  at Jellyfin.Plugin.Vgmdb.VgmdbApi.GetSearchResultsAsync(String name, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
  at Jellyfin.Plugin.Vgmdb.Providers.Info.VgmdbAlbumProvider.GetSearchResults(AlbumInfo searchInfo, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
  at Jellyfin.Plugin.Vgmdb.Providers.Info.VgmdbAlbumProvider.GetIdAsync(AlbumInfo info, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
  at Jellyfin.Plugin.Vgmdb.Providers.Info.VgmdbAlbumProvider.GetMetadata(AlbumInfo info, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
  at MediaBrowser.Providers.Manager.MetadataService`2.ExecuteRemoteProviders(MetadataResult`1 temp, String logName, Boolean replaceData, TIdType id, IEnumerable`1 providers, CancellationToken cancellationToken)

Code:

[2025-07-02 18:56:37.730 -04:00] [ERR] [53] MediaBrowser.Providers.Subtitles.SubtitleManager: Error downloading subtitles from "Open Subtitles"
System.Security.Authentication.AuthenticationException: Account username and/or password are not set up
  at Jellyfin.Plugin.OpenSubtitles.OpenSubtitleDownloader.Login(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
  at Jellyfin.Plugin.OpenSubtitles.OpenSubtitleDownloader.Search(SubtitleSearchRequest request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
  at MediaBrowser.Providers.Subtitles.SubtitleManager.SearchSubtitles(SubtitleSearchRequest request, CancellationToken cancellationToken) t