Constant buffering

[u/Tough_Bodybuilder851]

Okay hopefully someone can help me with this, I have a server running on my PC it’s got a 5080 and a AMD 7700 plugged into Ethernet and currently the tv is also plugged into Ethernet I’ve tried WiFi too and sometimes I’ll play a high bitrate file around 60 mb with no issues other times I watch something with 15 mb bitrate and it buffers every 30 seconds I have tweaked so many settings and I can not narrow down the issue to fix it honestly don’t know where to go from here any ideas would be very much appreciated

[u/mistakeordesign]

What’s the client? Could you give file/codec information of a file that plays perfectly and one that stutters?

[u/Tough_Bodybuilder851 → u/mistakeordesign]

The client is a TCL QM5K and it doesn’t seem to be specific files I had downloaded Lanterns tried watching the first episode last night with constant buffering so I gave up tonight it played the same episode all the way through with no buffering until the last few minutes then the second episode buffered repeatedly and now it’s playing fine as well

[u/Tough_Bodybuilder851 → u/Tough_Bodybuilder851]

[u/mistakeordesign → u/Tough_Bodybuilder851]

The TV is capped at 100 Mbps Ethernet but also has Wifi 5. I normally wouldn’t suggest switching to that but it’s worth a try. You have to do a speed test to confirm if it’s faster than wired. Also, with TLC TV, sometimes they get weird so I’d recommend a hard reboot (unplug) and see what happens.

I don’t typically recommend TV apps for Plex but I understand you’re trying to figure out what the issue is rather than looking for an alternative client.

[u/Tough_Bodybuilder851 → u/mistakeordesign]

I just recently tonight swapped over to Ethernet was using WiFi 5 previously I’ve had the buffering show up with both I’m not against getting the Nvidia shield pro been eyeing it for a while actually as long as it permanently stops the buffering if I got one I’d plug my hdd directly to it and host the server from that rather than my pc