I'm having a streaming/buffer issue with Plex. Would like to either fix the issue or bypass it somehow.
Basically what's happening is very large sized files will not stream properly or load a good buffer so that the streaming is not an issue. For example, let's say that I try playing a 5 GB Blu-ray file. Now if I stream the file across my network, it plays fine through browsers or any other form of playing. Even wireless. But the minute I try playing that large file through Plex, even on a hard lined computer, it buffers like crazy and is essentially not watchable.
So I would like to find out why this issue is happening and how to stop it. The solution could be a larger buffer size or maybe the software is trying to render the file and obviously that's just too big for real-time playback. I really have no clue but it seems to me that there should be a way around this.
Any input/advice would be great. Willing to pay as I would like to stream these files throughout my house with ease using Plex.
Basically what's happening is very large sized files will not stream properly or load a good buffer so that the streaming is not an issue. For example, let's say that I try playing a 5 GB Blu-ray file. Now if I stream the file across my network, it plays fine through browsers or any other form of playing. Even wireless. But the minute I try playing that large file through Plex, even on a hard lined computer, it buffers like crazy and is essentially not watchable.
So I would like to find out why this issue is happening and how to stop it. The solution could be a larger buffer size or maybe the software is trying to render the file and obviously that's just too big for real-time playback. I really have no clue but it seems to me that there should be a way around this.
Any input/advice would be great. Willing to pay as I would like to stream these files throughout my house with ease using Plex.
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