Server Version#: 1.27.0.5897
Player Version#: 4.87.2
This has been a problem with Plex since day one. Any movie using .srt subtitles has almost constant buffering. I have checked my network and it is all working as it should. All my cables are at least cat 6 and all ports are gigabit. I have done numerous tests to see where the problem is. When it’s being used to transfer files across a cable, it runs well over 100 MB/s. During movie playback (Blu-ray legally ripped to .mkv) it averages about 2.0 MB/s.
It happens whether I play it over my television (LG OLED), which is wired or my computer, which is wireless.
I have contacted the NAS manufacturer and have done all the tests they have asked for, barring iPerf3 because for some reason the Terminal doesn’t like it. It’s not important.
It doesn’t matter. This is obviously only happening with Plex. Yet a Plex technical support ticket was answered a few months ago saying they believed it was my network which was at fault.
I frankly fail to see how. I’m currently (legally) ripping a Blu-ray that is going at a leisurely 22 MB/s. Plex gives me 1/10th of that and buffers. My old WD MyCloud, running Kodi, could do this on its head.
If anyone wants me to post logs I’m happy to do so.
Any help appreciated.