# Buffering then timeout

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/buffering-then-timeout/818397>\
**Category:** Plex Players\
**Tags:** server-windows, samsung-tizen\
**Created:** [November 13, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/buffering-then-timeout/818397 "2022-11-13T13:05:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Dennisbest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dennisbest/32/286356_2.png) [@Dennisbest](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Dennisbest)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/buffering-then-timeout/818397/1 "2022-11-13T13:05:03Z")

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Server Version#: 4.87.2  
Player Version#:5.49.3  
  
Hello. In the recent versions of plex when audio transcoding occurs, the files stop playing after some minutes and start buffering. Then after a minute or two , it times out and a message pops that an unexpected error occurs. In a specific video file I tested , the buffering starts at a fixed part of the movie. If i skip back it continues for some second then it starts buffering again. If i pause and unpause it continues buffering. Tv is Samsung Q80a.

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**Author:** ![Dennisbest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dennisbest/32/286356_2.png) [@Dennisbest](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Dennisbest)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/buffering-then-timeout/818397/2 "2022-11-16T16:36:58Z")

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[Logs.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/zQbhReuj8EPVKzztuOHiFa30mFB.zip) (10.0 MB)

Tried disabling subtitles and the issue stops(it is still direct streaming because of more than 30 streams or dts-audio). I have uploaded logs aswell.

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**Author:** ![steven\_sanchez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@steven\_sanchez](https://forums.plex.tv/u/steven_sanchez)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/buffering-then-timeout/818397/3 "2022-11-28T17:12:31Z")

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Ah, this is the same issue as we reported here:

> [@On Samsung TV app, all TV media buffers 2-3 minutes before end of episode, then finally errors out](https://forums.plex.tv/t/on-samsung-tv-app-all-tv-media-buffers-2-3-minutes-before-end-of-episode-then-finally-errors-out/815731):
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> Server Version#: 4.87.2 Player Version#: 5.48.1 It happens to all my TV media at the end of each episode, but sometimes also happens at other random positions throughout the episode, too. Right around 2-3 minutes before the end of each episode, Plex will start to buffer. From here, one of two things happen: If I leave it buffering, it will eventually error out and tell me “there’s a problem playing media” I can use the TV remote to either rewind or fast forward, which then it will safely p…

Still no news from plex though. How can we inform them about this?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/buffering-then-timeout/818397/4 "2023-02-26T17:12:56Z")

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