# Constant Buffering and then Playback Error
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/constant-buffering-and-then-playback-error/937224
**Category:** Plex Media Server
**Tags:** server-windows, hisense
**Created:** [March 18, 2026, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/constant-buffering-and-then-playback-error/937224 "2026-03-18T12:55:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Krakensry](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Krakensry)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2026, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/constant-buffering-and-then-playback-error/937224/1 "2026-03-18T12:55:14Z")
Server Version#: 1.43.0.10492
Player Version#: idk, hisense smart tv
Videos are buffering for several minutes, and if I let them continue we get a playback error message. I need to skip back/forward or leave the video and restart it (changes which one works). This happens multiple times, for ecample the first half of a 45 minutes show played fine and then then it would buffer every 5 or so minutes.
We lowered the quality of the playback in the tv app, I made sure nothing else was using up the server’s CPU, I tried the verbose logs to check the transcoding speed and sometimes it was 0 but usually over 10
Now I don’t know if there’s anything I can try besides plugging the tv directly into the router, or plug a chromecast into my smart tv. I tried to go through the various troubleshooting pages, but I only know a little of what I’m doing so I may have missed several things I should be trying
any help would be extremely appreciated
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### Author:  [@roriax](https://forums.plex.tv/u/roriax)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/constant-buffering-and-then-playback-error/937224/2 "2026-04-06T16:07:24Z")
I have the same experience. HiSense 85U7KQ.
Plex for Vidaa 5.94.1
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/constant-buffering-and-then-playback-error/937224/3 "2026-07-05T16:07:27Z")
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