Did something change recently with the DLNA service?

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I noticed this morning, when i suddenly began having playback issues, that the Plex DLNA service was taking up between 33 and 42% of CPU power constantly. I have 1 DLNA client in the house and it’s not on.

I’m having performance issues on the PC as a result which weren’t present a few days ago. Has something changed recently?

I’m running the latest plex pass version (1.5.2.3557) and Windows 10 is fully updated as of today.

Nothing has changed in my setup other than the performance issue today. I have restarted plex and rebooted several times; If i turn off the DLNA server, all performance issues disappear.

Other than turning off the DLNA server, i’m not sure what else i can do. Any thoughts?

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So interestingly enough, my dad called me complaining of a very slow computer… I go over and his Plex DLNA service is taking up 80% CPU (his processor isn’t as strong as mine).

Are we the only ones experiencing this?

Completely different hardware specs on the 2 computers but both are running a fully updated windows 10 and the latest plex release.

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I continue to be mystified as to why people set up a Plex server then access it via DLNA. It’s like buying a Porche but not driving it anywhere, just using it as a comfy seat to read in.

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@sremick said:
I continue to be mystified as to why people set up a Plex server then access it via DLNA. It’s like buying a Porche but not driving it anywhere, just using it as a comfy seat to read in.

As i said… I have one DLNA client in the house; everything else uses the full plex experience. As for my dad, he never turned off his server and didn’t need it.

The windows update seemed to be the culprit, so problem resolved. I’ve been away for a week so it took me a while to reply.

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@sremick said:
I continue to be mystified as to why people set up a Plex server then access it via DLNA. It’s like buying a Porche but not driving it anywhere, just using it as a comfy seat to read in.

Because it allows me to play my lossless (FLAC) music on my stereo when I want to put on my headphones and just chill to high quality music (since my CD player went kaput and I haven’t wanted to buy a new one). And also allows me to play my music elsewhere around the world via a Plex player app when I am content to listen to the same music transcoded to mp3.