Server Version#: 1.23.5.4841 Player Version#: 5.33.1 A few days ago, Plex on my LG smart tv suddenly started buffering frequently while playing a movie or tv show. I assume it’s buffering; the image suddenly freezes and a whirly appears in the middle of the screen for almost a minute, then the vid…

Are you connected to server via Ethernet? Wired… I would also update your Server Version. Your Tv Client was updated recently automatically.

I have an LG about a year old 75 inch that has done the same thing off and on and I narrowed it down to the fact that it tries connecting to the router on 5G which it just cannot handle, I think LG needs to work on their wifi service. I force it back to 2.4 and it works a lot better, no problems. …

It should be able to use 5G, maybe it’s 5GHz channel that’s of concern.

Thanks. I’m not using wifi, it’s all wired ethernet connections. I’ll try updating the server.

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I updated the server. Did not help, in fact it got worse. 6 buffering events in less than half an hour. Any suggestions?

Having this issue as well: wired connection Server 1.25.7.5604 App client version 5.33.1 Platform version 4.9.0 LG WebOSTV 05.25.15 It was fine a few days ago. Suddenly I can’t watch anything, regardless if it’s direct play or transcoding.

I updated the server again, it’s now version 1.25.7.5604 also. The first time I watched something after that, it played with only one buffering event, but since then it’s back to frequent buffering, 5 times last night during one movie. It’s not wifi because it’s all wired connections, and this star…

Frequent buffering on LG tv

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paulnicorn March 23, 2022, 2:20pm 10

Update, I thought this was my LG TV, but turns out that it’s every player on my network, so I’m suspecting a server issue: Created a new thread here Plex basically unable to play any video on local network. Constant buffering and not completing

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