Looking to Improve Multiple Playbacks

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I have an older PC I’m using for my Plex server and all my movies are on an external HD through USB 3.0. I have a AMD Phenom II x4 3.2 ghz and 4 gb Ram. Internet is 100/10. My in laws have access to my movies from their house using the Roku. When one of us is watching a movie the other one can’t or there is a lot of buffering and is unwatchable. Is there anything I can adjust in the settings so there is no problem watching 2 movies at once? Is my PC the bottleneck?

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https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=amd+phenom+ii+x4+965&id=370

The question is not that easy to answer, because there are several deciding factors.

How does a typical movie file look like on your server? Are you using DIVX files or BluRay remuxes or even 4K files?
Please post the Plex XML info of a typical movie.

Are you or your parents using subtitles?

What kind of client are you using?

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I would say most my movies are like this one. No subtitles and my client is Cast to a Chromecast while my brother and father in law use a Roku at their house to view my movies.

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I cannot see the link because it is only valid in your own machine.
Copy the content of this page and insert it into the forum editor.

And never, ever post a link containing your X-Plex-Token. You might as well post your user name and password publicly…

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<MediaContainer size="1" allowSync="1" identifier="com.plexapp.plugins.library" librarySectionID="3" librarySectionTitle="Movies" librarySectionUUID="63fbf305-521d-4637-a154-33b1705810c0" mediaTagPrefix="/system/bundle/media/flags/" mediaTagVersion="1531957518">
<Video ratingKey="430" key="/library/metadata/430" guid="com.plexapp.agents.imdb://tt0295297?lang=en" librarySectionTitle="Movies" librarySectionID="3" librarySectionKey="/library/sections/3" studio="1492 Pictures" type="movie" title="Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" titleSort="Harry Potter 02" contentRating="TV-G" summary="Ignoring threats to his life, Harry returns to Hogwarts to investigate – aided by Ron and Hermione – a mysterious series of attacks." rating="8.2" audienceRating="8.0" viewOffset="5870733" lastViewedAt="1483207130" year="2002" tagline="Hogwarts is back in session." thumb="/library/metadata/430/thumb/1533399556" art="/library/metadata/430/art/1533399556" duration="9656275" originallyAvailableAt="2002-11-13" addedAt="1471046858" updatedAt="1533399556" audienceRatingImage="rottentomatoes://image.rating.upright" chapterSource="mixed" hasPremiumExtras="1" hasPremiumPrimaryExtra="1" ratingImage="rottentomatoes://image.rating.certified">
<Media videoResolution="1080" id="415" duration="9656275" bitrate="4417" width="1920" height="802" aspectRatio="2.35" audioChannels="6" audioCodec="ac3" videoCodec="h264" container="mkv" videoFrameRate="24p" videoProfile="main">
  <Part accessible="1" exists="1" id="420" key="/library/parts/420/1471038116/file.mkv" duration="9656275" file="F:\Movies\Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets.mkv" size="5331318358" container="mkv" deepAnalysisVersion="2" requiredBandwidths="12096,10216,7413,6837,6280,5749,5200,5200" videoProfile="main">
    <Stream id="330" streamType="1" default="1" codec="h264" index="0" bitrate="3777" bitDepth="8" chromaLocation="left" chromaSubsampling="4:2:0" colorPrimaries="bt709" colorRange="tv" colorSpace="bt709" colorTrc="bt709" frameRate="23.976" hasScalingMatrix="0" height="802" level="41" profile="main" refFrames="4" requiredBandwidths="11455,9576,6753,6177,5619,5082,4496,4496" scanType="progressive" width="1920" displayTitle="Unknown (H.264 Main)"/>
    <Stream id="331" streamType="2" selected="1" default="1" codec="ac3" index="1" channels="6" bitrate="640" language="English" languageCode="eng" audioChannelLayout="5.1(side)" requiredBandwidths="640,640,640,640,640,640,640,640" samplingRate="48000" title="Surround" displayTitle="Surround (English AC3 5.1(side))"/>
    <Stream id="332" streamType="3" codec="pgs" index="2" language="English" languageCode="eng" requiredBandwidths="55,55,55,55,55,55,55,55" displayTitle="English (PGS)"/>
    <Stream id="333" streamType="3" codec="pgs" index="3" language="English" languageCode="eng" requiredBandwidths="56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56" displayTitle="English (PGS)"/>
    <Stream id="508" key="/library/streams/508" streamType="3" codec="srt" language="English" languageCode="eng" displayTitle="English (SRT)"/>
    <Stream id="69492" key="/library/streams/69492" streamType="3" codec="srt" language="English" languageCode="eng" displayTitle="English (SRT)"/>
  </Part>
</Media>
<Genre id="3586" filter="genre=3586" tag="Mystery"/>
<Genre id="686" filter="genre=686" tag="Adventure"/>
<Genre id="4238" filter="genre=4238" tag="Family"/>
<Genre id="685" filter="genre=685" tag="Fantasy"/>
<Director id="5547" filter="director=5547" tag="Chris Columbus"/>
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Do your parents or you actually use those subtitles?

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Never. Just added them when I ripped all my Blu Rays just in case.

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If the other movie has about the same bitrate (or slightly higher) you may have exceeded the maximum load your cpu can handle.
It only has very short above of 4000 passmark points.

Maybe also a factor: If you have a dust-clogged cpu cooler, the cpu might ‘halt’ itself periodically in order not to overheat.

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