About one in five tracks I play on my Xbox One will freeze between 2 and 3 seconds on the timeline. The track never continues playing even if I pause, but selecting a different track and then returning to the original one resolves the issue.
Relevant verbose logs are around 15:29 or 15:32:
Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.499 [5192] DEBUG - Auth: We found auth token (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx), enabling token-based authentication. Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.499 [5192] DEBUG - Auth: authenticated user 1 as telion Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.499 [5192] DEBUG - Auth: Came in with a super-token, authorization succeeded. Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.499 [8560] DEBUG - Request: [192.168.0.106:50492 (Subnet)] GET /photo/:/transcode?url=http://127.0.0.1:32400/library/metadata/1404/thumb/1479090421 (12 live) TLS GZIP Signed-in Token (telion) Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.499 [8560] VERBOSE - * Accept => image/png, image/svg+xml, image/jxr, image/*;q=0.8, */*;q=0.5 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.499 [8560] VERBOSE - * Accept-Language => en-US Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.500 [8560] VERBOSE - * User-Agent => Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.2; Trident/6.0; MSAppHost/1.0) Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.500 [8560] VERBOSE - * UA-CPU => AMD64 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.500 [8560] VERBOSE - * Accept-Encoding => gzip, deflate Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.500 [8560] VERBOSE - * Host => 192-168-0-109.c506ff535f9547f8b98630fd82dbbd6d.plex.direct:32400 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.500 [8560] VERBOSE - * Connection => Keep-Alive Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.500 [8560] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Token => xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.500 [8560] VERBOSE - * height => 70 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.500 [8560] VERBOSE - * url => http://127.0.0.1:32400/library/metadata/1404/thumb/1479090421?X-Plex-Token=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.500 [8560] VERBOSE - * width => 60 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.500 [8560] DEBUG - Photo transcoder: Request for url [127.0.0.1:32400/library/metadata/1404/thumb/1479090421?X-Plex-Token=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] (is local: 1 upscaled: 0) Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.501 [8560] DEBUG - The cache file did not exist, but the original did [C:\Users\chris\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\Cache\PhotoTranscoder\84\8433ffe6292d133731156933b59bb5e09e9ad776.jpg]. Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.517 [8560] DEBUG - Created thumbnail of size 60x61, has pixels: 1 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.523 [5188] DEBUG - Completed: [192.168.0.106:50492] 200 GET /photo/:/transcode?url=http://127.0.0.1:32400/library/metadata/1404/thumb/1479090421 (12 live) TLS GZIP 23ms 3259 bytes (pipelined: 15) Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.528 [11560] INFO - [Plex for Xbox One] Direct Play: true Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.581 [11840] INFO - [Plex for Xbox One] [Transcoder] Music (decision) options Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.632 [8560] INFO - [Plex for Xbox One] hasMDE: 1 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.685 [11560] INFO - [Plex for Xbox One] path: http://127.0.0.1:32400/library/metadata/1535 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.736 [8560] INFO - [Plex for Xbox One] mediaIndex: 0 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.786 [11560] INFO - [Plex for Xbox One] partIndex: 0 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.837 [11840] INFO - [Plex for Xbox One] X-Plex-Session-Identifier: 11rvgm9nj17f Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.889 [8560] INFO - [Plex for Xbox One] session: 6w56g2cbkzs6 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.940 [11840] INFO - [Plex for Xbox One] protocol: http Dec 20, 2016 19:15:21.992 [8560] INFO - [Plex for Xbox One] directPlay: 1 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:22.041 [11840] INFO - [Plex for Xbox One] offset: 0 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:22.091 [11560] INFO - [Plex for Xbox One] copyts: 0 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:22.141 [8560] INFO - [Plex for Xbox One] [Player] Load Dec 20, 2016 19:15:22.197 [11840] INFO - [Plex for Xbox One] URL: https://192-168-0-109.c506ff535f9547f8b98630fd82dbbd6d.plex.direct:32400/library/parts/1611/1455956685/file.mp3?X-Plex-Session-Identifier=11rvgm9nj17f&X-Plex-Client-Identifier=76wrt0rsx7bg&X-Plex-Product=Plex%20for%20Xbox%20One&X-Plex-Device=Xbox%20One&X-Plex-Platform=Xbox%20One&X-Plex-Platform-Version=10.0&X-Plex-Version=1.8.0&X-Plex-Device-Name=XboxOne&X-Plex-Provides=player&X-Plex-Client-Capabilities=videoDecoders%3Dh264%7Bprofile%3Ahigh%26resolution%3A1080%7D%3BaudioDecoders%3Daac%7Bchannels%3A6%7D%2Cac3%7Bchannels%3A6%7D%2Ceac3%7Bchannels%3A6%7D&X-Plex-Accept-Language=en&X-Plex-Token=xxxxxxxx Dec 20, 2016 19:15:22.245 [11560] INFO - [Plex for Xbox One] Autoplay: true Dec 20, 2016 19:15:22.301 [8560] INFO - [Plex for Xbox One] Offset: 0 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:22.356 [11560] INFO - [Plex for Xbox One] [Player] setting src attribute https://192-168-0-109.c506ff535f9547f8b98630fd82dbbd6d.plex.direct:32400/library/parts/1611/1455956685/file.mp3?X-Plex-Session-Identifier=11rvgm9nj17f&X-Plex-Client-Identifier=76wrt0rsx7bg&X-Plex-Product=Plex%20for%20Xbox%20One&X-Plex-Device=Xbox%20One&X-Plex-Platform=Xbox%20One&X-Plex-Platform-Version=10.0&X-Plex-Version=1.8.0&X-Plex-Device-Name=XboxOne&X-Plex-Provides=player&X-Plex-Client-Capabilities=videoDecoders%3Dh264%7Bprofile%3Ahigh%26resolution%3A1080%7D%3BaudioDecoders%3Daac%7Bchannels%3A6%7D%2Cac3%7Bchannels%3A6%7D%2Ceac3%7Bchannels%3A6%7D&X-Plex-Accept-Language=en&X-Plex-Token=xxxxxxxx Dec 20, 2016 19:15:22.404 [8560] INFO - [Plex for Xbox One] [Player] Playback is ready Dec 20, 2016 19:15:22.461 [11560] VERBOSE - [Plex for Xbox One] [Timeline] playing, 0/176091 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:22.510 [8560] VERBOSE - [Plex for Xbox One] [PlayerController] State change playing Dec 20, 2016 19:15:25.497 [3876] DEBUG - TrayIcon::WindowProc received DisplayIcon timer message Dec 20, 2016 19:15:25.497 [3876] WARN - Shell_NotifyIcon(NIM_ADD) failed: 0x0 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.355 [11560] VERBOSE - [Plex for Xbox One] [Timeline] playing, 2272/176091 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.373 [5188] DEBUG - Auth: We found auth token (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx), enabling token-based authentication. Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.373 [5188] DEBUG - Auth: authenticated user 1 as telion Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.373 [5188] DEBUG - Auth: Came in with a super-token, authorization succeeded. Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.373 [8560] DEBUG - Request: [192.168.0.106:50493 (Subnet)] GET /:/timeline?hasMDE=1&ratingKey=1535&key=%2Flibrary%2Fmetadata%2F1535&state=playing&playQueueItemID=18631&time=2272&duration=176091 (10 live) TLS GZIP Signed-in Token (telion) Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * Accept => text/plain, */*; q=0.01 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * Accept-Language => en Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * UA-CPU => AMD64 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * Accept-Encoding => gzip, deflate Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * User-Agent => Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.2; Trident/6.0; MSAppHost/1.0) Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * Host => 192-168-0-109.c506ff535f9547f8b98630fd82dbbd6d.plex.direct:32400 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * Connection => Keep-Alive Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Accept-Language => en Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Client-Capabilities => videoDecoders=h264{profile:high&resolution:1080};audioDecoders=aac{channels:6},ac3{channels:6},eac3{channels:6} Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Client-Identifier => 76wrt0rsx7bg Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Device => Xbox One Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Device-Name => XboxOne Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Platform => Xbox One Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Platform-Version => 10.0 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Product => Plex for Xbox One Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Provides => player Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Session-Identifier => 11rvgm9nj17f Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Token => xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Version => 1.8.0 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * duration => 176091 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * hasMDE => 1 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * key => /library/metadata/1535 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * playQueueItemID => 18631 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * ratingKey => 1535 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * state => playing Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] VERBOSE - * time => 2272 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] DEBUG - Client [11rvgm9nj17f] reporting timeline state playing, progress of 2272/176091ms for guid=, ratingKey=1535 url=, key=/library/metadata/1535, containerKey=, metadataId=1535 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] DEBUG - [Now] User is telion (ID: 1) Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.375 [8560] DEBUG - [Now] Device is Xbox One (XboxOne). Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.376 [8560] DEBUG - [Now] Profile is Xbox One Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.376 [8560] DEBUG - [Now] Updated play state for /library/metadata/1535. Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.376 [8560] DEBUG - Statistics: (76wrt0rsx7bg) Reporting active playback in state 0 of type 10 (scrobble: 0) for account 1 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.376 [8560] DEBUG - It took 0.0 sec to serialize a list with 0 elements. Dec 20, 2016 19:15:29.378 [5192] DEBUG - Completed: [192.168.0.106:50493] 200 GET /:/timeline?hasMDE=1&ratingKey=1535&key=%2Flibrary%2Fmetadata%2F1535&state=playing&playQueueItemID=18631&time=2272&duration=176091 (10 live) TLS GZIP 4ms 360 bytes (pipelined: 28) Dec 20, 2016 19:15:30.497 [3876] DEBUG - TrayIcon::WindowProc received DisplayIcon timer message Dec 20, 2016 19:15:30.497 [3876] WARN - Shell_NotifyIcon(NIM_ADD) failed: 0x0 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.204 [11840] VERBOSE - [Plex for Xbox One] [Timeline] buffering, 2272/176091 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.259 [11560] VERBOSE - [Plex for Xbox One] [PlayerController] State change buffering Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.267 [5192] DEBUG - Auth: We found auth token (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx), enabling token-based authentication. Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.267 [5192] DEBUG - Auth: authenticated user 1 as telion Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.267 [5192] DEBUG - Auth: Came in with a super-token, authorization succeeded. Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.267 [11840] DEBUG - Request: [192.168.0.106:50492 (Subnet)] GET /:/timeline?hasMDE=1&ratingKey=1535&key=%2Flibrary%2Fmetadata%2F1535&state=buffering&playQueueItemID=18631&time=2272&duration=176091 (10 live) TLS GZIP Signed-in Token (telion) Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.267 [11840] VERBOSE - * Accept => text/plain, */*; q=0.01 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.267 [11840] VERBOSE - * Accept-Language => en Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.268 [11840] VERBOSE - * UA-CPU => AMD64 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.268 [11840] VERBOSE - * Accept-Encoding => gzip, deflate Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.268 [11840] VERBOSE - * User-Agent => Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.2; Trident/6.0; MSAppHost/1.0) Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.268 [11840] VERBOSE - * Host => 192-168-0-109.c506ff535f9547f8b98630fd82dbbd6d.plex.direct:32400 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.268 [11840] VERBOSE - * Connection => Keep-Alive Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.268 [11840] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Accept-Language => en Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.268 [11840] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Client-Capabilities => videoDecoders=h264{profile:high&resolution:1080};audioDecoders=aac{channels:6},ac3{channels:6},eac3{channels:6} Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.268 [11840] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Client-Identifier => 76wrt0rsx7bg Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.268 [11840] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Device => Xbox One Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.268 [11840] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Device-Name => XboxOne Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.268 [11840] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Platform => Xbox One Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.268 [11840] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Platform-Version => 10.0 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.268 [11840] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Product => Plex for Xbox One Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.268 [11840] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Provides => player Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.268 [11840] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Session-Identifier => 11rvgm9nj17f Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.268 [11840] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Token => xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.268 [11840] VERBOSE - * X-Plex-Version => 1.8.0 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.268 [11840] VERBOSE - * duration => 176091 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.268 [11840] VERBOSE - * hasMDE => 1 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.268 [11840] VERBOSE - * key => /library/metadata/1535 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.268 [11840] VERBOSE - * playQueueItemID => 18631 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.269 [11840] VERBOSE - * ratingKey => 1535 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.269 [11840] VERBOSE - * state => buffering Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.269 [11840] VERBOSE - * time => 2272 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.269 [11840] DEBUG - Client [11rvgm9nj17f] reporting timeline state buffering, progress of 2272/176091ms for guid=, ratingKey=1535 url=, key=/library/metadata/1535, containerKey=, metadataId=1535 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.269 [11840] DEBUG - [Now] User is telion (ID: 1) Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.269 [11840] DEBUG - [Now] Device is Xbox One (XboxOne). Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.270 [11840] DEBUG - [Now] Profile is Xbox One Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.270 [11840] DEBUG - [Now] Updated play state for /library/metadata/1535. Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.270 [11840] DEBUG - Statistics: (76wrt0rsx7bg) Reporting active playback in state 2 of type 10 (scrobble: 0) for account 1 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.270 [11840] DEBUG - It took 0.0 sec to serialize a list with 0 elements. Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.272 [5188] DEBUG - Completed: [192.168.0.106:50492] 200 GET /:/timeline?hasMDE=1&ratingKey=1535&key=%2Flibrary%2Fmetadata%2F1535&state=buffering&playQueueItemID=18631&time=2272&duration=176091 (10 live) TLS GZIP 4ms 360 bytes (pipelined: 16) Dec 20, 2016 19:15:32.313 [11560] WARN - [Plex for Xbox One] Player: Excessive buffering detected; network Dec 20, 2016 19:15:35.498 [3876] DEBUG - TrayIcon::WindowProc received DisplayIcon timer message Dec 20, 2016 19:15:35.498 [3876] WARN - Shell_NotifyIcon(NIM_ADD) failed: 0x0 Dec 20, 2016 19:15:39.360 [8560] VERBOSE - [Plex for Xbox One] [Timeline] buffering, 2272/176091
All it tells me is that the client starts buffering for an unspecified reason and never finishes. Anyone know what could be causing this?
The problem does not repro on a Chromecast next to the Xbox using the same WiFi connection.