# Pause too long **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [July 7, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pause-too-long/280246 "2018-07-07T17:47:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![behead974](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/behead974/32/17454_2.png) [@behead974](https://forums.plex.tv/u/behead974)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pause-too-long/280246/1 "2018-07-07T17:47:51Z")
Hi, Can add you in a next update a function to cut streams paused too long? With possibility of settling the maximum time of break authorized 😉 ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pause-too-long/280246/2 "2018-07-07T18:06:46Z")
Please explain. What type of streams do you mean? Music? If so, then this is a duplicate request > [@\[Implemented\] Gapless Playback](https://forums.plex.tv/t/popular-gapless-playback/25925/1): > > Albums to be played back as recorded w/o gaps insertedNothing ruins the mood like having the music interrupted by an abrupt stop (which triggers an audible relay in my receiver no less) followed by a 1 or 2 second silence and an abrupt resumption of the music. Many classical and progressive rock albums are recorded without gaps between movements or songs. I would like to be able to play these pieces as they were recorded on the CD when playing them from a hard drive. ---
**Author:** ![behead974](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/behead974/32/17454_2.png) [@behead974](https://forums.plex.tv/u/behead974)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pause-too-long/280246/3 "2018-07-08T14:04:23Z")
when my friends Plex is watching one of the media in my library and they pause and go do something else for too long it’s annoying … I’d like a function so that the plex server cuts the video feeds paused too long time, and if possible that the maximum allowed pause time is adjustable. Sorry for my bad english i’m french 😉 ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pause-too-long/280246/4 "2018-07-08T18:09:52Z")
Just tell them to Stop, instead of pause. Explain to them where to stop in the web app. (it is the small `x` in the lower right corner) The resume point will get stored anyway. ---
**Author:** ![behead974](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/behead974/32/17454_2.png) [@behead974](https://forums.plex.tv/u/behead974)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pause-too-long/280246/5 "2018-07-08T18:14:56Z")
I already told them, they are stupid … ---
**Author:** ![Xhaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b487fb/32.png) [@Xhaka](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Xhaka)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pause-too-long/280246/6 "2018-07-08T19:14:52Z")
To be fair there are so many devices without a stop button on the remote in recent years, so It often takes at least two clicks of the return/exit/home button. One thing though, are you aware you can stop the stream remotely from your side? Im not sure if it works on every client. But if you ever want to try it you can do so from the server or PlexWeb. ![Capture](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/3/6/364124116dff22f6e20d6cea9ee3cdc370e54ef5.PNG) Click status then just move your mouse over where it shows what they are playing. The Click the X next to stop playback. The stream usually shuts down after a few seconds and you also have an option to tell them why you stopped it if you choose. 😂 You’re English is excellent by the way. 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![behead974](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/behead974/32/17454_2.png) [@behead974](https://forums.plex.tv/u/behead974)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pause-too-long/280246/7 "2018-07-08T19:20:51Z")
I’m not stupid…, I know how to cut a flow myself, I want an automatic function that does it if the break exceeds the break time I chose ---
**Author:** ![Xhaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b487fb/32.png) [@Xhaka](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Xhaka)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pause-too-long/280246/8 "2018-07-08T19:27:18Z")
Oh right sorry. I’m not sure where I said or inferred you were stupid, but sorry for wasting both our time. ---
**Author:** ![behead974](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/behead974/32/17454_2.png) [@behead974](https://forums.plex.tv/u/behead974)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pause-too-long/280246/9 "2018-07-08T20:43:43Z")
I must have misunderstood 😅 Sorry ---
**Author:** ![behead974](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/behead974/32/17454_2.png) [@behead974](https://forums.plex.tv/u/behead974)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pause-too-long/280246/10 "2018-07-11T15:05:39Z")
personne d’autre aurait une idée ? ---
**Author:** ![k3vin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@k3vin](https://forums.plex.tv/u/k3vin)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pause-too-long/280246/11 "2018-09-16T07:47:47Z")
Agreed, there should be an automated session termination for paused media. I allow a few simultaneous transcode sessions at a time, the max my server can support. If someone pauses, the session remains open indefinitely until stopped, which uses one of the available slots. This blocks others from being able to watch media that slot. I have to manually force stop the paused sessions to free things up. Putting this on the users to remind them to stop rather than pause is a nagging burden, not everyone in the family or extended family is going to remember how to do that or understand the problem. It would be much better to simply auto stop any paused sessions after a specified time frame of my choosing. ---
**Author:** ![behead974](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/behead974/32/17454_2.png) [@behead974](https://forums.plex.tv/u/behead974)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pause-too-long/280246/12 "2018-10-14T18:06:40Z")
this would be the ultimate option for plex to be perfect for me! ah and also that they finally update the application for Oculus GO !! ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pause-too-long/280246/13 "2021-05-30T22:22:08Z")
Early 2021 clean-up: implemented (`Settings` \> `[Server Name]` \> `Network` \> `Terminate Sessions Paused for Longer Than`) ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pause-too-long/280246/14 "2021-06-10T00:56:54Z")