# Playback stops with endless buffering until restart

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-stops-with-endless-buffering-until-restart/765262>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux, plex-web, playback\
**Created:** [December 19, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-stops-with-endless-buffering-until-restart/765262 "2021-12-19T17:01:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Androggles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Androggles](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Androggles)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-stops-with-endless-buffering-until-restart/765262/1 "2021-12-19T17:01:33Z")

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Hi

I’m am currently bangning my head agains the wall about this issue i am facing with Plex. I’m not sure if this is a problem with the server, the player or the media. I really hope someone here, is better at troubleshooting this than me. Here goes.

The issue/symptom:  
While watching an episode of a series, using the web player in Google Chrome, totally at random it stops, and begins buffering indefinitely. If i stop the playback, and start it again, using the resume button, it continues fine. It may happen later or may not.

What i tried:  
-Rebooting the server  
-Updating the server.  
-Playing the same episode on Chromecast, and mobile (Android). No issues here.  
-Playing on Microsoft Edge. Same issue.  
-Playing the same episode on other PC. Same issue.  
-Downloaded the same episode, but from different source. Same issue.  
-Tried watching other series and movie. No issue.  
-Played it on same PC, with VLC. No issue.

I noticed, through my troubleshooting, that it is like the amount of time, that the player has “pre-loaded” in the progress bar, is in the beginning a good time ahead, but the playback slowly catches up with the playback until the issues occurs.

My setup:  
Plex Server Version#: 1.25.2.5319  
Player Version#: 4.72.0  
OS: Debian 10 4.19.0-18-amd64

Attached logs from latest buffering. Happened around 17:59.  
[Plex Media Server Logs\_2021-12-19\_18-00-16.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/4oWJs0L7hUimHi52nh1mT2bG9qe.zip) (4.5 MB)

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**Author:** ![DeanMarkTaylor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/deanmarktaylor/32/139233_2.png) [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-stops-with-endless-buffering-until-restart/765262/2 "2022-01-29T19:27:45Z")

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This sounds the same as this issue:

> [@Plex Web stops buffering after 2 mins causing playback to stop](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-web-stops-buffering-after-2-mins-causing-playback-to-stop/763199):
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> Server Version#:1.25 and above Happens on any browser. Tried Chrome, Firefox and Edge. Any Plex server version 1.25 and above has this issue. The only fix is to downgrade the server to 1.24.5. Once downgraded, the issue no longer happens.

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**Author:** ![Androggles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Androggles](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Androggles)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-stops-with-endless-buffering-until-restart/765262/3 "2022-01-29T20:17:10Z")

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I think you are right, the problem descriptions seems like the same.  
Thank you for notifying me.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playback-stops-with-endless-buffering-until-restart/765262/4 "2022-04-29T20:17:57Z")

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