# Plex buffering Troubleshooting

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-buffering-troubleshooting/669737>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-freebsd\
**Created:** [December 25, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-buffering-troubleshooting/669737 "2020-12-25T20:46:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![gandalftw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@gandalftw](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gandalftw)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-buffering-troubleshooting/669737/1 "2020-12-25T20:46:14Z")

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Server Version#: 4.43.4  
Player Version#:Samsung smart TV (wifi) playing 15G 1080p file

HI,

while trying to troubleshoot my TV doing buffering from time to time I found the following in the logs(after enabled verbose).

Dec 25, 2020 21:01:27.777 [0x81807f200] VERBOSE - \* speed =\> 3.3  
Dec 25, 2020 21:01:30.993 [0x81807f200] VERBOSE - \* speed =\> 3.4  
Dec 25, 2020 21:01:34.197 [0x811c1ea00] VERBOSE - \* speed =\> 3.3  
Dec 25, 2020 21:01:36.868 [0x80d11f300] VERBOSE - \* speed =\> 2.9  
Dec 25, 2020 21:01:40.092 [0x811c1ea00] VERBOSE - \* speed =\> 3.5  
Dec 25, 2020 21:01:40.589 [0x80d11f300] VERBOSE - \* speed =\> 3.9  
Dec 25, 2020 21:01:44.876 [0x811c1ea00] VERBOSE - \* speed =\> 3.2  
Dec 25, 2020 21:01:49.716 [0x81807f200] VERBOSE - \* speed =\> 3.6  
Dec 25, 2020 21:01:59.857 [0x811c1ea00] VERBOSE - \* speed =\> 135.2  
Dec 25, 2020 21:02:00.357 [0x81807f200] VERBOSE - \* speed =\> 22.2  
Dec 25, 2020 21:02:00.857 [0x80c91e400] VERBOSE - \* speed =\> 57.3  
Dec 25, 2020 21:02:01.874 [0x811c1ea00] VERBOSE - \* speed =\> 55.9  
Dec 25, 2020 21:02:02.374 [0x811c1ea00] VERBOSE - \* speed =\> 52.0  
Dec 25, 2020 20:42:18.254 [0x81807f200] VERBOSE - \* speed =\> 269.1  
Dec 25, 2020 20:42:19.143 [0x80d0c1b00] VERBOSE - \* speed =\> 369.3

I followed the troubleshooting page on plex support but I don’t understand this peaks  
speed goes between 3 - 369 , what does it means?

Thanks In advanced

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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:** [March 25, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-buffering-troubleshooting/669737/2 "2021-03-25T20:46:16Z")

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