I’m just wondering what kind of data usage plex has been using for others. I had been behind a Double NAT issue and Plex on my PC only worked locally, now my pc is only behind the modem and even when none of us are watching a movie I get rubberbanding and lag in game that make me feel like i’m on dialup, and NO ONE is watching anything!
I’ve spent days trying to figure this out, and shutting down Plex fixed my gaming issues. I’m on a cable 150 Mbps connection!!! we normally have 3 pc’s, 2 tablets, 3 phones, and 2 tv’s pulling data with no interruption in the group, give Plex internet access and it all goes to splat!
I should have said, that when I was behind 2 NAT routers, and could only stream locally from my pc, when steaming to the tv, I have no lag issues, it has only been since my Plex server has become access from outside the network, that this is happening. are you using my system as some sort of P2P sharing crap?
I don’t think it has anything to do with data. I turned it back on, rubberbanding and lag… I disabled remote access, rubberbanding and lag… Turned off the Plex server, no issues.
This is a program issue. why did this start after going directly behind the modem? feels like some P2P stuff is going on in the background. even if we turn off remote access.
I can normally run up to 4 game clients on this system before I get really bad issues!
Two potential issues - 1) Do you have a Intel Puma chipset based Docsis 3.1 modem? Search DSLReports.com for known lag issues with that chipset on many ISP providers.
2) See https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/267406/network-lag-spikes-when-pms-is-running
(Potentially bad server code - though link is in linux area I think, perhaps it affects all server versions)
Other than that, those connections are fine. They’re Plex calling home occasionally. Looks like your server is also pulling down some index metadata in the top list too (you’re receiving more than
And the forum link you shared says I don’t have access to it!
Oops, you don’t have access!
This area is restricted and requires special permission to access (such as being a Plex Pass subscriber or member of one of our app betas). If you believe your account is supposed to already have access visit https://forums.plex.tv/sso to re-sync your permissions.
I can’t figure out why it’s killing my computer, I’m not investing in Plex pass until it’s addressed, and if the catch22 to that is subbing to see a forum page. LMAO too bad!!!
OK, so I think I have found a way to let it run, and not have much lag. from that forum post I found and I did a few extra steps.
Disabled DLNA
Removed all Channels
Removed my extra videos “personal videos”
Removed my music library, which might have been the issue if I apply logic to the situation! The other day I tried to fix my library with mediamonkey, and that crap made 1300 mp3’s all have the album “Track 10”, so that might have Plex going nuts trying to figure out how to categorize that mess!
So, I’m streaming a movie to my phone over the cell network, and I have a game running and little lag in the game, a few bumps but no rubberbanding. just tried it over the local network and same. this might be tolerable for now I guess… I need to build another computer to act as a media server!
Sorry for the Plex Pass forum link.
It basically described a bug in (linux) Plex server that causes lag. I only linked because it had other ideas.
I’m glad you found more information.It does seem as though your server was trying to pull a lot of information about your collection. (as I noticed, it was ‘getting’ more than ‘sending’)
