# Plex & Problem Buffering

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-problem-buffering/359599>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [January 8, 2019, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-problem-buffering/359599 "2019-01-08T07:09:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![mienos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@mienos](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mienos)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-problem-buffering/359599/1 "2019-01-08T07:09:34Z")

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Good morning! Using Plex Media Server on Nvidia Shield with two connected hard drives. If I play movies on the TV to which the Shield is connected I have no problems, but if I play movies in another Smart TV at home, sometimes it gives me problems of continuous buffering.  
What can you depend on? Is there any solution?

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**Author:** ![offroaderuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@offroaderuk](https://forums.plex.tv/u/offroaderuk)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-problem-buffering/359599/2 "2019-01-08T07:27:36Z")

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I’ve noticed my smart TV seems to struggle with anything above 1080p @ 8mbits . Where as my Android box plays fine… Try dropping the bitrate on the TV app.

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**Author:** ![mienos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@mienos](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mienos)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-problem-buffering/359599/3 "2019-01-08T11:54:04Z")

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How? Maybe I have to lower the quality of the streaming on the Plex app on Smart TV?

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**Author:** ![offroaderuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@offroaderuk](https://forums.plex.tv/u/offroaderuk)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-problem-buffering/359599/4 "2019-01-08T12:13:26Z")

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If I press the OK button on my remote, it brings up a menu, for pause, forward backward, along with a few other options, one of these options allows me choose resolution and bitrate…My old LG seems to prefer 1080p @ 8mbit

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**Author:** ![mienos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@mienos](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mienos)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-problem-buffering/359599/5 "2019-01-08T12:27:08Z")

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I understand what you mean! However, the strange thing is that even if you play locally, instead of remaining set to “keep original quality”, the item “automatically convert” is selected

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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 8, 2019, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-problem-buffering/359599/6 "2019-04-08T12:35:45Z")

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