Server Version#: 1.24.4.5081 Player Version#: 1.35.1 (Windows), and tested on iOS latest App version, and Browser Starting roughly a day or so ago - I noticed that plex is uploading at a much higher rate then the movie / show itself is rated for regardless of the media type (x264, X265 encodings o…

This is normal. [image] How accurate is the Plex bandwidth graph? General Discussions Even if you set your average bandwidth to be at 4 mbps, it doesn’t mean that the individual “chunks” of data are transferred to the client at 4mbps. Instead they are using whichever band…

So it is normal for it to spike out on every single show and movie? And for that upload to be continuous not just in chunks? Basically when you push play it stays maxed for my full pipe the entire time regardless of the media playing. It’s not just individual spikes it just stays persistently at the…

[image] Antillius: it stays maxed for my full pipe the entire time regardless of the media playing Have you verified that for at least several minutes? Because at playback start it is normal to max out the connection. There are buffers to be filled then.

Does Plex leverage the “Service Host: IP Helper” process in Windows? Just out of curiosity.

I apologize I was testing - so it seems to be a persistent thing even after a few minutes. [image]

What’s interesting is my glasswire I use to monitor the plex service even during high usage periods where I watched like two movies it never does this for the past 30 days but starting at roughly noon when I watched a show for lunch it started doing this.

Upload usage not matching the plex dashboard

Plex Media Server

OttoKerner October 8, 2021, 6:28pm 2

This is normal.

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Upload usage not matching the plex dashboard

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