Using preroll to wake hard disk storage prior to playback

[tom80H]

There’s quite a popular feature suggestion asking to start caching/buffering the main movie while the preroll is playing. This should also cover your request…

Buffer main movie during Pre-roll (mod: and/or trailer)

I don’t think I’ve seen this. I did search, promise! Wouldn’t it be great if whilst during a Preroll the Plex client is buffering the main title bring requested? Would make the Preroll have an extra function and would reduce the ‘buffering’ which so greatly annoys people I mount a cloud drive which hosts my media. The Preroll video is kept locally so this plays immediately, when the actual movie starts it then has to buffer/transcode from the cloud drive which could ideally be done …