# Warning for buffering
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/warning-for-buffering/293440
**Category:** Feature Suggestions
**Created:** [August 8, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/warning-for-buffering/293440 "2018-08-08T00:57:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@cooltop101](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cooltop101)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/warning-for-buffering/293440/1 "2018-08-08T00:57:22Z")
I have a RPi 3 B running as a server, for the most part, it can play videos just fine, if I’m home and on certain players, but if I try to stream something from away, I have varying success depending on the player I’m using, and I know a part of that is whether or not the server has to transcode the media, so it would be nice if I click on a video it might have a pop up that says “Hey, this video has to be transcoded for this player, this video may buffer [a little/some/a lot]” so if I see a warning, I might decide to watch something else that won’t buffer, or at least something that won’t buffer as much
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### Author:  [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2021, 2:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/warning-for-buffering/293440/2 "2021-03-20T02:07:01Z")
Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate
> [@\[Feature Request\] Playback Device compatibility issue scan/notifications](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-playback-device-compatibility-issue-scan-notifications/293545):
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> Add a database that contains the media type compatibility information for all playback devices that have a native Plex app available. I believe that you are already aware of what capabilities are native to each platform, and probably already have some type of database put together. I know that PMS keeps track of the devices that we use to stream from it, as you can see them all in your account. What I am suggesting is to make a manual “Scan for compatibility issues” feature that would compare t…
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### Author:  [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/warning-for-buffering/293440/3 "2021-06-10T00:22:58Z")