When streaming a movie, how long does Plex buffer the movie before playing it?

General Discussions
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Lets say that a friend of mine watches a direct play 1080p video via my plex server. For the video to play smoothly, plex need to buffer a bit of the video first before sending it to him, so that his stream doesnt get interrupt incase his bandwidth gets low for a second or so.

How long is that buffer? And is there a way for me to make the buffering a bit longer?

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Each client is different and on most hardware devices it’s not adjustable so there is nothing for you to manage.

In Plex land, if the remote client is stopping/starting due to bandwidth issues the thing to do is set a lower bandwidth requirement on the client so it will download/load as fast as needed.