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I’m watching a movie in 4k HDR and I’m all ready to get into it. Then WHAM, plex starts to complain about the connection speed and stops the movie. This has happened probably 20 times during the movie. I check my Plex server several times, everything working fine. I have Plex server running on a high powered desktop and all my media content is on an unraid server. Copying files from that media server I usually get 110 MB/sec consistently, that’s why I’m confused. I kept the dashboard up a few times and the movie temporarily hits 95Mbps which is 11MB/sec. Seriously, anything can copy or handle those speeds.I did notice it was direct stream on video and audio which I always want anyway. I use Plex through my Roku Ultra player, since that seems the most stable when running Plex. My TV has it as well, but I don’t think it is as stable as the one on my Roku. I have attached some logs, maybe somone can see something I can’t?? There of course are never errors. It just happens. This little issue has plagued me for quite sometime. Even when I switch over to my Dune Media Player using the native player works fine. And then I can switch to the Android on there and use Plex too and it works fine. Well, if anyone has an inkling what could be a problem, please let me know. This is killing my dream to have a beautiful media server running perfect!!!
Oh, by the way the movie I was watching and constantly had issues with playback was Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Something along those lines.
Thank again!
Most of these player devices are not developed and manufactured for playing back ripped UHD Bluray files.
They are for internet streaming services. And the streams from those never come close to the bandwidth spikes you may encounter on an UHD Bluray.
Therefore it could be a number of reasons, because with Plex you can use them outside their specified operating parameters.
It might be a limit on the decoder chip in the device,
or as mentioned above, its network adapter.
Or some other technical reason which was never anticipated by their developers.
(The only streaming device I know which has a real Gigabit network port is the nVidia Shield Pro. All the others have 100mbps max.
If they even have an Ethernet port. Many devices only have WiFi. And with WiFi there is no such thing as a guaranteed, sustainable maximum bandwidth.
Their advertised network bandwidth numbers are always to be taken with a shedload of salt.
It is always a “best effort, under ideal conditions”-type of affair.)
Thanks for the reply. What I do not understand is the highest bitrate movie I have I think is The Greatest Show. And that’s only around 12-13MB/sec. I have watched many 4k HDR flicks with my Roku, but it seems the more updates that are slapped on it, the slower it gets. I do have a 4k Apple TV, but I really hate using that thing. It is very limited. That’s made to play 4k content, maybe I will check that out. The nVidia shield Pro looks like a great machine. It does have Plex built in I see, so we can all agree it is made to play 4k content. Is that a stable device?
How did you reach this number?
Don’t be fooled by the average bitrate number. That’s quite misleading for streaming purposes. You need to take into account the bitrate “peaks” of your file.
Plex does a thorough analysis for peak bitrates, if you let it.
You can find the results of this analysis in the Plex media info XML.
The nVidia shield Pro looks like a great machine. It does have Plex built in I see, so we can all agree it is made to play 4k content. Is that a stable device?
Unfortunately, no. The device is rock solid, but the plex client on Android TV devices has some serious issues that have plagued it for the past 8 months and plex has been slow (AKA, they haven’t) to address them. If plex ever does, it will be the best streaming device for plex again, like it was for years.
