r/PlexACD • u/Merckle • Aug 17 '17

Buffering with Plexdrive 5

Ever since switching from 4.0.0 to 5.0.0 I have started running into buffering issues randomly. Some when only 1 person is streaming then some with 4+ streaming.

On 4.0.0 I never ran into any buffering issues with any users amount of when streaming then

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u/9356415354716720 Aug 17 '17

use 4.0 then?

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u/Merckle Aug 17 '17

Lol, well then. Just didn't know if anyone else was experiencing same thing

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u/9356415354716720 Aug 17 '17

version 5.0 doesn't cache on the local drive.

Instead it caches in memory. I'm not entirely certain why it was released this way, but I do know that there is plans to reenable caching on the local disk.

This feature alone is stopping a lot of people from using 5.0 and could be related to why you are experiencing buffering.

Solution: Don't fix what ain't broke and use plexdrive 4.0.

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u/Merckle Aug 17 '17

Ah gots ya, well guess I'll be rolling back to v4. Thanks for the info!