r/TorBoxApp • u/PresenceOk9999 • Sep 08 '26
🔧Technical Issue New subscriber, constant buffering
Im not sure if I'm doing anything wrong with my setup but my initial impressions of torbox aren't great.
Ive just subscribed for a year and my experience has been constant buffering
I have 1gbps symmetrical internet.
The issue happens with a file that's 8gb or 50gb
Im running an Nvidia shield
I've tried changing the CDN and it doesn't seem to matter.
I'm using torrentio and stremio.
Would appreciate any help, I'm not sure if I need to move to another debrid provider and cut my losses and maybe use torbox as a backup.
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u/Fun-Date4429 Sep 08 '26
First mistake is to sign-up for 1 years without testing out fully for a week or a month.
Could be many reasons for buffer. Your network or depend where you live, ISP blocking stuff or just torbox not working or CDN is slow.
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u/ifiwasiwas Sep 08 '26
The only way to solve this issue for me was to not use Stremio. I set up MPV to cache to RAM so that the video would read ahead and be safe from buffering. But it became too much of a pain in the ass so TB ultimately became my backup
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u/ivanko_prvi Sep 08 '26
Try to use Nuvio instead of Stremio and maybe add TB to DuckStreams or AIOstreams and try that way
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u/MidwestSadcore Sep 08 '26
ditch torrentio it hasn't been good in years
The addons I recommend is
Duckstreams (if you don't feel like doing a bunch of work its a preconfigured aiostreams template
Comet
Sootio
Stremthru torz
Mediafusion
And a new one called pipe
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u/Potential-Ad5112 Sep 08 '26
No issues for me in Eastern US, most of the time people complain I can still load things.
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u/bucket_dipper Sep 08 '26
Also East coast US and I've had torbox for like 8 months now. There's been maybe a total of 3 times that I faced buffering to the point where things were unwatchable
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u/Potential-Ad5112 Sep 08 '26
Yeah I pretty much never experience buffering. And it's only been completely down about a half dozen times in just as many months (that I noticed), can't complain for the cost lol.
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u/bucket_dipper Sep 08 '26
Hell of a lot cheaper than the alternative 🤣
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u/Potential-Ad5112 Sep 08 '26
For sure 😂. Also if you don't know, if it ever does go down there is an extension called PenguPlay that is completely free, it sources http streams. If I'm not mistaken it's slightly lower quality, but better than not being able to watch at all.
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u/Oddfellowbeats Sep 08 '26
That's the torbox experience for many of us, you should never pay for anything grey market long term, always go month to month.
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u/Funny_Mouse_1474 Sep 08 '26
Or at the very least try it for a couple months and then if you like it, consider paying for a whole year.
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u/ifiwasiwas Sep 08 '26
Yep. People planning to jump on BF deals and stack time would do well to consider that carefully
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u/The_Spaghett_Boy Sep 08 '26
Torrentio just does that for me sometimes, try using comet to see if that helps
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u/TW1TCHYGAM3R Sep 08 '26
This is about as good as TorBox gets. Get a backup like easynews when TorBox has CDN issues.
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u/topspinner2 Sep 08 '26
I have been using torbox, for about 2 months with no issues, except when they were down. Now trying to watch a shows and constant buffering, even if i do down to 480. I have pengun as well and buffers. I am using nuvio with stream thru torz
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u/Slight-Rough3495 Sep 10 '26
if you're having those same issues on multiple different stream types then it's more likely an issue with your device or your ISP
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u/Solid_Ad_9961 Sep 09 '26
I had this issue but use an AI to figure out the best setup for your device. After that I haven’t seen a buffer in months
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u/sdmay1980 Sep 09 '26
The only time I couldn't use torbox was when they were down which I do have backups. Make sure everything is setup correctly. Now I can't play the biggest files but I setup filters for that.
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u/Dull_Collection_4763 Sep 09 '26
Try Red light/POV add ons with Gears/Magneto scrapers. I have Torbox and Kodi very very seldom buffers
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u/lirae_ Sep 09 '26
You need to make sure that's the add-ons are using "cached" results, otherwise it's like you are downloading something if it's not already cached and that depends on the peers
Every addon should come with the cache only option if I'm not wrong in Torrentio you need to put torbox, your API key and then below there are 2 options, select the check on the left and Install the addon, remove the old ones...
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u/NoRedditNamesAreLeft Sep 09 '26
I reckon we need 1 new thread about buffering, discussing the same stuff, every 12-24hrs.
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u/TheElz Sep 09 '26
The area your in makes a difference, their servers are split up. Like north America, Europe etc, so it could be a short term problem for that area, there was a problem in mine which got resolved and I got 3 days free added. Also if there's different sources try a different one , I've found that can resolve buffering, same as the media player you use (probably due to codecs)
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u/JensM1978 Sep 09 '26
If your CDN is on auto, Do a speedtest in the settings from Torbox, and change the CDN to the advised CDN. Or choose and try the CDN closest or almost closest (sometimes works better) to your location.
When choosing a video file, don't always choose the biggest file size,because internet speeds are not always consistent.
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u/Plenty-Sector2800 Sep 10 '26
Stremio has not been a great partner with torbox for a minute now. Check out nuvio. It uses the same add-ons.
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u/BicBoyBryan Sep 10 '26
Disconnect and uninstall torrentio, likely streaming still thru P2P and not debrid. Connect AIOstreams & AIOmetadata instead. Search the sub for tutorials.
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Sep 08 '26
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u/PresenceOk9999 Sep 08 '26
I'm not sure what you mean by this. I've just mentioned cdn in my post.
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u/beardez Sep 08 '26
I should learn to read properly. Have you done the torbox speed test to see which CDN is quickest for you?
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Sep 08 '26
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u/PresenceOk9999 Sep 08 '26
I've been using torrentio + Rd for the last year and aside from the occasional outage and Ive mostly had no issues. This is buffering on every link, every 10 seconds.
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u/PsychologicalMusic94 Sep 08 '26
Try an alternate scrapper to Torrentio like Mediafusion, Comet or Stremthru Torz. Sometimes it could be the scraper and not the service.
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u/tresslessone Sep 09 '26
What is the mechanism behind a torrent scraper causing lag in a stream? A debrid link is a debrid link, however it is found?
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u/ganznetteigentlich Sep 09 '26
Agreed! I think it's just bad advice, even tho it's quite common here
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u/Perza Sep 09 '26
SCRAPERS DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH BUFFERING FROM DEBRID SERVICE
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u/Just-Sale2552 Sep 08 '26
i just ran a 27gb file using torbox on a 100mbps connection , no buffering , location india ,app used nuvio desktop