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HOW TO STREAM FROM MY READYNAS O MY LG TV
Dear Admin, i have a readynas model 3130 configured and working very well in my office. i newly bought 4 LG smart TV That supports DLNA, i assigned ip address to the 4 LG tv and was connected to ...
Then the next step is to create plex libraries that include the folders that hold the media.
Plex has some getting-started guides here: https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200264746-Quick-Start-Step-by-Step-Guides
Thx, that is helpful.
The first thing to check is the wifi link. Is it practical to run an ethernet cable to the TV for testing?
Also, if you have a PC connected with ethernet, you can test streaming and overall throughput from the PC.
For instance, run plex in the PC's web browser, and stream to the browser. Test general throughput on a Windows PC with NAStester (http://www.808.dk/?code-csharp-nas-performance)
Dear Stephen,
yes, i did tried to stream with the plex server on my browser from my PC with ethernet cable directly connected to my Gigabit switch port.
the throughput is the same. it buffers a lot of time.
or could it be that i have to run the plex server on windows server operating system. for instance Microsoft WS 2016 edition?
what is the proberbility of the streaming speed?
Thanks.
What are you trying to stream? 4K, 1080p, ???
Buffering has basically three causes
- network congestion
- client can't keep up
- server can't keep up
Taking them in order-
Network congestion is usually the problem on wifi, it is much less likely on gigabit ethernet.
The client can be a problem if it is an older PC - especially if the content is 4K (and even sometimes 1080p).
Plex supports real-time transcoding - if that is enabled, then it is possible that the server isn't keeping up. Try going to the Plex settings page, and choose Web. Player should be on the bottom right - choose that. Make sure Local Quality is set to Original, and that Direct Stream is checked. It's ok to check Direct Play also. With those settings it is very unlikely that that server is the bottleneck.
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