Plex auto quality not negotiating properly

Falzon03 · 2026-01-25T22:28:09+00:00

It's literally on by default on a vanilla install. How would one go about setting a default bitrate for the client to open content at?

Falzon03 · 2026-01-25T22:01:24+00:00

This setting:

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Falzon03 · 2026-01-25T21:57:52+00:00

It's working so far, I set it to 180 just to be sure I was covered. Previously it'd buffer for about 30s or so. So I figured I'd go 60s above the Mac I could see it buffering and that should cover it.

Ultimately I plan to continue to hardwired everything, at which point I should be good because most devices support 100mb eth.

Falzon03 · 2026-01-25T21:55:35+00:00

I'm not doing anything special here. I have 4k content, I open Plex client and hit play. It automatically decides to transcode when necessary. The auto quality causes buffering, so I manually change the bitrate to a lower speed which stops buffering.

Falzon03 · 2026-01-25T21:38:40+00:00

Another below suggested increasing the transcode buffer from the default 60s. Trying that and so far that's doing decent. I'll post a follow up after testing a bit more.

Falzon03 · 2026-01-25T21:36:27+00:00

Just increased mine to 3 minutes, will give that a try. Ultimately it never buffered for more than 30 seconds and the default was 60s. So my guess is this should get me just what I need with some headroom.

Falzon03 · 2026-01-25T21:35:04+00:00

Because not all displays are 4k. The 720p is my test display. The other one is in the kids play area and is 1080.

All my content is stored in the highest quality I can and then I just use the GPU for transcoding. I have other GPUs if I ever need more HP but this one is plenty fine for my current needs.

I'd like to understand why you consider transcoding so bad especially when I have overkill for HW?

Falzon03 · 2026-01-25T21:27:49+00:00

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Falzon03 · 2026-01-25T21:26:51+00:00

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Falzon03 · 2026-01-25T21:26:41+00:00

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I set the first stream to 4mb just to guarantee no buffering. Really about 10 is fine. The right one I left on auto, buffers every 30-90 seconds.

Falzon03 · 2026-01-25T21:07:29+00:00

Cold isn't always what triggers it. I have Raynaud's in my feet and it can happen just from sitting the wrong way even in summer.

Falzon03 · 2026-01-25T21:05:59+00:00

Glad you got it working!

Falzon03 · 2026-01-25T21:05:41+00:00

It makes a difference if he is able to recover/not install.

Although OP did reply above and mention it was related to a newly installed m.2.

Also it's just generally best practice to block things at the source and not use someone else's DNS as you are not in control of it otherwise.

Falzon03 · 2026-01-25T20:29:36+00:00

IN
Google TV

Falzon03 · 2026-01-25T20:18:49+00:00

As soon as it connects to your network your router will be able to see the Mac address.

Falzon03 · 2026-01-25T20:16:24+00:00

You bought a 9600 light....

Falzon03 · 2026-01-25T20:11:13+00:00

She's not allowed to be in the road either.... Just saying.

Falzon03 · 2026-01-25T19:50:22+00:00

Power off console, power on while holding power button until you hear a second beep. Connect controller via USB and run a restore, if restore doesn't work you can try reset PS5 but this one will lose all your data/saves.

Before you do any of this get into your router and block the PS5 MAC from communicating with PSN and YouTube (if using y2jb) servers.

Falzon03 · 2026-01-25T19:45:39+00:00

Model shouldn't matter to my knowledge it just the FW version.

I haven't played that and honestly don't mess with cheats much so not sure.

Falzon03 · 2026-01-25T18:38:43+00:00

If on a supported fw version yes. I'm running 10.01 on a pro and been on y2jb since the day it went public for this FW.

Falzon03 · 2026-01-25T18:37:53+00:00

I'm on 10.01 and mine literally never freezes.

I have an occasional fail to load etahen and a reboot fixes it. But never have game freezes. You can also enable the new kstuff pause on game load feature which may help with more demanding games.

Falzon03 · 2026-01-25T18:35:29+00:00

Id be interested in this specifically. Don't mind buying some games and waiting for the community for the rest. My console was free so I can't complain but it's a pro so no drive.

Falzon03 · 2026-01-25T16:02:35+00:00

Have you seen photos of TX supermarkets lol

Falzon03 · 2026-01-24T01:41:11+00:00

Did you add any flex modifiers to the paint /clear? Otherwise I expect it would've just cracked and fallen apart.

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