{"id":110,"date":"2022-06-22T16:05:30","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T16:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.cosyclub.xyz\/?page_id=110"},"modified":"2022-06-22T16:25:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T16:25:45","slug":"buffering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/support.cosyclub.xyz\/index.php\/buffering\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffering FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Experience buffering? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It may be due to peering, or it may be due to an issue with Cosy<br>Plex.<br>Peering = the route you take from your isp (internet service provider) to our main server.<br>I have a global cdn already set up to take you via the most direct best way on the Cloudflare<br>network. This provides the best route most times but not 100%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:25px\">If you suffer buffering it can be for many reasons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Your ISP is having issues be it local or along the route before joining my cdn network.<\/li><li>An issue with your equipment (router, modem, devices)<\/li><li>An issue with the data center or main server.<\/li><li>Plex centralised servers having issues (this usually results in Plex unavailable)<\/li><li>An issue with Cloudflare (again usually results in Plex unavailable)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>What you can do<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Unplug your router, modem and devices for a good 5 minutes and try again. (this should<br>be done at least once a week) this works wonders and is not just an urban myth !!<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\"><li>Do a speed test on both your phone (using wifi) and your device\/s and compare<br>results (try to use the same test app)<\/li><li>Have a VPN ready (IPVanish or similar paid one) so you can connect to either NYC,<br>Finland or Germany and see which gives best results.<\/li><li>Lower your remote streaming settings to 2mbps. (temporary suggestion)<\/li><li>Contact Blakey so he can have a look (He\u2019s in the UK time zone so if it&#8217;s late in the US<br>don&#8217;t expect a response until the next day) Sometimes a quick restart of Plex helps.<\/li><li>If it&#8217;s a Plex or Cloudflare issue it will usually be fixed in a few hours or when &#8220;they&#8221; fix<br>it.<br>Please note 99% of the time buffering is a user issue, very rarely it&#8217;s server end. Honestly<br>I&#8217;m not saying it as a get out, I just can&#8217;t control the internet or your equipment and when<br>I have many users online with no issues it means all is well my end.<br><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A quick explanation as to why unplugging your equipment works:<\/strong><br>Your router, modem and all devices receive and send lots of data, constantly.<br>This data gets cached and over time builds up and up.<br>To remove this data build up you need to restart said equipment, but some\/most is<br>stored in memory so pulling the plug for 5 minutes removes all of this from memory and<br>results in no cached\/stored data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same goes for your devices, you&#8217;ve all probably heard of cleaning apps\u2026 well most<br>of the time they&#8217;re pointless and just a gimmick as simply restarting or unplugging those<br>devices removes all cached data from memory completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then the fact your wifi is continuously connected and after some time it can start to<br>drop or cut-off or just run intermittently giving a &#8220;buffering effect&#8221;<br>This is when a restart or unplug comes into effect by reconnecting your wifi as a new<br>fresh connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Restarts or reboots are ok but don&#8217;t always clear the crap or reconnect nicely, this is<br>where unplugging for 5 minutes comes into play by clearing everything and<br>reconnecting everything how it should be. Worse case you do it twice, but weekly<br>maintenance really does help to keep things running smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As always, any questions or you&#8217;re unsure of something post a question in the support<br>channels or create a ticket.<br>We hope all the above comes as some help and understanding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experience buffering? It may be due to peering, or it may be due to an issue with CosyPlex.Peering = the route you take from your isp (internet service provider) to our main server.I have a global cdn already set up to take you via the most direct best way on the Cloudflarenetwork. This provides the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-110","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.cosyclub.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.cosyclub.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.cosyclub.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.cosyclub.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.cosyclub.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/support.cosyclub.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125,"href":"https:\/\/support.cosyclub.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110\/revisions\/125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.cosyclub.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}